Thomas Wright is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He served as the senior director for strategic planning at the National Security Council during the Biden administration.

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Amitav Ghosh believes that climate change requires rethinking the novel. His new work of fiction fails that standard.

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Surely, the insult turns to honor, and the wide grave needs no monument but the heroism that consecrates it in our sight; surely, the hearts that held him nearest see through their tears a noble ...

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This problem, even more than insider trading, may start to limit what Polymarket and Kalshi can offer. There are plenty of ...