When Public Schools Rely on Local Property Taxes: Letters
Readers discuss the phenomenon of school districts being isolated from financial resources in their communities.
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Singapore’s Ambassador: ‘Our Laws Are for Us to Make’
The city-state’s ambassador to the United States defends a new law that allows Singapore’s government to determine what is true and what is “fake news.”
Letters: How to Help Monarch Butterflies
Two readers discuss their efforts to support the migration of wild monarchs.
Letters: Trump Is a ‘Source of Hope’ for Taiwan
A Taiwanese American reader reflects on American-Taiwanese relations in the age of Trump.
Qatar Responds: Don’t Cancel the 2022 World Cup
The tournament’s host country pushes back on Franklin Foer’s proposal that FIFA change course and reallocate funds to women’s soccer.
Readers Defend the Boomer Generation
“Greed and self-interest know no generational boundaries.”
Letters: The Navy Was ‘Conceding Defeat to an Overbearing President’
Members of the American military weigh in on the USS John S. McCain scandal.
Letters: Confronting Biological Denialism on Campus
Readers discuss the dangers that arise when students reject well-established scientific ideas—and suggest ways to encourage productive dialogue.
Letters: The Meaning of Shakespeare's Identity
Readers discuss the possibility that the person behind Shakespeare’s works was not the man buried in Stratford.
Letters: The Two Types of Airport People
People who arrive at the airport early aren’t “overprepared,” one reader argues. “They’re just organized.”