Beatrice Neilson
5 Articles
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Opinion: Political violence for thee, but not for me
Three hours. That is how long Charlie Kirk had been dead before a Republican commentator was calling for civil war. “They are at war with...
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Opinion: Trump’s game of tariff peekaboo evinces the weakness of a lame-duck president
Growing up, my family used to drive to Maine every summer. The car ride took six hours, during which my two sisters and I...
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Opinion: Call Her Cronkite?
A trusted anchor for the CBS Evening News and a defining figure of the 20th century, Walter Cronkite was the man whose voice could...
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Opinion: JD Vance flunks the beer test—and the debate
One of the oldest cliches in American politics is the so-called “beer test:” which candidate would you rather have a beer with? It’s one of those...
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Opinion: Harris’s button-pushing debate performance spoke to older siblings everywhere
A few years ago, my little sister Molly got a really unfortunate haircut that made her look like Macaulay Culkin in “Home Alone." Naturally, I mercilessly...


