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Today: @continetti reminds Trump where the real battle with China lies; @andykessler watches an AI documentary for doomers; and @emmma_camp_ went to boarding school. Plus, @MattHennessey takes a look at the Harvard class catalogue.
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The biggest benefit of boarding school was the sense of freedom. Living on your own is fun, and getting a taste of independence earlier than usual left me with a healthy excitement about what adulthood would be like, writes @emmma_camp_
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I’m all for keeping politics out of the Kennedy Center, but it can’t be a place where Democrat presidents are celebrated and Republican presidents get booed, writes @TeviTroy
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The “AI is bad” side is filled with such over-the-top gloom and doom bluster, I almost deleted the ChatGPT app from my phone. Now I’ve got to watch “Worst Ex Ever” on Netflix to cheer up, writes @andykessler
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A fresh crop of AI matchmaking platforms claim they’ll give you the best shot at finding love, harnessing the algorithm in service of your preferences, no matter how long the list, writes @MJ_Koch
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Let Xi Jinping look upon the majestic documents of the American Founding. Let him see what this country—and the battle for the 21st century—is all about, writes @continetti
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Ed Sheeran bent the knee. The sad thing is he’ll get nothing for it. No credit from the keffiyeh-clad radicals. No sympathy from Israel supporters. No rest from the media jackals eager to gnaw his ginger flesh, writes @MattHennessey
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No other college or university does what we do here. You made a great choice when you chose Harvard. I hope you are as excited as we are for the spring term. Feedback welcome, writes @MattHennessey
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The best-known American dictionary is now a little bigger. Merriam-Webster announced last week it had added another 1,400 words and definitions to its online lexicon, writes @editorskinner
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Maybe not every teenager needs to go to boarding school. But plenty would benefit from it. And most could handle it, whether their parents think so or not, writes @emmma_camp_
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Christian Bale has spent nearly two decades working on a project that has nothing to do with Hollywood. This month, his nonprofit opened Together California, a foster-care village in Palmdale, outside Los Angeles, writes @robkhenderson
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I watch documentaries for sport, to try to spot bias and political messaging. They’re always there, writes @andykessler
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It’s the biggest temptation in politics. We see a terrible policy being pursued by our political opponents and decide the solution is to go even harder in the opposite direction, writes @jamesbmeigs
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Why has America avoided debating values with China? Why haven’t our leaders spoken up more forcefully for dissidents? Why have we let this powerful tool go to rust? asks @continetti
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Nearly 130 heads of state are in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. But one leader has drawn particular attention: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. @JackButler4815 spoke with protesters demonstrating against him.
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Nearly 130 heads of state are in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. But one leader has drawn particular attention: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. @JackButler4815 spoke with protesters demonstrating against him.
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Nearly 130 heads of state are in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. But one leader has drawn particular attention: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Jack Butler spoke with protesters demonstrating against him. Subscribe today: on.wsj.com/4hNpPBq
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Every day I read at least one thing in the local puzzles-and-recipe rag that grinds my gears. On Wednesday it was a full-page ad framed as an open letter “from over 120 of the world’s leading chefs,” writes @MattHennessey
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We thought this might be an opportune moment to spread the word about some other classes we are cooking up for you in administration land. Herewith, a partial list of what you’ll find in the forthcoming course catalogue, writes @MattHennessey
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Gen Z is now in its 20s. The accusation against us is that we are struggling to launch. Not me. I launched early, writes @emmma_camp_
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I watch documentaries for sport, to try to spot bias and political messaging. Don’t trust anyone who buys film by the yard (or now gigabyte). True of “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” on Netflix. @WSJFreeEx
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