Philosopher Richard Rorty can help us understand the delicate balance between being a good patriot and a bad patriot.
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As Putin sees Ukraine … Trump sees Canada?
Donald Trump is not the first U.S. president to want to claim or annex Canada. But it backfired last time.
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How the US has tried to annex Canada before
Donald Trump might want Canada as a 51st state, but in times past some Canadians wanted to be part of the US.
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How the Donald Trump of Canada became a resistance icon
Ontario’s Doug Ford is channeling a national backlash to the White House.
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Opinion: Trump is using transgender athletes to divide society
This is a battle that should take place in the courts, not the political arena, writes Elliott Epstein.
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Trump has a plan to remake the economy. But he’s not explaining it very well.
President Trump has claimed his economic plan could cause brief pain while the nation advances to a new ‘Golden Age.’ But officials have been less clear about what that destination will look like.
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5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease
More than a century ago, the US learned what happens when there is no national response to a major health crisis.
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COVID was declared a pandemic 5 years ago; we’re still poorly prepared for the next one
It’s more than likely we’ll face another pandemic in the future. So what can we learn from COVID?
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How the Carolina wildfires are, perversely, good news for California
To address the most important point up front: The wildfires currently spreading across North and South Carolina are tragic. Thousands of acres have been burned by hundreds of fires since Saturday, taking property and placing livelihoods at risk. There are no reports of fire-driven deaths, as yet, but evacuations have been ordered and emergency declarations […]
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How California can rebuild safer, more resilient cities after wildfires without pricing out workers
It starts with better building policies that recognize future risks, but there are many other important steps.