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A Modest Uptick in Supreme Court Popularity

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Researchers “reprogram” materials by quickly rearranging their atoms

How Much Has the Iran War Actually Cost? A Lot More Than $25 Billion.

The Problem with Liberal Empire

Trump's Health Bureaucrats Are Undermining Confidence in Vaccines

Debtor Countries Finally Have a Group of Their Own

James Schuyler, the New York school's most neglected poet, may now be its most necessary

He warned against idleness, then stopped doing anything at all. The compelling contradictions of Samuel Johnson

Zoom out and it becomes clear that the defenders of humanistic liberalism have been decisively losing the battle over ideals

Virginia Supreme Court Voids Virginia Gerrymander

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Open Thread

Power without Ideology