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AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event

Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

The End of Niche College Sports

Letting schools pay revenue-generating athletes is long overdue. If that means letting squash and water polo die, so be it.

Europe’s Free-Speech Problem

Republicans are right to criticize Europe for attacking free expression, even if that makes them hypocritical.

The Growing Cohort of Single Dads by Choice

For some men, fatherhood is an answer to questions about modern masculinity.

The Only Plausible Path to End the War in Ukraine

Has the Trump administration misread Moscow?

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