Jessica Lynne
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Happiness was once understood as a communal project tied to justice and shared flourishing, our Ethicist columnist writes, but over time, it evolved into something individual and small.
Our Idea of Happiness Has Gotten Shallow. Here’s How to Deepen It.
We used to have a very different understanding of what it means to live well.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Happiness was once understood as a communal project tied to justice and shared flourishing, our Ethicist columnist writes, but over time, it evolved into something individual and small.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."
Attacks on Judges Undermine Democracy, Warns Ketanji Brown Jackson
Speaking to a judicial conference, the Supreme Court justice said attacks were designed to intimidate and influence.
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May 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Supreme Court’s newest member, denounced on Thursday what she described as "relentless attacks" on judges, and an environment of harassment that "ultimately risks undermining our Constitution and the rule of law."
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With all the talk of product shortages , I think it should be said that products will first find their way to densely populated areas first and everywhere else, last
This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms
This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms
May 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
With all the talk of product shortages , I think it should be said that products will first find their way to densely populated areas first and everywhere else, last
This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms
This certainly will hurt all those red counties. How they react to their shelves being everything will define the midterms
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Trump has ordered the US government to move forward with plans to mine the ocean floor an area nearly every other country considers off-limits to industrial exploitation. His executive order sidesteps a decades-old international treaty ratified by every major coastal nation except the United States.
April 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump has ordered the US government to move forward with plans to mine the ocean floor an area nearly every other country considers off-limits to industrial exploitation. His executive order sidesteps a decades-old international treaty ratified by every major coastal nation except the United States.
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The U.S. capacity for health and humanitarian impact has been largely dismantled, leading to severe consequences for people abroad. Now, with the defunding of universities, the destruction will have severe consequences for people here as well.
The Cost of Defunding Harvard
If you or someone you love has cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or diabetes, you have likely benefitted from the university’s federally funded discoveries in care and tre...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The U.S. capacity for health and humanitarian impact has been largely dismantled, leading to severe consequences for people abroad. Now, with the defunding of universities, the destruction will have severe consequences for people here as well.
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The Trump administration is asking Congress to cut funding for Head Start.
April 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The Trump administration is asking Congress to cut funding for Head Start.
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
April 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Musk keeps firing us, and with all this free time, we’re organizing America. They call us “paid protesters”—but seriously, where do we sign up for that paycheck? We’re open to those “Soros bucks.” Every day, we spill the tea, knowing retribution is coming.
March 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Musk keeps firing us, and with all this free time, we’re organizing America. They call us “paid protesters”—but seriously, where do we sign up for that paycheck? We’re open to those “Soros bucks.” Every day, we spill the tea, knowing retribution is coming.
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“The man occupying our White House has made a life of corruption and criminality by exploiting norms of courtesy.” And for those who believe it’s their higher duty to follow norms of civility in this urgent moment? It’s the pathway to America’s demise.
www.americaamerica.news/p/when-civil...
www.americaamerica.news/p/when-civil...
When Civility and Decorum Don’t Cut It
Let Congressman Al Green's cane-waving defiance remind us that the Trump regime will exploit the civility and silence of the opposition.
www.americaamerica.news
March 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“The man occupying our White House has made a life of corruption and criminality by exploiting norms of courtesy.” And for those who believe it’s their higher duty to follow norms of civility in this urgent moment? It’s the pathway to America’s demise.
www.americaamerica.news/p/when-civil...
www.americaamerica.news/p/when-civil...