NotableIt’s time for America to admit that it has a marijuana problem. “There is a lot of space between heavy-handed criminal prohibition and hands-off commercial legalization. Much as the United States previously went too far in banning pot, it has recently gone too far in accepting and even promoting its use.” — The Editorial Board Libertarians tried to warn you about Trump. “It would be a mistake to treat President Trump as the origin of the ultra-powerful presidency. He is merely picking up the weapons that previous administrations left lying around and waltzing through the loopholes they opened.” — Katherine Mangu-Ward, editor in chief of Reason Death, undocumented. “Lampedusa is the critical but deadly entry point to a continent that fears immigration but cannot live without it. It should be where the paradox of European migrant policy is most visible, but it’s disappearing from view.” — Giuliano Beniamino Fleri, a historian of migration Spotlight
These Three Red States Are the Best Hope in SchoolingThe columnist Nicholas Kristof writes that Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana traditionally were America’s educational basement, but now they are showing blue states a way forward. ICYMIWhat we lost when we lost U.S.A.I.D. “The brutality of U.S.A.I.D.’s closure and the disregard for the human toll betrayed a vision of a crueler, meaner, more insular world — one in which America aspires not to any pretense of moral leadership but simply to naked power, dominance and extractive self-interest.” — Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “The Globalization of Canadian Rage” When your neighbor’s house is on fire you want to put the fire out before it spreads to your house. For years we have watched our neighbor pile oily rags, tires, paper and gasoline around their house. There is a fire smoldering there now, but they are arguing next door about what to call this fire. We are digging a fire break between our two houses. We would prefer that the fire department shows up, puts out the fire and our neighbors clean up their yard. — A comment posted by Peter from Canada Read more comments on the story here and check out our Letters to the Editor. We hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
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