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The long view of history still offers reason for optimism. People figure out how to emerge from darker periods

Gun deaths, infant mortality and car crashes show that United States is behind other wealthy nations in tackling these burning issues

The sweetener industry and its various offshoots, like the soda industry, have spent years trying to trick you — beware

The athletes are right — that they shouldn’t apologise for anything. But they ought to be more effective

Lying can be an effective political tactic, but believing your own alternative facts, however, is usually not so smart

What the White House is saying about the Russia story doesn’t matter. The questions are what really happened and who can uncover the truth

Modern life pushes us towards excess, but constant activity isn’t an enjoyable or productive way to live

The Left now needs to decide on how to respond to the growing challenge, but it hasn’t been effective enough so far

When hackers released Macron’s spectacularly mundane emails, the French media exercised better judgement than their American counterparts had done with the Clinton emails

Comeback strategy should include a muscular agenda to lift up people without four-year college degrees

Storms are more damaging than in the past, and climate change is at least partly to blame.