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A Stanford symposium will feature purveyors of some of the most dangerous and widely debunked claims about anti-pandemic policies. Doesn’t the university have a responsibility to fight misinformation, not spread it?
Political pundits have called America a ‘polarized’ country. But it was never true — we agree on most issues.
Those new weight-loss drugs will slash spending on obesity-related illness, so why is it so hard to get insurers to cover them?
Conservatives fabricated a claim that Harris would tax everyone’s unrealized capital gains, but she would do so for those with more than $100 million in wealth. Is that bad?
Trump’s Truth Social came into being as another of his schemes, and that’s how it’s proceeding. Since Biden exited the presidential race, the stock has been spiraling.
Kamala Harris was pilloried in the press for proposing ‘price controls.’ She did nothing of the kind
The evidence that COVID originated in a lab is still nonexistent, but the controversy undermines trust in science. We’ll be sorry.
The presidential candidates are squabbling over tax exemption for tips, but Harris’ version helps workers and Trump’s helps the rich
Elon Musk is suing former X advertisers because they won’t spend money on his platform. Can he be serious?
Crypto has had little to brag about this year, but its backers are raising campaign donations in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
