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Megan Mcardle

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The missing context from the Elon Musk salute

22.01.2025 20

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Americans are too ornery to fall for TikTok propaganda

15.01.2025 5

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Here’s the truth: Meta ending fact-checking is a win against censorship

10.01.2025 10

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On the brink of an unimaginable AI future

04.01.2025 70

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Getting a puppy was the best worst Christmas idea ever

26.12.2024 50

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Republicans’ obsession with saying ‘no’ will get them nowhere

21.12.2024 30

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RFK Jr.’s vaccine half-truths tell a great, dangerous lie

20.12.2024 3

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Our health system frustrates people. But they don’t want it replaced.

13.12.2024 20

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Civil rights isn’t the right framework for assessing many trans issues

07.12.2024 10

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My parents are gone, but we’re honoring them this Thanksgiving

This will be my first Thanksgiving as an orphan, which simultaneously seems a strange way to describe yourself at 51 and the most accurate...

27.11.2024 20

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The ‘Emerging Democratic Majority’ is no longer emerging. Now what?

21.11.2024 4

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Liberal media bias is hurting Democrats. Really.

I used to spend a lot of time complaining that liberal media bias hurt Republican politicians and conservative causes. I no longer make that...

18.11.2024 10

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Democrats should stop campaigning on abortion. Voters are settling it.

09.11.2024 3

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Don’t lose sight of why Trump won

Over the next weeks and months, we will witness a bitter, brutal fight among factions of the Democratic Party over how to rebuild after a...

07.11.2024 3

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Garbage scandal shows what happens when we hate half the country

Garbage-gate might not be the scandal America deserves this election cycle, but it’s the one we’ve earned. First, Donald Trump’s campaign...

02.11.2024 40

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Harris hopes to get wavering Republicans. Will it work?

In campaigning with former congresswoman Liz Cheney, the Harris campaign believes it is making a play for Republicans who can’t stomach former...

01.11.2024 2

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Yes, conservatives, the system is broken. No, Trump’s fixes won’t work.

01.11.2024 50

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Trump’s ads on trans issues are effective. Harris has herself to blame.

25.10.2024 20

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Shoplifting is a real problem. Denying it doesn’t help.

It’s hard to pick just one favorite form of internet insanity, but, if I had to, it would definitely be shoplifting denialism. Over the last few...

22.10.2024 10

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Why we need age limits for presidential candidates

Given our rapid demographic shifts, I suppose it was inevitable that the problems of an aging society would be embodied in a presidential election...

19.10.2024 20

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My father’s story shows Harris’s home health-care plan is no easy fix

15.10.2024 10

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Why the port strike ended quickly — but Boeing workers aren’t so lucky

While the striking port workers were hogging all the media attention, on the West Coast another strike was quietly easing through its third week....

10.10.2024 2

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I’ve written many dark and stormy columns on free speech. Not this one.

For the past 10 years, I’ve watched in dismay as institution after institution abandoned what I had believed were bedrock commitments to free...

03.10.2024 3

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You might not enjoy ‘Am I Racist?’ You should watch it anyway.

As I drove to the AMC theater in Danvers, Mass., my phone kept peppering me with the same plaintive question: “Am I Racist?” It was startling...

23.09.2024 4

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Democrats downplay extremist positions. Do they even remember them?

The correction is the most underrated journalistic form. Almost no one reads them except other journalists. But read properly, each one tells a...

17.09.2024 20

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How to lift people out of poverty without just giving them cash

The government struggles with a lot — but one thing it excels at is writing checks. There’s a reason Social Security is one of the U.S....

09.09.2024 2

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Cash alone proves inadequate to solve the problems of the poor

In recent years, a growing number of people have decided that the smart way to tackle poverty is with cash. This idea assumes that most of what...

04.09.2024 20

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Let’s talk about free speech after Pavel Durov’s indictment

29.08.2024 2

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Harris has an exotic plan to tax the rich. But it’s not enough.

Taxing unrealized capital gains is a desperation move. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on...

26.08.2024 4

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Why Harris’s housing plan won’t work

Kamala Harris can’t count on adding 3 million houses to the market by 2028. Houses under construction in Brambleton, Va. (Andrew...

21.08.2024 10

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Why the disinformation brigade has utterly failed to weaken Trump

Too many efforts to weed out falsehoods have been marred by politics. A viewer watches Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump on X on Monday....

16.08.2024 3

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What will the Google antitrust ruling mean for search — and all of us?

Opinion What will the Google antitrust ruling mean for search — and all of us? Creating more competition could be good for everyone, including...

10.08.2024 2

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When markets get scary, crypto proves its worthlessness

On Monday, bitcoin did the opposite of what it’s supposed to do. Coin renderings of cryptocurrencies bitcoin, dash, ethereum, ripple and litecoin....

08.08.2024 60

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The perfect crime of 2024 happened on Tuesday

No one was harmed, and the suspect is in custody. What remains is the symbolism. Secret Service agents at the Republican National Convention in...

02.08.2024 20

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J.D. Vance can’t go back in time — and neither can the rest of us

The days of America’s manufacturing boom are gone for good. Refrigerators are seen at a Lowe's outlet store in Miami in 2022. (Joe Raedle/Getty...

25.07.2024 6

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What’s to blame for the CrowdStrike mess? Our drive for efficiency.

Big tech companies can be more useful than many small ones — until something goes wrong. Travelers at Austin's international airport navigate...

20.07.2024 40

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Biden’s bad rent-control idea has no upside

Capping rents dampens an essential signal to developers to build more housing units. A "For Rent" sign outside a Sacramento apartment building....

18.07.2024 2

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What does J.D. Vance mean for the future of the GOP?

Trump’s choice will reverberate in the party for years. J.D. Vance speaks at a press conference in New York on May 13. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP, File)...

16.07.2024 3

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