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America Stopped Cooking With Tallow for a Reason

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s view on fats is about bucking convention, not promoting health.

The Gender War Is Here

What women learned in 2024

The Evidence on Policing and Crime

Revisiting the need for police, four years after international Black Lives Matter protests

What Musk and Ramaswamy Don’t Get

They want to blame the bureaucrats, but they’re going to need those very same bureaucrats if they want to get anything done.

A ‘Radical’ Approach to Reclaiming Your Attention

It’s not just about putting your phone away.

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