The president claims America is back in the climate fight, but legislation is the missing ingredient.
Europe
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No Christmas Turkeys for Britain
How Boris Johnson’s U.K. is crippled by aftereffects of Brexit
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Tenants of the World, Unite!
Today on TAP: The housing affordability crisis goes global
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The Limited Social Democratic Victory in Germany
The most likely coalition government includes the libertarian FDP party. The result: a modestly better version of Merkel.
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The Great Pandemic and the Global Response
A Q&A with Adam Tooze about his new book on the economics of COVID
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Social Democrats Back From the Dead?
If current trends persist, Germany could get a left government.
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BS Alert for Today: Ross Douthat
Today on TAP: Tucker’s Orban gambit needs a mainstream conservative validator.
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Tucker Trundles to Tin-Pot Land
Today on TAP: Like Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson clearly hopes to build a global, white, Christian, authoritarian movement
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Why Biden Should Increase the Refugee Resettlement Cap
After Trump’s nativism, Biden has the chance to reclaim U.S. leadership.
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Corporate America’s Empty Threats
Uber, Amazon, and others continually vow to leave any place where public-interest regulation might limit their profits. Don’t buy it.