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President Trump speaking after the United States carried out a missile attack in Syria on Thursday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times


A Strike in Syria Restores Our Credibility in the World

A Strike in Syria Restores Our Credibility in the World

After President Bashar al-Assad of Syria once again attacked his own citizens with poison gas, the civilized world recoiled in horror at images of children writhing in pain and suffocating to death. President Trump voiced this justified outrage at a news conference on...
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A Syrian child receives treatment following a suspected toxic gas attack earlier this week.Credit Mohamed Al-Bakour/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images


Trump Was Right to Strike Syria

Trump Was Right to Strike Syria

President Trump’s air strikes against Syria were of dubious legality. They were hypocritical. They may have had political motivations. But most of all, they were right. I’m deeply suspicious of Trump’s policies and competence, but this is a case where he is right and...
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Cherry blossoms in early bloom, in Washington. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times


When is politics like a tree?

When is politics like a tree?

If you study and write about happiness as I do, you become attuned to patterns. For instance, when I walk into a workplace, I can usually tell, based on my first few conversations, if the environment is happy or not. And in the past couple of years, I have noticed a...
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Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency photographed the Rocky Mountains. (Thomas Pesquet/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)


War in Space Is Becoming a Real Threat

War in Space Is Becoming a Real Threat

Among the memorabilia in Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein’s office is a fragment of the Wright brothers’ first airplane. But the most intriguing items may be two small plastic satellites on sticks that can be maneuvered to simulate a dogfight in space....
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The future of the U.S. economy?
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The Animal Spirits in the Jobs Report

The Animal Spirits in the Jobs Report

Has the presidential election of Donald Trump reawakened the animal spirits in the US economy, giving businesses more confidence to create jobs? Judging from the latest data, it may have — particularly if you’re a miner, a machinist or a construction...