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A new Israeli government won’t deliver peace overnight, but it could reverse the trajectory toward endless conflict, Thomas Wright argues.

The Opening After Netanyahu

Do dogs know how much we love them? We’re not exactly sure, Alexandra Horowitz wrote in 2022. https://theatln.tc/OFEIWwPS

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As threats to Social Security loom, David Frum speaks with Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, about what’s preventing Washington from confronting America’s fiscal challenges.

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Social Security Is Running Out of Time

Christopher Nolan’s take on “The Odyssey” manages to find an intimate side to one of history’s best-known stories—without losing the epic scale, David Sims writes: https://theatln.tc/YCgnremd

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