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William S. Smith

William S. Smith is a senior fellow and director of the Life Sciences Initiative at the Pioneer Institute in Boston, Mass.

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Caroline Downey
Caroline Downey
The Trump Administration Marks Veterans Day with Meaningful VA Reform
AOC in 2028? Really?
Letitia James Turns a Blind Eye to Welfare Fraud in New York
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John R. Puri
Oh, Now the Fed Needs to Rush on Inflation
Not All Property Tax Cuts Are Created Equal
The China-Nvidia Chip Deal Is Even Dumber Than You Think
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Kathryn Jean Lopez
Pope Leo’s Victory Tour
Virginia Is No Longer for Lovers
Arlington Bishop to Virginia Catholics: Do Not Despair
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Joshua S. Treviño
What the Data Center Revolt Is Really About
The Golden Decade Is Gone
The Victims of 9/11 Deserved Better
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Inez Feltscher Stepman
The Legal Origin Story of Wokeness Is a Map to Defeating Woke 2.0
Taking Stock of the Trump Administration’s Victories
Cornell’s Frat-Party Ban Kicks the Keg Down the Road
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Christine Rosen
When the Political Circus Stops Being Fun
Our Culture Needs a Return to Biological Realism
The Unwelcome Return of Sentimental Socialism
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Christopher J. Scalia
Rock Stars Finding Their Religion
Naipaul’s Nobel
My ‘Buddy’ System: The Nickname I Vowed Never to Call My Sons
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Daniel Foster
The Editors
Rosés Are Red, Ballots Are Blue
The Rise of the Rosé States
For My Friends, Tariffs; For My Enemies, GPUs
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Richard Brookhiser
Mask Off
Out for a Penny
Credit Where Credit Is Due
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James Lileks
It’s All Elon’s Fault
Be Ready-ish
We’re Doomed
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Daniel J. Flynn
Tuesdays Gone
The Enduring Relevance of Ideas Have Consequences
This Pre-Movement Conservative Deserves Our Attention
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Rich Lowry
Rich Lowry
A Trump-Vance Fissure
Fear Jon Ossoff
Britain Owes No One an Apology
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Ramesh Ponnuru
2028 Isn’t Over
How This Administration Talks About Itself
Wage Rage
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Charles C. W. Cooke
The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast
The Logic-less Crusade That Just Killed a Data Center
The Democrats Are Coming
On the Strange and Tragic Accident at Six Flags Over Georgia
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Brian T. Allen
Richard Avedon, Fashion Guru, Does Old Age
Lest We Forget the Great War
Final Thoughts on the Biennale: Yarn, Salt, Pepper, Sludge, and a Shark
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Jim Geraghty
The Editors
Yes, Russia Has Paid a Gargantuan Sum in Blood and Treasure
The American Surrender to Russia Continues
No, We Don’t Need to Make Diwali a Federal Holiday
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Andrew C. McCarthy
The McCarthy Report
Hegseth Survives . . . for Now
Grounds for Investigation in the Hegseth Impeachment Case
What the Hegseth Impeachment Effort Is About
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Philip Klein
The Editors
Why Policy Will Make a Comeback in 2028
The Case for JD Vance to Wait Keeps Getting Stronger
Midterm Massacre Reveals the Drawbacks of Unilateral Executive Actions
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Michael Brendan Dougherty
The Editors
Ratifying Reality
In Trying to Please Everyone
AI Will Dehumanize the Job Hunt
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Dan McLaughlin
Of Course Vance Can’t Execute an Iran Policy He Publicly Scorns
Richard Posner: The Judge as Economist
Now It Can Be Told: Joe Biden Admits He Would Have Had to Resign
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Noah Rothman
The Editors
Climate Hysterics Sense a Betrayal Coming
The Blockade Squeezes Iran, JD Vance
Does Anyone Remember Who Our Enemies Are?
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Andrew Stuttaford
France’s Disinformation Game
FDR’s Scapegoat
Nvidia: China’s Double Victory?
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Jeffrey Blehar
Political Beats
Jim Jordan Finally Wins the GOP Leadership Spot — of an Attenuated Party
Massie’s Vanity Impeachment Makes Hegseth’s Exit Less Likely
Meet the New Trump, Same as the Old Trump
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