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Alex Kotlowitz recommends books that manage to operate at a human scale while arriving at bigger truths.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/01/books-briefing-american-decline-alex-kotlowitz/677258/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

A Titanic Geopolitical Struggle Is Underway

This is no ordinary moment in world affairs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/opinion/israel-gaza-war-ukraine.html?smid=em-share

The Meaning of Gaza’s Tunnels

Hamas could have devoted its money and time to building a future for its people, not a fortress for itself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/opinion/tunnels-gaza-hamas.html?smid=em-share

*******  Visiting the Most Important Company in the World

Replicating the chipmaking power of T.S.M.C. in the United States will be much harder than Americans realize.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/opinion/tsmc-taiwan-china.html?smid=em-share

The Deification of Donald Trump Poses Some Interesting Questions

Why do so many evangelicals see the former president as God’s anointed one?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/opinion/trump-god-evangelicals-anointed.html?smid=em-share

We Are Normalizing Trump. Again.

Can the former president forge an enduring coalition out of his cult of personality?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/opinion/trump-republican-nomination-coalition.html?smid=em-share