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America’s Most Powerful Pollster Has Some Doubts

When Nate Cohn releases a poll, people pay attention. Cohn, who created the New York Times/Siena College poll, is perhaps alone among peers in his...

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Benjamin Hart

America’s Most Powerful Pollster Has Some Doubts

When Nate Cohn releases a poll, people pay attention. Cohn, who created the New York Times/Siena College poll, is perhaps alone among peers in his...

monday 20

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Benjamin Hart

We Don’t Know How Bad Bird Flu Is Getting

The H5N1 influenza has killed tens of millions of birds over the last few years, and it’s not slowing down. Instead, it has confounded expectations...

20.05.2024 50

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We Don’t Know How Bad Bird Flu Is Getting

The H5N1 influenza has killed tens of millions of birds over the last few years, and it’s not slowing down. Instead, it has confounded expectations...

20.05.2024 50

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World’s Best Golfer Gets Arrested, Makes Tee Time

17.05.2024 50

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A Columbia ‘68 Revolutionary Takes Stock of Today’s Protests

Columbia University hasn’t seen a student movement as intense as the one currently engulfing campus since 1968. Students opposed to the Vietnam War...

06.05.2024 30

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A Columbia ‘68 Revolutionary Takes Stock of Today’s Protests

Columbia University hasn’t seen a student movement as intense as the one currently engulfing campus since 1968. Students opposed to the Vietnam War...

06.05.2024 40

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Benjamin Hart

Jim VandeHei on AI-Proofing News and Defying ‘Twitter Nerds’

Jim VandeHei has a knack for being ahead of the curve. In 2006, he bolted from the Washington Post with John Harris for the upstart Politico, which...

29.04.2024 40

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Benjamin Hart

Jim VandeHei on AI-Proofing the News and Ignoring ‘Twitter Nerds’

Jim VandeHei has a knack for being ahead of the curve. In 2006, he bolted from the Washington Post with John Harris for the upstart Politico, which...

29.04.2024 30

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Yankees Manager Ejected in Hilariously Unjust Fashion

Baseball fans can watch the sport for decades yet on any given day witness something they’ve never seen before. A perfect example of this truism...

23.04.2024 40

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Yankees Manager Ejected From Game in Hilariously Unjust Fashion

Baseball fans can watch the sport for decades yet on any given day witness something they’ve never seen before. A perfect example of this truism...

22.04.2024 10

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The Time Trump Claimed He Won a Fake ‘Man of the Year’ Award

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

21.04.2024 10

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Benjamin Hart

The Time Trump Claimed He Won a Fake ‘Man of the Year’ Award

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

21.04.2024 10

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Benjamin Hart

What on Earth Is Aileen Cannon Doing?

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has been a thorn in special counsel Jack Smith’s side for almost two years. Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by...

08.04.2024 30

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Benjamin Hart

What on Earth Is Aileen Cannon Doing?

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has been a thorn in special counsel Jack Smith’s side for almost two years. Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by...

08.04.2024 20

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Why an Ex-MLB Interpreter Thinks Ohtani Is Telling the Truth

Is the Shohei Ohtani gambling story Major League Baseball’s worst nightmare or just an ephemeral curiosity? The answer depends on whether the story...

01.04.2024 10

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Benjamin Hart

Why an Ex-MLB Interpreter Thinks Ohtani Is Telling the Truth

Is the Shohei Ohtani gambling story Major League Baseball’s worst nightmare or just an ephemeral curiosity? The answer depends on whether the story...

01.04.2024 9

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The Time Trump Was So Petty He Made the Navy Hide the USS John S. McCain

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

22.03.2024 8

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The Time Trump’s Hair Looked Normal for a Day

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

13.03.2024 10

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The Time Trump’s Hair Looked Normal for a Day

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

13.03.2024 5

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Benjamin Hart

The NRA Is Weaker Than Ever. How Much Does That Matter?

The National Rifle Association remains a powerful organization that holds sway among millions of voters, inspires loyalty among most Republican...

07.03.2024 5

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Benjamin Hart

The NRA Is Weaker Than Ever. How Much Does That Matter?

The National Rifle Association remains a powerful organization that holds sway among millions of voters, inspires loyalty among most Republican...

07.03.2024 20

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Benjamin Hart

Why Are There Still Illegal Weed Stores All Over the City?

Soon after New York legalized marijuana in 2021 — and well before any legally licensed cannabis dispensaries opened — a new kind of shop began...

20.02.2024 10

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Why Are There Still Illegal Weed Stores All Over the City?

Soon after New York legalized marijuana in 2021 — and well before any legally licensed cannabis dispensaries opened — a new kind of shop began...

20.02.2024 20

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Right-Wingers Line Up to Dump on Right-Wing Immigration Bill

05.02.2024 4

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Why Politicians Will Probably Keep Getting Swatted

Nikki Haley and Boston mayor Michelle Wu don’t have much in common, but they’re both prominent people in politics who have recently been...

05.02.2024 10

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Quixotic News Startup The Messenger Is Shutting Down

The Messenger, a much-hyped digital news outlet whose founder promised would bring down-the-middle general-interest news to a supposedly fertile...

01.02.2024 3

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The ‘Thucydides’s Trap’ Author on the Risk of China-Bashing

China’s economy may be going through a post-zero-Covid rough patch, but its status as America’s principal rival remains unchanged. The two...

29.01.2024 20

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Djokovic Looked Old at the Australian Open

Novak Djokovic will turn 37 years old in May, but beyond the odd fleck of gray in his hair, you wouldn’t know it from watching him. Djokovic, the...

26.01.2024 4

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Why the Middle East May Not Actually Be On Fire

After Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, there were immediate and widespread fears of a wider war in the region. Though Israel has bombarded Gaza...

22.01.2024 9

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What Does Hamas Actually Want?

Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7 fundamentally reshaped the perception of the militant group, which had been thought by Israel to be veering...

11.01.2024 6

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Benjamin Hart

Will It Ever Snow in New York City Again?

Remember snow? Merriam-Websters defines it as “precipitation in the form of small white ice crystals formed directly from the water vapor of the air...

22.12.2023 10

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Why October 7 May Mark a Turning Point for Universities

In recent years, the Harvard psychology professor and academic celebrity Steven Pinker has become perhaps as closely associated with the culture wars...

18.12.2023 4

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Why Israel Won’t Forgive Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu has mastered the art of staying in power. Israel’s longest-serving prime minister has been the dominant force in the country’s...

07.12.2023 2

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Why Another Trump Presidency Would Spell Doom in Ukraine

While the war in Ukraine may have faded from American public consciousness — supplanted in large part by the Israel-Hamas war — the conflict on...

04.12.2023 6

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