Two columnists debate this strange moment.

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Two columnists debate this strange moment.

Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”

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Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”

Having “real estate deal guys” as America’s negotiators on the war in Ukraine is a liability, not an advantage. You want a statesman.

This holiday season, I am donating to nonprofits that help make community ecosystems and nature’s ecosystems more resilient.

We have arrived at a “Polycene” moment where binary systems are giving way to multiple interconnected ones.

As he so often does, the president is pushing the wrong answer to the right question on trade policy with Beijing.