Therese Raphael
@thereseraphael.bsky.social
Editorial Board Member @opinion.bsky.social. Londoner, born in the USA. Opinions are my own.
After DOGE, what? Today's editorial from @opinion.
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DOGE’s Damage Makes Way for Serious Government Reform
Policymakers can no longer ignore the bureaucracy’s deficiencies.
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May 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
After DOGE, what? Today's editorial from @opinion.
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After a 2nd child died of measles, RFK finally said vaccines are the best way to prevent it--then undid that bare minimum of good by praising "healers" in TX. His pattern of sandwiching medical facts between unproven treatments & junk science will cost lives. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com 🎁 link:
RFK Jr.’s Measles Message is Too Little, Too Late
More Americans could die without a clear and authoritative directive encouraging them to get vaccinated.
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April 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
After a 2nd child died of measles, RFK finally said vaccines are the best way to prevent it--then undid that bare minimum of good by praising "healers" in TX. His pattern of sandwiching medical facts between unproven treatments & junk science will cost lives. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com 🎁 link:
Hi, here's today's editorial -- on right-sizing indirect costs in university funding without slashing innovation -- from @opinion.bloomberg.com
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University Funding Should Be Reformed, Not Reduced
Simpler accounting for administrative costs would be a step in the right direction.
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April 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hi, here's today's editorial -- on right-sizing indirect costs in university funding without slashing innovation -- from @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Here's today's editorial from @opinion.bloomberg.com on you know what.
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‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Won’t Make America Wealthy
Companies aren’t about to invest in the US without knowing how high import barriers might be next month or next year.
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April 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Here's today's editorial from @opinion.bloomberg.com on you know what.
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Why the disbanding of an obscure government statistical body matters. From @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The War on Government Statistics Has Quietly Begun
What the elimination of an obscure advisory committee on economic data says about the administration’s commitment to relevance and accuracy.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Why the disbanding of an obscure government statistical body matters. From @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Happy Friday. Here's today's editorial from @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Extending the 2017 Tax Cuts Would Be Fiscally Reckless
Much of the law was sensible — but with public debt on its current path, simply extending it is unaffordable.
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January 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Happy Friday. Here's today's editorial from @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Today's Editorial from @opinion.bloomberg.com (and beneath it a bonus -- column from my colleague Clive Crook on how "repair" rather than "resist" is the best answer to Trump:
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DeepSeek’s AI Triumph Shouldn’t Deep-Six Chip Curbs
US export controls are meant to slow down Chinese progress in AI, not halt it altogether. They’re still valuable.
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January 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today's Editorial from @opinion.bloomberg.com (and beneath it a bonus -- column from my colleague Clive Crook on how "repair" rather than "resist" is the best answer to Trump:
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NGL, today's @opinion.bloomberg.com editorial is especially close to my (expat) heart.
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How Trump Can Slash Red Tape and Enrich America, Too
America's tax system for citizens abroad is a disaster. Changing it is one of the president’s better ideas.
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January 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
NGL, today's @opinion.bloomberg.com editorial is especially close to my (expat) heart.
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Leaving the WHO puts the US on the outside looking in when it comes to global health. Not a great start to that promise to Make America Healthy Again. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):
Trump Leaving WHO Puts US at the Back of the Line in Global Health
With its withdrawal, the US cedes its outsize influence in the global health organization to countries like China and puts lives at risk.
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January 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Leaving the WHO puts the US on the outside looking in when it comes to global health. Not a great start to that promise to Make America Healthy Again. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):
Happy Friday. Here's today's editorial from @opinion.bloomberg.com
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H-1B Visa Lottery Is Shutting Out Top Talent. Replace It
A merit-based system will return the policy to its intended purpose.
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January 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy Friday. Here's today's editorial from @opinion.bloomberg.com
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The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
January 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this