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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Donald Trump's Loose Lips Vindicate His Critics
The implications of news reports that the president compromised intelligence sources and damaged national security.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Trump Finds That Doing Is Harder Than Criticizing
The president embodies the very quality that he attacked as “pathetic” in his commencement address at Liberty University.
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Should Parents Who Refuse to Edit Their Babies' Genes Be Punished?
As I wrote a few weeks ago, advances in biotechnology could make this a pressing question in the near future—and…
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump's Own Words Become 'Exhibit A' Against Him
The president’s interview with Lester Holt exposed White House obfuscation, unethical interactions with James Comey, and circumstantial evidence that the FBI director’s termination was improper.
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The Pro-Choice Case Against Mandatory Gene Editing
A reader reflects on our ongoing series: There’s a circle I absolutely cannot square: I…
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Two Dead Canaries in the Coal Mine
If you’re not worried about FBI Director James Comey getting fired, this man might change your mind.
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Rogelio V. Solis / AP A Civil-Rights Lawsuit in Mississippi
Sheriff’s deputies left black residents in “a permanent state of siege,” 11 plaintiffs allege in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU.
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A Reality Check for Gene-Editing Ethics
A graduate student in public health and bioethics has misgivings about whether debating a future technology like gene editing is…
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Thoughts on Gene Editing From the Science Community
Our next group of correspondents stood out due to their vocations: In one way or another, their chosen careers brought…
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Regis Duvignau / Reuters The Destructiveness of Call-Out Culture on Campus
Reflections from undergraduates of the social media era
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A Parent’s and Child’s Perspective on the Gene-Editing Debate
We’ve heard already from a few parents whose children have, or may carry, genetic disorders. This reader’s son suffers from…
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters Why Can't the Left Win?
Advice and constructive criticism from observers who believe that America would benefit from a healthier opposition to the governing coalition
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Would You Edit Your Babies’ Genes to Keep Them Healthy?
Two week ago, I asked readers, “Will Editing Your Baby’s Genes Be Mandatory?” That is to say, parents…
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters What Critiques of 'Smug Liberals' Miss
Attacking half the country with condescending vitriol has been going on for decades in movement conservatism, too.
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Kyle Grillot / Reuters Moderation in Defense of Liberty Is No Vice
To succeed in the long run, libertarians must think harder about people who are uncomfortable with difference, diversity, and dynamism.
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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters Porn Star James Deen's Crisis of Conscience
The most famous male adult film actor—and porn website proprietor—of his generation frets that his industry doesn’t protect children from exposure to hardcore content on the internet.
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Bria Webb / Reuters What an NYU Administrator Got Wrong About Campus Speech
Ulrich Baer’s op-ed in The New York Times is the latest challenge to liberal speech norms that fails to withstand close scrutiny.
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Ted S. Warren / AP A Chilling Threat of Political Violence in Portland
Activists threatened to drag local Republicans off a parade route if they weren’t excluded from a local celebration. Organizers cancelled the entire event in response.
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Jeff Mitchell / Reuters How the Political Press Favors the Rich and Famous
The media should stop working so hard to make things so easy for anyone with the last name Bush, Clinton, and inevitably, Trump.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Opioid Epidemic, the Border Wall, and Magical Thinking
President Trump’s confounding approach to drug policy
