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Outside view: Why do Americans think their neighbors are ‘bad’ people?

We Americans are a proud bunch. We are a nation founded on the principles of freedom and the rule of law, and our commitment to these values has propelled human flourishing to new heights and made us the leader of the free world. But in recent years, as our politics and media have become more toxic, we have become more cynical. Now our cynicism is making us stand out in a bad way. A recent Pew ...
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Faith and Values: Added family security a necessity with today’s political discourse

There is a Buddhist practice I used to struggle with: the instruction to look at every person as if they were once your mother – someone who, in another life, cared for you completely, asking nothing in return. I couldn’t get there. My own mother chose her religion over me. The idea of universal maternal love felt like a cruelty. Then Stanley arrived, and I finally understood it from the other side.
Opinion >  Syndicated columns

Leana S. Wen: The CDC is in chaos. But here’s where it’s devastating.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been without a permanent director since the removal of Susan Monarez in August. Its recently installed acting director, Jay Bhattacharya, is also running the National Institutes of Health, located hundreds of miles from the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta. The CDC has also lost scores of senior staff and shuttered key programs, including those focusing on tobacco control and injury prevention.
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Rob Curley: How one subscriber’s passion has spilled over into more support for decades of journalism to come

Shortly after we started Northwest Passages more than eight years ago, a longtime subscriber noticed we showed a list of donors on the big video board of those who helped us keep improving and growing the series. From the very first Northwest Passages event, we were blown away by the generosity and support of those who came to our budding bibliophile bonanzas.