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Commentary: Reducing mental health to buzzwords and online trends may do more harm than good
If you’ve been on Instagram recently, you may have seen Insta stories of giddy teens dumping water — which doesn’t even contain ice — on their friends in the name of #SpeakYourMIND. Influencers give pretty speeches...Read more
Commentary: A test fit for America's finest schools
“Merit” is making a comeback in higher education. Next stop: U.S. service academies.
College officials around the country—including those at some of the most selective (and notoriously left-leaning) schools—have ...Read more
David Mastio: Air Shady -- If Trump were a country, he'd be just like Qatar
With the news that the royal family of Qatar is gifting a $400 million airliner to the Trump administration to use as a new Air Force One, it has become clear to me that if President Donald Trump were a country, he’d be ...Read more
COUNTERPOINT: States should refuse to make risky bets on crypto
States should think twice before creating state strategic crypto reserves before following New Hampshire’s lead. That state’s lawmakers have placed a dubious bet using public funds on a shady and risky product. If they...Read more
Commentary: Let's learn from 'The Last of Us.' We're not ready for the next outbreak
If you watch HBO’s “The Last of Us,” you see how a pandemic didn’t destroy the world — failure to communicate did. Trust collapsed. Institutions froze. And the people paid the price.
That’s fiction. But it’s...Read more
Commentary: The power blackout in Spain and Portugal wasn't a fluke. It was the future
At 12:33 p.m. local time on a crystal blue Monday, the system that provides the power essential to the daily lives of 50 million-plus people collapsed. The lights went out from Lisbon to Barcelona; trains stopped, air ...Read more
Commentary: Thanks to Pete Hegseth, I'm censored more here than in China
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has evicted an anthology I co-edited with philosopher Laura Westra from the U.S. Naval Academy library. I don’t know about Laura, but I’m pleased that they thought some midshipman may ...Read more
Trump-themed shop could be closed over code issues, but owner says it's political
A 6-foot-tall inflatable Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to passersby outside the Trump Truth Store in far northwest suburban Huntley, Illinois, which sells all varieties of Trump-themed merchandise from Make America ...Read more
POINT: States should follow New Hampshire in establishing Bitcoin reserves
New Hampshire became the first state this month to authorize a strategic Bitcoin reserve. As the lead sponsor of this groundbreaking legislation, I’m proud that our state continues its tradition of being “First in the ...Read more
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