Author: Jim

The Loneliness Epidemic Has a Cure

There are few higher and better callings than to forge a bond with a person and provide a place where they belong.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/opinion/loneliness-epidemic-aei-education.html?smid=em-share

Conservatives Fighting Over Reagan’s Legacy Overlook What Made Him Successful

That bodes poorly for the G.O.P.’s future.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/opinion/ronald-reagan-legacy.html?smid=em-share

What Kamala Harris Needs to Do to Take On China

Washington cannot win “the competition for the 21st century” against Beijing by itself.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/opinion/kamala-harris-china.html?smid=em-share

Abraham Lincoln’s Wiliest Trick Should Be a Lesson for Biden

A model of how a lame duck can nobly serve the nation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/opinion/abraham-lincoln-lesson-biden.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk4.73u0.U29xzVq8TtHj&smid=em-share

J. D. Vance is just the man that the Catholic right has been waiting for, @DamonLinker writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/08/jd-vance-post-liberal-catholics-thiel/679388/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Maybe We Are Asking Presidential Candidates the Wrong Questions

Harris needs to talk about her theory of the presidency, not relitigate her campaign controversies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/opinion/harris-cnn-interview-president.html?smid=em-share

The Christian Persecution Narrative Rings Hollow

We are still trying to figure out how to disentangle church from state (and vice versa).

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/25/opinion/christianity-evangelicals-persecution-faith.html?smid=em-share

Doctors Saved Her Life. She Didn’t Want Them To.

When her “do not resuscitate” order was ignored, Marie Cooper found herself in a painful situation she had hoped to avoid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/well/patients-dnr-orders-ignored.html?smid=em-share