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If you want to see whether immigration is making cities better or worse, just look at property values, writes Tyler Cowen.
A Simple Test of What People Really Think About Immigration
If you want to see whether immigration is making cities better or worse, just look at property values, writes Tyler Cowen.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
If you want to see whether immigration is making cities better or worse, just look at property values, writes Tyler Cowen.
Few qualities have inspired me more than Washington’s humility, writes the forty-third president of the United States of the first.
George W. Bush: What I Learned from George Washington
Few qualities have inspired me more than Washington’s humility, writes the forty-third president of the United States of the first.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Few qualities have inspired me more than Washington’s humility, writes the forty-third president of the United States of the first.
A $400,000 payout on a bet anticipating Maduro’s capture puts prediction markets under a spotlight.
Are Insiders Making a Killing on Polymarket?
A $400,000 payout on a bet anticipating Maduro’s capture puts prediction markets under a spotlight.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A $400,000 payout on a bet anticipating Maduro’s capture puts prediction markets under a spotlight.
The president’s petulance has created a diplomatic crisis—and risks undermining his foreign policy achievements.
Trump’s Dangerous Greenland Game
The president’s petulance has created a diplomatic crisis—and risks undermining his foreign policy achievements.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The president’s petulance has created a diplomatic crisis—and risks undermining his foreign policy achievements.
Why do Americans spend more on OnlyFans than on ‘The New York Times’ and ChatGPT combined? The answer, Arthur Brooks writes, is fear.
Arthur Brooks: Why Are Young People Choosing OnlyFans Over Love?
Why do Americans spend more on OnlyFans than on ‘The New York Times’ and ChatGPT combined? The answer, Arthur Brooks writes, is fear.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Why do Americans spend more on OnlyFans than on ‘The New York Times’ and ChatGPT combined? The answer, Arthur Brooks writes, is fear.
An Oscar short-listed film, funded by Qatar, Turkey, and the BBC, rewrites the past to serve a modern political fantasy.
The Bad History of ‘Palestine 36’
An Oscar short-listed film, funded by Qatar, Turkey, and the BBC, rewrites the past to serve a modern political fantasy.
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February 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
An Oscar short-listed film, funded by Qatar, Turkey, and the BBC, rewrites the past to serve a modern political fantasy.
The collapse of the rial, the fall of the yen, and the strength of the dollar can tell you a lot about the world.
Is a Country Rising or Falling? Watch Its Currency.
The collapse of the rial, the fall of the yen, and the strength of the dollar can tell you a lot about the world.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The collapse of the rial, the fall of the yen, and the strength of the dollar can tell you a lot about the world.
Is the Epstein fallout spiraling out of control? Eli Lake on Marco Rubio’s minor diplomatic miracle. Noah Smith on why you may no longer be the smartest thing on Earth. And more in today's Front Page.
Is the Epstein Fallout Spiraling Out of Control? Plus. . .
Is the Epstein fallout spiraling out of control? Eli Lake on Marco Rubio’s minor diplomatic miracle. Noah Smith on why you may no longer be the smartest thing on Earth. And more in today's Front Page.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Is the Epstein fallout spiraling out of control? Eli Lake on Marco Rubio’s minor diplomatic miracle. Noah Smith on why you may no longer be the smartest thing on Earth. And more in today's Front Page.
The Espionage Act lets the feds target journalists who handle leaks, so protecting press freedom is each president’s choice.
The Bad Law Behind the FBI’s Raid on a Reporter
The Espionage Act lets the feds target journalists who handle leaks, so protecting press freedom is each president’s choice.
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February 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The Espionage Act lets the feds target journalists who handle leaks, so protecting press freedom is each president’s choice.
At 16, Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her ‘disfigured for life.’ Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom.
A Legal First That Could Change Gender Medicine
At 16, Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her ‘disfigured for life.’ Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom.
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February 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
At 16, Fox Varian got a mastectomy while undergoing a gender transition. She sued her psychologist and plastic surgeon for leaving her ‘disfigured for life.’ Benjamin Ryan reports from the courtroom.
Reports say the Justice Department is investigating Tim Walz and Jacob Frey for obstructing ICE. The Constitution says they’re within their rights.
Trump Declares a Legal War on Sanctuary Cities
Reports say the Justice Department is investigating Tim Walz and Jacob Frey for obstructing ICE. The Constitution says they’re within their rights.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Reports say the Justice Department is investigating Tim Walz and Jacob Frey for obstructing ICE. The Constitution says they’re within their rights.
The loss of one of our greatest comediennes is shocking—as was the consistent brilliance of her work, writes John Podhoretz.
The Greatness of Catherine O’Hara
The loss of one of our greatest comediennes is shocking—as was the consistent brilliance of her work, writes John Podhoretz.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The loss of one of our greatest comediennes is shocking—as was the consistent brilliance of her work, writes John Podhoretz.
On Moltbook, bots argue, philosophize, and conspire. Humanity is not yet in danger.
The Bots Are Building Their Own Society
On Moltbook, bots argue, philosophize, and conspire. Humanity is not yet in danger.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
On Moltbook, bots argue, philosophize, and conspire. Humanity is not yet in danger.
In the "Epstein fallout," distinctions between the truly culpable and those who are merely bystanders are being lost in the lust to point fingers, writes Joe Nocera.
The ‘Epstein Fallout’ Is Spiraling Out of Control
In the "Epstein fallout," distinctions between the truly culpable and those who are merely bystanders are being lost in the lust to point fingers, writes Joe Nocera.
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February 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
In the "Epstein fallout," distinctions between the truly culpable and those who are merely bystanders are being lost in the lust to point fingers, writes Joe Nocera.
At the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a bracing critique of European complacency—and got a standing ovation for it, writes Eli Lake.
Marco Rubio’s Minor Diplomatic Miracle
At the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a bracing critique of European complacency—and got a standing ovation for it, writes Eli Lake.
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February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
At the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a bracing critique of European complacency—and got a standing ovation for it, writes Eli Lake.
Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence means we may end up being one of the very last generations to remember what it was like for humans to be in the driver’s seat of the universe, writes Noah Smith.
You Are No Longer the Smartest Type of Thing on Earth
Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence means we may end up being one of the very last generations to remember what it was like for humans to be in the driver’s seat of the universe, writes Noah Smith.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence means we may end up being one of the very last generations to remember what it was like for humans to be in the driver’s seat of the universe, writes Noah Smith.
‘Somewhere I read of freedom,’ said Martin Luther King Jr. in the last speech of his life. Most of us today, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jonathan Eig, don’t need to read of our rights to know they exist; they live in the air we breathe.
Things Worth Remembering: MLK’s Final Act of Faith
‘Somewhere I read of freedom,’ said Martin Luther King Jr. in the last speech of his life. Most of us today, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jonathan Eig, don’t need to read of our rights to know they exist; they live in the air we breathe.
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February 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
‘Somewhere I read of freedom,’ said Martin Luther King Jr. in the last speech of his life. Most of us today, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jonathan Eig, don’t need to read of our rights to know they exist; they live in the air we breathe.
Maya Sulkin talks to Trump voters who prioritized border security but say they didn’t expect mass deportations to look like this.
They Voted for Trump—and They’re Appalled by ICE
Maya Sulkin talks to Trump voters who prioritized border security but say they didn’t expect mass deportations to look like this.
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February 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Maya Sulkin talks to Trump voters who prioritized border security but say they didn’t expect mass deportations to look like this.
By the time I was 13, all I wanted for my birthday was my own bookie.
Hi, My Name Is Allan, and I’m a Compulsive Gambler
By the time I was 13, all I wanted for my birthday was my own bookie.
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February 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
By the time I was 13, all I wanted for my birthday was my own bookie.
What a shame that conventional wisdom deems most poetry inaccessible. And what a beautiful thing that music so often proves that belief wrong, writes Peter Richmond.
Things Worth Remembering: Elvis Costello Brought Poetry to Life
What a shame that conventional wisdom deems most poetry inaccessible. And what a beautiful thing that music so often proves that belief wrong, writes Peter Richmond.
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February 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
What a shame that conventional wisdom deems most poetry inaccessible. And what a beautiful thing that music so often proves that belief wrong, writes Peter Richmond.
The ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star, who died Wednesday at 48, sought to teach his kids “how easy it can be to laugh, to love, to cry, to learn . . .and to find joy in both the plans and the detours alike.”
Things Worth Remembering: James Van Der Beek Was the Best of Us
The ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star, who died Wednesday at 48, sought to teach his kids “how easy it can be to laugh, to love, to cry, to learn . . .and to find joy in both the plans and the detours alike.”
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February 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The ‘Dawson’s Creek’ star, who died Wednesday at 48, sought to teach his kids “how easy it can be to laugh, to love, to cry, to learn . . .and to find joy in both the plans and the detours alike.”
In the ’70s, my mother gave me a print that read: ‘A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.’ After 25 years of marriage, I couldn’t disagree more.
How I Became a Wife
In the ’70s, my mother gave me a print that read: ‘A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.’ After 25 years of marriage, I couldn’t disagree more.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
In the ’70s, my mother gave me a print that read: ‘A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.’ After 25 years of marriage, I couldn’t disagree more.
My students at UATX know they can disagree passionately with their classmates—a more meaningful definition of ‘safe space’ than what I encountered teaching in the Ivy League.
I’m a Liberal at a ‘Conservative’ University. How Did I End Up Here?
My students at UATX know they can disagree passionately with their classmates—a more meaningful definition of ‘safe space’ than what I encountered teaching in the Ivy League.
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February 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
My students at UATX know they can disagree passionately with their classmates—a more meaningful definition of ‘safe space’ than what I encountered teaching in the Ivy League.
I was born into poverty, and I believed wealth meant happiness. But F. Scott Fitzgerald taught me that prosperity can destroy you.
Things Worth Remembering: Money Can Ruin Your Life
I was born into poverty, and I believed wealth meant happiness. But F. Scott Fitzgerald taught me that prosperity can destroy you.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
I was born into poverty, and I believed wealth meant happiness. But F. Scott Fitzgerald taught me that prosperity can destroy you.
If I’d come here to hear romantic platitudes about the past, I’d come to the wrong place.
What I Discovered Deep in the Canyons
If I’d come here to hear romantic platitudes about the past, I’d come to the wrong place.
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February 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
If I’d come here to hear romantic platitudes about the past, I’d come to the wrong place.