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Daniel DePetris: European nations recognize Palestinian statehood. It won’t help end the war.

Countries can formally recognize Palestine, but nothing happening in Israel gives confidence that the war...

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: Free speech is under fire again because we need it

For now, the endless debates over free speech and hate speech are necessary to protect...

21.09.2025 2

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Clarence Page

Elizabeth Shackelford: Why we need dissent

Officials of the Donald Trump administration made direct threats against free speech this week.

19.09.2025 10

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Elizabeth Shackelford

Heidi Stevens: When a shooting — any shooting — shakes a nation, we need to look at the guns

Charlie Kirk's cause of death is all too common. His shooting wasn’t even the only...

19.09.2025 4

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Heidi Stevens

Daniel DePetris: NATO rose to the challenge and passed Russia’s test in Poland

Daniel DePetris: NATO rose to the challenge and passed Russia’s test in Poland

It’s not every day when NATO, arguably the world’s strongest military alliance, is shooting down hostile aircraft in its airspace. Yet that’s...

16.09.2025 20

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: Is another era of political violence upon us?

I remember the sort of tit-for-tat violence that plagued this country in the 1960s —...

14.09.2025 3

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Clarence Page