Tag Archives: Opinion

THE NEW YORK TIMES – SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2025

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Manhunt for Minnesota Suspect Enters 2nd Day as State Mourns Victims

The police are searching for a 57-year-old man after the killings of a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband, and the separate shooting of a state senator and his wife.

Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine

Threats and violent acts have become part of the political landscape, still shocking but somehow not so surprising.

Israel and Iran Trade Strikes in Increasingly Deadly Attacks

Israel and Iran were assessing the damage from a wave of attacks. Israeli jets bombarded Tehran overnight, while Iran launched ballistic missiles.

JACOBIN MAGAZINE – SUMMER 2025 PREVIEW

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JACOBIN MAGAZINE (June 14, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Speculation’ – The house always wins…

“In every stock-jobbing swindle everyone knows that some time or other the crash must come, but everyone hopes that it may fall on the head of his neighbor, after he himself has caught the shower of gold and placed it in safety.”

— Karl Marx, Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (1867)

“Along with a lot of worthless nonsense, the bubbles of the 1920s gave us some durable housing, highways, and a radio broadcasting infrastructure.”

We Have Always Lived in the Casino

John Maynard Keynes warned that when real investment becomes the by-product of speculation, the result is often disaster. But it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.

Money for Nothing

Why the modern financial sector is better at extracting rents than funding the future.

The House Always Wins

The gaming industry is turning every smartphone into a casino — and it’s destroying more lives than ever.

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – JUNE 16, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 6.15.25 Issue features Henry Louis Gates Jr. on the ancestry of Pope Leo XIV; Nicholas Casey on how the MAGA right became obsessed with the Romanian presidential election; Irina Aleksander on how Jon Bernthal became Hollywood’s most dependable tough guy; David Marchese interviews Misty Copeland about her retirement; and more.

We Traced Pope Leo XIV’s Ancestry Back 500 Years. Here’s What We Found.

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals. By Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Can You Ever Really Know a Person? Biographers Keep Trying.

Each age has its own way of drawing the arc of a human life. Ours is concerned with its unpredictability. By Parul Sehgal

Why the MAGA Right Became Obsessed With the Romanian Election

Misty Copeland Changed Ballet. Now She’s Ready to Move On.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2025

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Israel and Iran Defy Calls for De-Escalation With 2nd Day of Attacks

More than 70 people have been killed in Iran. Retaliatory strikes by Iran killed at least three people and injured dozens in Israel.

Israel said its campaign would continue for days, if not longer, and Iran said its response was not over.

Iran Retaliates and Israel Vows More Strikes After Devastating Attack

Waves of Israeli airstrikes hit two nuclear enrichment sites, multiple military bases, and military scientists and commanders. Iran replied with a barrage of missiles and drones.

In N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race, Top Democrats Take On Trump and Their Own Party

The primary has taken on national implications, with the top two candidates tapping into Democratic voters’ hunger for a fight.

NATIONAL REVIEW – AUGUST 2025 OPINION PREVIEW

NATIONAL REVIEW (June 13, 2025): The latest issue features ‘In Search of Normalcy’ – What the two parties aren’t giving Americans…

In Search of Normalcy: What the Two Parties Aren’t Giving America

People just want things to work. Charles C. W. Cooke

Trump’s Apology Tour

By Noah Rothman

DOGE Takes a Nibble Out of Big Government

By Jim Geraghty

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025

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Israeli Attack Targets Iran’s Nuclear Sites and Its Top Officials

Stunning Series of Strikes Wipe Out Top Military Chain of Command

Mexican Flags Have Become Republican Fodder, but Protesters Keep Waving Them

Images of Los Angeles protesters waving Mexican flags have gone viral in conservative circles this week. Many protesters say they are aware of the political reaction but won’t put their flags away.

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT – JUNE 13, 2025 PREVIEW

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TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features ‘Who won the war?’ We did, say the Americans, the British and the Russians. Each nation has a long history of claiming a unique role in defeating the Axis powers and diminishing the contribution of its allies. By Martin Ivens

Friends like these

The wartime alliances that could not survive the peace By Omer Bartov

Symmetry in motion

Capers and wallpaper: a new film from Wes Anderson By Keith Miller

You’re the tops

What Americans understand by greatness By Andrew Stark

Exploring the occult

A practical and literary guide to modern magic By Russell Williams

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 14, 2025 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (June 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘American disorder’

When a radical performance artist has command of an army

Donald Trump’s troop deployment in LA could yet backfire

The world must escape the manufacturing delusion

Governments’ obsession with factories is built on myths—and will be self-defeating

How to curb organised crime without shredding civil rights

Ecuador is a test case in the fight against global gangs

THE NEW YORK TIMES – THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025

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Democrats Enter Risky Political Terrain as Protests Grip California

Scenes of unrest in Southern California, stoked by President Trump as he tries to deport more immigrants, have left Democratic leaders worried the confrontation elevates a losing issue for the party.

Suggesting More Troops in More Cities, Trump Bends Military’s Role

President Trump has expanded domestic use of the armed forces, testing the limits on involving troops at protests and the border.

Jury Convicts Weinstein in Second New York Sex Crimes Trial

The conviction, on a charge of first-degree criminal sexual act, was handed down in a mixed verdict that acquitted Harvey Weinstein of a second count of the same crime.

THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY – JUNE 13, 2025 PREVIEW

THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘Flollowing The Amazon Defenders’ – A journey to the heart of the rainforest, three years after the deaths of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira…

It’s three years since the murders of the journalist Dom Phillips and the Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, who were both killed on a visit to the remote Javari valley in the Brazilian Amazon.

Dom was a Guardian contributor based in Brazil, whose reporting often appeared in the Guardian Weekly. Last week his widow, Alessandra Sampaio, came to visit our London offices along with Beto Marubo, an Indigenous leader from the Brazilian Amazon.

From the other side of the world it’s easy to feel far removed from the activities of criminal gangs that threaten the Amazon’s Indigenous people and plunder its natural resources. But hearing Beto and Alessandra speak so powerfully about the impact of Dom and Bruno’s work reminded me why we need to stay focused on a region that defies easy scrutiny.