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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

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    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

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    Science says you don’t need to thaw your steaksScience says you don’t need to thaw your steaks
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    A better way to cook steak.

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    The most important sentence Obama said on IraqThe most important sentence Obama said on Iraq
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    Two things are happening in that sentence: Obama is making the legal case for this war. At the same time, he’s sharply limiting its scope.

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    Obama badly underestimated ISISObama badly underestimated ISIS
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    “The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is if a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant”

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    How did Israel hit a UN shelter after 33 warnings?How did Israel hit a UN shelter after 33 warnings?
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    Both the UN and the US are calling for an investigation.

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    Is Obama pushing into the ‘antidemocratic dark’?Is Obama pushing into the ‘antidemocratic dark’?
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    Presidential overreach is partly a response to congressional dysfunction.

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    Woodward: we’ll never know all of Nixon’s crimesWoodward: we’ll never know all of Nixon’s crimes
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    Forty years after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, we still don’t know the full extent of his administration’s malfeasance.

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    Revenge of the conservative nerdsRevenge of the conservative nerds
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    How Republicans learned to stop towel snapping and love nerds.

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    Amos Oz to Israel’s critics: what would you do?Amos Oz to Israel’s critics: what would you do?
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    Even Israel’s peaceniks believe the Gaza offensive is justified.

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson on GMO hysteria: “chill out”Neil deGrasse Tyson on GMO hysteria: “chill out”
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    GMOs are an example of how differently the Republican and Democratic parties have been responding to scientifically contested issues.

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    Americans let politicians choose their voters, and the results are pretty much what you’d expect.

    By Ezra Klein