Tensions are high across the Taiwan Strait. But what are the origins of the relationship between China and Taiwan?
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Alex Lear: Good night, Sweet Bear
Walter was like a concrete block with four legs. He had a bowling ball butt that he rested on people he liked, which was pretty much everyone. His rugged torso rumbled like a bass drum when you patted it.
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Six charts show key role firearms makers play in America’s gun culture
A closer look at firearms sales reveals some interesting trends that should be part of America’s ongoing conversation about the root causes of gun violence.
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American gun culture is based on frontier mythology — but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West
A scholar of gun culture looks at the roots of Americans’ love affair with firearms – and their willingness to accept gun violence as a price of freedom.
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The Supreme Court reminds the executive branch: Congress makes the laws
Using regulation as a shortcut to lawmaking will no longer fly.
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The court reads free-market economics into the Constitution (again)
The implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. EPA go far beyond dramatically limiting the federal government’s ability to address climate change — significant as that is. With this decision, the court has done nothing less than transform the law’s basic assumptions about the role of the federal government. From now on, […]
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What you need to know about the Supreme Court’s decision on West Virginia v. EPA
A blow at the government’s ability to regulate climate change is just the beginning.
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6 surprising facts for July Fourth
A scholar of early US history celebrates the country’s birthday with six under-appreciated ideas about the founding document.
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Building a wonderful life in the US is a father’s legacy
He taught his children that a good life is a life lived in service.
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How we define ‘American’ in America
The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in ingrained biases over who truly belongs.