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Jonathan Alpert, Opinion Contributor

Jonathan Alpert, Opinion Contributor

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Washington’s shutdown is bad therapy — and America is the patient

Shutdowns in Washington are a form of political catharsis that relieve tension but solve nothing, and the country is left anxious and stuck in the...

05.10.2025 7

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Jonathan Alpert, Opinion Contributor

Live updates: Trump turns attention to AI amid Epstein tumult

President Trump on Wednesday will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) in a keynote address at an AI summit. It comes as the administration is...

23.07.2025 10

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Jonathan Alpert, Opinion Contributor

It wasn't socialism that won for Mamdani. It was emotionalism.

Zohran Mamdani's victory in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary is a warning that emotional appeal has replaced intellectual rigor in politics, and...

23.07.2025 20

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Jonathan Alpert, Opinion Contributor

'Rising fragility': Therapy culture is fueling America’s unrest

Many patients now view the world through a rigid binary of safe versus unsafe, oppressor versus oppressed. This lens ultimately stunts growth, fuels...

21.06.2025 4

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Jonathan Alpert, Opinion Contributor