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Don’t Expect Media Apologies—Ever—for the Duke Lacrosse Case
The journalists and outlets that helped mobilize the hysteria back in 2006 shrug at Crystal Mangum’s belated admission of the ...
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Ohio Is Using AI to Cut Red Tape. DOGE Should, Too
The Buckeye State’s innovative rule-cutting program will save $44 million by 2033.
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The Fed is Sowing Needless Confusion
The Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates last week has raised a lot of questions. The rhetoric accompanying the action suggests that this may be the last cut for a while, and it has ...
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Luigi Mangione and the American Abyss
On the morning of December 4, 2024, in midtown Manhattan, a masked male snuck up behind the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, a health insurance company, and pumped three bullets into the executive’s back and ...
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When Will New York City Get Serious About Subway Safety?
Early Sunday morning, aboard an F train at the Coney Island–Stilwell Avenue station in Brooklyn, New York, a man allegedly set a sleeping woman ablaze and emotionlessly watched her burn to death from ...
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Trump Should Let the Costly Obamacare Subsidies Expire
Next year will be an important one for American health. Donald Trump’s incoming administration has pledged a new focus on chronic diseases in hopes of better understanding and preventing what makes us ...
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New York Doesn’t Have to Smell Like Pot
Among all the problems generated by marijuana legalization, few have proved more pervasive than the smell. From Los Angeles to D.C., residents complain regularly of the reek of weed. Perhaps because ...
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What’s Behind New York’s Population Swings
Boosted by a surge in foreign migrant border-crossing, New York State’s population has rebounded from its post-pandemic lows since 2022, according to updated Census Bureau estimates. As of mid-2024, ...
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Johnny Come Late Night
In 2006, the cable channel TV Land surveyed the greatest catchphrases in American television. The winner? “Heeeeerrre’s Johnny!” the nightly words, spoken by sidekick Ed McMahon, that brought out ...
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The Fed Lowered Interest Rates Too Soon
Inflation remains stubbornly above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target. Yet, instead of maintaining a firm stance at its December 18 meeting, the Fed cut interest rates for the third time in three ...
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A Win for Merit in New York City’s Schools
After 11 p.m. on December 18, the New York City Department of Education’s Panel for Education Policy (PEP) voted to approve the contract for administering the specialized high schools admissions test ...