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Notable
The death penalty is even more horrifying than you think. “In the absence of abolition, this country should at least take steps to reduce the worst injustices of the death penalty.”
— The Editorial Board
Europe is in peril, and it’s doing precious little about it. “Genuflection to the United States is a natural reflex for a generation that has never been taught to think or rule on its feet.”
— Anton Jäger, a contributing Opinion writer
Making it safe for government lawyers who lie? “So damaged is the department’s reputation for truth-telling at this point, one judge noted despairingly, that ‘the court is left with little confidence’ that government lawyers ‘can be trusted to tell the truth about anything.’ ”
— Deborah Pearlstein, director of the Princeton Program in Law and Public Policy
Spotlight
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Mussolini Would Have Loved Trump’s Ballroom
“It is not just symmetry that is being thrown away here; it is more than two centuries of respectful deference to building, function and history,” writes Paul Goldberger.
ICYMI
He’s 31, anti-Israel and dogged by scandal. He could also be the future of the G.O.P. “More than any political candidate yet, Fishback has managed to bring the paranoid, transgressive, meme-drunk spirit of the right-wing internet into the real world.”
— Michelle Goldberg, Opinion columnist
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On the modes of authoritarian crisis, more of the same and constitutional regime change.
By Jedediah Britton-Purdy, David Pozen and John Guida
Guest Essay
China’s Long-Promised Consumer Boom Is a Mirage
China may never be able to realize its longtime promise to shift away from an overreliance on exports.
By Anne Stevenson-Yang
Guest Essay
Any Way You Look at It, Netanyahu Wins
The war in Iran is a victory for the Israeli prime minister.
By Mairav Zonszein
letters
Finding Fault for the Deadly U.S. Strike on a School in Iran
Readers react to the news that a U.S. missile likely killed 175 Iranians. Also: Kennedy pushes nutrition advice on medical schools; city life for retirees.
In Your Words
Re: “Why the Kids Won’t Farm”
One simple way to encourage small farms, land ownership by small farmers, and small businesses in general is a national health insurance program. Trying to run a small farm or other business while spending $25,000 yearly on family health insurance just doesn’t work. — A comment by Charlie from Iowa
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