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June 23, 2026

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Notable

Could this terrible war actually succeed? “It may bequeath an accidental gift: a lasting aversion to military conflict with Iran and a chance to replace decades of failed policy with serious diplomacy.”

— Robert Malley, the special U.S. envoy for Iran from 2021 to 2023, and Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Is this the year Florida turns blue? “Jolly’s theory of the case is that Florida Republicans are so addicted to toxicity that his old limited-government principles — government should stay out of your bedroom, the classroom and most of your life — are now Democratic principles.”

— Michael Grunwald, a contributing Opinion writer

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The Covid czar people still trust. “Strong leaders aren’t afraid of their audiences. They know themselves well enough to say what they mean and are mature enough to revise their positions in front of the public.”

— Rachael Bedard, a contributing Opinion writer

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Spotlight

Jing Wei

A Plan to Save Social Security

Senator Bernie Moreno and Senator Elizabeth Warren write that it’s time to lift the Social Security payroll tax cap.

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ICYMI

Alan Greenspan was wrong about one thing. “He was an honest and inquisitive intellectual committed to the principles of Adam Smith, principles that work well most of the time. This was not one of those times, and his conviction was shaken.”

— Roger Lowenstein, a journalist and author

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More in Opinion

Guest Essay What’s the Matter With Congress? A debate between old friends about whether it is fear or polarization that is making Congress weak. By Thomas B. Edsall

Guest Essay Colombia Leaps Into the Void A right-wing victory in Latin America’s third-largest country could ripple across the region. By Michael Shifter

In Your Words

Re: “10 Years After Brexit, the Dismal Verdict Is In”

Deborah Montclair, NJ One really has to wonder when Western democracies will figure out that markets are terrible at measuring the economic health of a nation. The financial health and security of the worker/consumer/taxpayer is the bottom line that should be listened to and respected.

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