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JEFF JACOBY

Ending Saddam Hussein’s reign of terror was the right call

Based on what was known at the time, the decision to invade Iraq was both justifiable and honorable.
MARCELA GARCÍA

The government wants me to delete TikTok. Here’s why it’s wrong.

There are crucial holes in the public narrative about a potential US ban of the video app.
NEWSLETTER

Mike Pence’s homophobic ‘joke’

With an antigay and misogynistic remark masquerading as humor, Mike Pence proved he’s even worse at comedy than he was at being a governor or a vice president.
SCOT LEHIGH

Playing matchmaker for MassINC

Here’s an eligible prospect that will give you instant civic chemistry.

op-eds

Timothy Scalona

I am a survivor of the child welfare system. Family surveillance is not the solution to poverty.

One visit from the Department of Children and Families gave rise to countless unannounced visits over the years as school staff reported our family to social services for the same reason: homelessness. DCF came to investigate, not to help.
Linda J. Bilmes and Joseph E. Stiglitz

US is still living with consequences of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

The lessons from our wartime folly are stark, but we should learn them.
ANDREW ZIMBALIST

Ivy League athletes had a choice. They opted for college without athletic scholarships.

Basketball players liken Ivies lawsuit to struck-down NCAA rules. But Ivies boast the most generous financial aid benefits in the country.
Yesha Yadav

Regulators need a plan for cryptocurrency

Rigorous and thoughtful crypto regulation can make both crypto and banking safer.

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Yesha Yadav

Regulators need a plan for cryptocurrency

Rigorous and thoughtful crypto regulation can make both crypto and banking safer.

JOAN VENNOCHI

With latest bank failures, Senator Elizabeth Warren can say ‘I told you so’

She was right about the consequences of weakening financial rules and the misguided assist from Democrats.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

I’m in my prime, and I’m done hiding my age

At almost 50, I wondered when, exactly, is a woman in her prime? Society’s answer is never. No matter what age a woman is, it’s the wrong one.

Daniel K. Tarullo

Was Silicon Valley Bank really too big to fail?

Even in a period of relative economic calm, a bank less than one-tenth the size of JPMorgan Chase was not allowed to fail without some special protection for one group of creditors — those large, uninsured depositors.

Peter Schiff

Government bailouts brought the SVB bank crisis

There is no easy way out of the stimulus trap.

SCOT LEHIGH

Good citizenship requires some effort and obligation

A new book by Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations argues true citizenship necessarily entails some obligations and effort.

JEFF JACOBY

Michigan is poised to revive compulsory unionism

The state’s right-to-work law liberated workers and boosted the economy. Now Democrats want to repeal it.

NEWSLETTER

Stanford Law School disgraces itself

Why are universities increasingly seen not as a home for open debate but as a gulag of intellectual conformity and the silencing of non-woke ideas?