NotableAmerican imperialism never stays overseas. “While Mr. Trump peddles a fantasy of omnipotence in which the United States assassinates foreign leaders and bombs fishermen, anti-imperialists can help Americans adapt to an era in which they have less power. They can embrace a multipolar world because they don’t want America to be imperial Rome.” — Peter Beinart, a contributing Opinion writer Iran’s theocracy killed the revolution. “Despite Ayatollah Khomeini’s charisma and because of Ayatollah Khamenei’s brutality, most people in Iran are now convinced that what they bought in 1979 as panacea for a corrupt, repressive monarchy was no better than snake oil.” — Abbas Milani, the director of Iranian studies at Stanford University Trump was never antiwar. “What Trump has always hated isn’t conflict but sacrifice, the notion that American power should ever be constrained by a veneer of idealism or care for global opinion.” — Michelle Goldberg, Opinion columnist Spotlight
The Reason Gen Z Isn’t DatingThe contributing Opinion writer Christine Emba says that for younger adults, romance has turned into something to be debated, theorized and optimized for but not actually engaged in. ICYMIHospice care is a mess. “I could have tried to get my patient admitted to an inpatient hospice facility, where he could have gotten the drug he needed more easily, but he wanted to die at home. So, reluctantly, I had to send him home without it.” — Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist and a writer Listen (or Watch)More in Opinion
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