NotableWhat’s the right reason to explore space? “We already won the race to the moon once! Now we are going to win it again? Setting it up as a short-term race is just asking for the public to lose interest again in a few years and decide to cut the budget and end the program, which would be such a shame. One of the lessons of Apollo and the early space age was the need to care for our planet and unite as one humanity. Yet look at the world today. It’s so fragmented, fractious and seemingly unable to marshal the global-scale responses needed to solve our global-scale problems.” — David Grinspoon, an astrobiologist, in an Opinion discussion on NASA’s Artemis II mission Democrats need to stop fielding and encouraging nepo candidates. “Americans are in a salty, anti-establishment state of mind. Public confidence in the federal government and in political parties is in the basement. The results of early primary elections in North Carolina and Texas last month suggested an anti-incumbent mood. Younger Democratic voters and elected officials are agitating for generational change. Polling shows people disgusted with the political status quo.” — Michelle Cottle, who writes about national politics for Opinion We’re supposed to give students a map. “But how do I describe this troubled world of ours — the grave crossroads we straddle, the mighty stakes of our decisions — in a manner both truthful and gentle? How do I gird my students for the uncertainties and obstacles ahead while equipping them with an ample store of hope? I’ve been on the faculty at Duke University for five years now, and this past one has been the most challenging and the strangest by far.” — Frank Bruni, contributing Opinion writer Spotlight
“Democratic rule, particularly at the local level, has been marked by a rise in public disorder” in San Francisco and progressive bastions nationwide, says German Lopez, an Opinion writer. “It’s one reason the Democratic Party is currently less popular than President Trump, I.C.E. and artificial intelligence.” That might be changing, though. “The transformation is in its early stages, but what I saw in San Francisco was promising — a big step closer to safe and orderly streets,” he writes. ICYMIAn important treatment, not a fountain of youth. “As welcome as the recent attention to women’s health is and as much as I still worry about unmet need, I’m seeing signs that the pendulum might be swinging too far from ‘estrogen for no one’ to ‘estrogen for all.’ Menopause influencers are promoting high doses of estrogen for overall health or to achieve hormonal balance. Telehealth sites include estrogen under their ‘longevity’ plans. One of my patients half-jokingly said to me, ‘All the cool girls are doing it.’” — Gillian Goddard, an endocrinologist More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “The Epstein Emails Show #MeToo Never Stood a Chance” As an older woman with a long history of standing up for women’s rights, this piece is painful to read. “Validation and despair” in the same sentence to describe where women are today speaks of a society so corrupted by powerful misogynists that they can get away with such evil crimes. I implore younger women to not give up the fight. It is exactly what they want you to do! — A comment by Eileen from Upstate New York 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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