Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts The question of whether to have kids sits at the awkward intersection of intensely personal decisions and important policy issues. That dynamic can lead to societal confusion. […]
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Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts After 200,000 years of hunting and gathering, a history-defining decision was made. Starting roughly 12,000 years ago, at least seven different groups of humans independently began to
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As California goes, so goes the nation, but what happens when a lot of Californians move to Texas? After the 2030 Census, the home of Hollywood and Silicon Valley will likely be forced to reckon with its stagnating population and
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Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s victorious reelection bid, Democrats are searching for an explanation of Kamala Harris’s loss in order to begin rebuilding for the future.
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From 11:09 a.m. to 11:14 a.m. yesterday, I thought Francis Fukuyama had died. When an X account that seemed connected with Stanford University announced the legendary political scientist’s passing, many people were fooled. Much to my chagrin, I was among
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Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts If former President Donald Trump wins next week’s election, perhaps no issue will have been more pivotal than inflation. Earlier this year, Gallup polling showed that the
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Donald Trump and J. D. Vance have a story to sell you: Amid a scramble for housing in the United States, the real problem is the presence of immigrants. Americans “cannot ignore the impact that the flood of 21 million
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Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts When it comes to America’s two political parties, we may be in the midst of another great realignment. Not until Election Day will we learn how various
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Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts After former President Donald Trump’s surprise victory in 2016, his administration imposed several rounds of tariffs on China on everything from washing machines to steel. The move
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Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts The transformation of several East Asian countries from developing, agrarian economies to highly developed, industrialized economies is one of the great success stories of the 20th century.
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