Health
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Can You Drown Government in an Empty Bathtub?
Mississippi has long been America’s poorest state, with real gross domestic product per person only about 60 percent of the…
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A Farewell to Readers
I am sad to announce that this will be the last edition of this newsletter. This decision was mine, and…
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Updated Booster Shots Expected Within Days as C.D.C. Panel Signs Off
An influential scientific panel on Thursday recommended updated coronavirus booster shots to the vast majority of Americans, adding a critical…
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Prosecute Trump, Despite the Risks?
More from our inbox: Abortion Prosecutions Show the Need for Data PrivacyModerna’s GreedThe Mental Health of ChildrenCredit...Damon Winter/The ...
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Amy Stechler, Documentarian Who Helped Define a Style, Dies at 67
Amy Stechler, who was instrumental in the early years of Florentine Films, the company behind the Ken Burns series “The…
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School Is for Wasting Time and Money
I have deep doubts about the intellectual and social value of schooling. My argument in a nutshell: First, everyone leaves…
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School Is for Learning to Read
The most important thing schools can do is teach children how to read. If you can read, you can learn…
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17 Low-Fuss Recipes for Tiny, Tricky Kitchens
A comically small, strangely arranged or poorly outfitted kitchen should not condemn you to a lifetime of fried eggs and…
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School Is for Everyone
For the majority of human history, most people didn’t go to school. Formal education was a privilege for the Alexander…
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School Is for Merit
In 1982, as a 5-foot-0 teen at Morgantown High School in the foothills of West Virginia’s Appalachians, I stepped forward…