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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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The Secretary of the Interior hasn’t heard about batteries.
Burgum: "When the sun goes down, you have a catastrophic failure called sunset and there's no solar energy produced, and yet we're subsidizing these things that are intermittent, unreliable, and expensive. We've gotta get back to base load."
July 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Secretary of the Interior hasn’t heard about batteries.
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George Patton when he ran out of tank crews:
July 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
George Patton when he ran out of tank crews:
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Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak - can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating. Your boys took a hell of a beating.
May 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak - can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating. Your boys took a hell of a beating.
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I wrote about Pop www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Gregg Popovich’s Life Lessons
The San Antonio Spurs coach built a thoughtful team culture that spread far beyond his own players.
www.theatlantic.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I wrote about Pop www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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Gregg Popovich is stepping down as Spurs head coach and will move to a full-time role as team president, per Shams Charania
May 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Gregg Popovich is stepping down as Spurs head coach and will move to a full-time role as team president, per Shams Charania
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
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"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak"
our beef:
our beef:
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak"
our beef:
our beef:
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"The biggest cuts to disability benefits on record should shame the government to its core."
Charities have slammed Labour's benefit reforms as a “violation of human rights” that could harm seriously ill and disabled people 👇
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Charities have slammed Labour's benefit reforms as a “violation of human rights” that could harm seriously ill and disabled people 👇
buff.ly/ptT2I27
March 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"The biggest cuts to disability benefits on record should shame the government to its core."
Charities have slammed Labour's benefit reforms as a “violation of human rights” that could harm seriously ill and disabled people 👇
buff.ly/ptT2I27
Charities have slammed Labour's benefit reforms as a “violation of human rights” that could harm seriously ill and disabled people 👇
buff.ly/ptT2I27
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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In the free-to-read newsletter that goes out when I publish a new column, I compared the changes in the market during Trump's second term to other recent presidencies. It looks most like the markets under Bush in 2001 — when the dot-com bubble burst. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
March 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In the free-to-read newsletter that goes out when I publish a new column, I compared the changes in the market during Trump's second term to other recent presidencies. It looks most like the markets under Bush in 2001 — when the dot-com bubble burst. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
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Dooming over, there’s still a war and we’re still alive
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Dooming over, there’s still a war and we’re still alive
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30 years to the day (!) since a truly immortal piece of football commentary youtu.be/dHld_7DqMd8
Relive the moment Eric Cantona kung-fu...
YouTube video by MarciaGuzMan
youtu.be
January 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
30 years to the day (!) since a truly immortal piece of football commentary youtu.be/dHld_7DqMd8
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New: Britain's economic stagnation has gone on for too long.
So, Sam Bowman (@sambowman.co) and I have produced a list of 11 policy ideas that would really shift the dial on growth.
www.sambowman.co/p/growth-is-...
So, Sam Bowman (@sambowman.co) and I have produced a list of 11 policy ideas that would really shift the dial on growth.
www.sambowman.co/p/growth-is-...
Growth is a policy choice
So here are some pro-growth policies to choose from
www.sambowman.co
January 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New: Britain's economic stagnation has gone on for too long.
So, Sam Bowman (@sambowman.co) and I have produced a list of 11 policy ideas that would really shift the dial on growth.
www.sambowman.co/p/growth-is-...
So, Sam Bowman (@sambowman.co) and I have produced a list of 11 policy ideas that would really shift the dial on growth.
www.sambowman.co/p/growth-is-...
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New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
January 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
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Charlie Woods makes his first ever hole in one at the PNC Championship
December 22, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Charlie Woods makes his first ever hole in one at the PNC Championship
Can finally enjoy being a United fan
December 15, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Can finally enjoy being a United fan
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"Putin, Putin you will see, Ukraine will be free!" Syrians celebrating the liberation from Assad in front of the Russian embassy in London. #freeSyria
December 10, 2024 at 10:57 AM
"Putin, Putin you will see, Ukraine will be free!" Syrians celebrating the liberation from Assad in front of the Russian embassy in London. #freeSyria
‘nothing ever happens’ bros in the mud rn
December 4, 2024 at 7:41 PM
‘nothing ever happens’ bros in the mud rn
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![A [FAKE] tweet from South Korea's soon-to-be-ex-President Yoon Su, reading "The haters said we couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aohq6g4pn4njqioimsxtvghu/bafkreihm76lxdvcctcmb4dcjrorqaqxrzujwztozstsk5hiodditj3vzoe@jpeg)
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The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.
November 29, 2024 at 7:39 AM
The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.