Month: November 2023

Are Democrats Whistling Past the Graveyard?

The political strategist Mike Podhorzer discusses what polls can — and can’t — say about 2024.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-michael-podhorzer.html?smid=em-share

But the act of making it seem like if this could all change if we just had a different person at the top of this is fantasy. It’s just fantasy. And that’s part of why I think it’s a real problem that important media institutions support the idea that our problems are as superficial as who we put on the ballot as different human beings, when we need to solve the underlying institutional problems.

Are Democrats Whistling Past the Graveyard?

The political strategist Mike Podhorzer discusses what polls can — and can’t — say about 2024.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-michael-podhorzer.html?smid=em-share

Do Safe Injection Sites Increase Crime? There’s Finally an Answer.

Communities don’t have to choose between saving lives and stopping crime. The data is proof.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/opinion/safe-injection-sites-crime.html?smid=em-share

Meet the Champions of Nuance and Empathy We Need

Israelis and Palestinians who’ve lost family members to the conflict find strength in grieving together — and offer hope.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/opinion/israel-palestine-war-family-loss.html?smid=em-share

Universities Are Failing at Inclusion

Instead of being places where students learn other points of view, American universities have become ideological war zones.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/opinion/college-university-antisemitism-crt.html?smid=em-share

A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/06/harvard-and-the-making-of-the-unabomber/378239/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Where Does Religion Come From?

How do you get from the desire for meaning or the fear of death to the specific content of religious belief?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/opinion/religion-christianity-belief.html?smid=em-share