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Writing leads to happiness for a simple reason: It satisfies the human need to create something concrete and meaningful out of raw materials, writes Arthur Brooks.
Former Marine officer Ian Brown on how the military thinker reshaped the Marine Corps, and why his ideas still matter on today’s battlefield.
The acclaimed economist has spent his career studying incentives. Now he’s built one of his own, a prize aimed at scholars sitting on findings they’re too afraid to publish.
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"It is hard to convey what extraordinary courage it must have taken to venture out into the world as often as he did. With his absolute reliance on medical equipment, it was basically the equivalent of any one of us walking on the moon."
My tribute to Dovie Eisner—The Bravest Man We Ever Knew
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By barring reporters from the White House, Donald Trump is once again demonstrating his administration’s willingness to ride roughshod over the fourth estate.
The U.S. is slouching toward heavy regulation while China is poised to rush ahead, writes Tyler Cowen. Beijing will then dominate everything from global arms sales to healthcare.
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Was the recent disaster in the Himalayas caused by climate change? A study published by an influential climate group said yes. But its methods turned out to be deeply flawed, writes Roger Pielke Jr.
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First comes the disaster. Then scientists blame climate change. Then the press repeats it.
But after replicating 96 studies from a leading climate-attribution group, @RogerPielkeJr found its methodology doesn’t prove causation—it assumes it.
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My friend Dovie argued that the logic of assisted suicide assumes some lives are not worth living. His very being was a rebuke to that idea, writes Madeleine Kearns.
He cheated, and his wife won't forgive him. What should he do? Our advice columnist @AbigailShrier responds.
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Three years after October 7, Hamas remains active, Israel is an international pariah, and tens of thousands of civilians have died, writes Yardena Schwartz. She raises the question: Who actually won this war?
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Writing leads to happiness for a simple reason: It satisfies the human need to create something concrete and meaningful out of raw materials, writes Arthur Brooks.
In today's Front Page: How to fake climate science. Tyler Cowen on the AI scenario no one is talking about. Trump’s contempt for the fourth estate. Did Israel really win the Gaza war? Roland Fryer talks to Coleman Hughes. And more.
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The acclaimed economist has spent his career studying incentives. Now he’s built one of his own, a prize aimed at scholars sitting on findings they’re too afraid to publish.
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Former Marine officer Ian Brown on how the military thinker reshaped the Marine Corps, and why his ideas still matter on today’s battlefield.
By barring reporters from the White House, Donald Trump is once again demonstrating his administration’s willingness to ride roughshod over the fourth estate.
The U.S. is slouching toward heavy regulation while China is poised to rush ahead, writes Tyler Cowen. Beijing will then dominate everything from global arms sales to healthcare.
Show more
Was the recent disaster in the Himalayas caused by climate change? A study published by an influential climate group said yes. But its methods turned out to be deeply flawed, writes Roger Pielke Jr.
Show more
Three years after October 7, Hamas remains active, Israel is an international pariah, and tens of thousands of civilians have died, writes Yardena Schwartz. She raises the question: Who actually won this war?
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“This week, my train in Ukraine was almost hit by a Russian drone,” writes Niall Ferguson. “It sent the same message that aggressors have been sending since the earliest days of siege warfare: Be afraid.”
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