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Should Trump Be Sentenced to Prison? Two Opposing Views.
Now that Donald Trump has been convicted on 34 felony counts, his sentencing hearing looms on July 11. Below are…
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Hunter Biden Should Take a Plea Deal. Quickly.
Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on three felony gun charges in a trial that…
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The Case for (Temporary) Celibacy
In his first letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul issues one of Christianity’s better-known if lesser-observed dictates: It’s best…
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On Live TV, a Historic Verdict Felt Both Enormous and Small
Donald Trump’s convictions made for a stunning moment of history, followed by hours of politics talk.
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Stuck in a Starter Home
If buying a home is an inexorable part of the American dream, so is the next step: eventually selling that…
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Why the New Human Case of Bird Flu Is So Alarming
The third human case of H5N1, reported on Thursday in a farmworker in Michigan who was experiencing respiratory symptoms, tells…
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Civil Liberties Make for Strange Bedfellows
Last Thursday, Sonia Sotomayor helped protect the country from Donald Trump, and she did it in an unexpected way —…
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I Supervised New York City Judges. Juan Merchan Put on a Master Class in the Trump Trial.
I spent almost 13 years as a judge in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. I supervised judges presiding over a…
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Yoav Gallant Has Shown Defiance. Will He Again?
Last month, Yoav Gallant told Israelis that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was leading the nation astray. Mr. Gallant, the defense…
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U Tin Oo, Embattled Pro-Democracy Leader in Myanmar, Dies at 97
Once one of his country’s most powerful figures, he helped found its main opposition party. “I had to face up…