Opinion Today: Who gets to tell stories?

There are limits to “lived experience.” [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP4QnAWh0dHBzOi8vbWVzc2FnaW5nLWN1c3RvbS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS90ZW1wbGF0ZS9vYWt2Mj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIyMDQyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01OTM5MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnByb2R1Y3RDb2RlPVRZJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDE4NSZ0ZT0xJnVyaT1ueXQlM0ElMkYlMkZuZXdzbGV0dGVyJTJGMWUwYjc5ZTctOTliNy01Yjc1LTg0OTItNjlkYWU0MjFlNTZkJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmHKjWZizDQKdVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)|[nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0SvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)[Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-ad-marquee) ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYyMTM5JmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDIyMDQyNVcDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ [Read more from Opinion](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vc2VjdGlvbi9vcGluaW9uP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) April 25, 2022 [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkva2F0aGxlZW4ta2luZ3NidXJ5P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)[Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0S9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvcGFtZWxhLXBhdWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Kathleen Kingsbury](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkva2F0aGxlZW4ta2luZ3NidXJ5P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and [Pamela Paul](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0S9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvcGFtZWxhLXBhdWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) This month has been a big one for Times Opinion: [Pamela Paul](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0Y28uY29tL3ByZXNzL3BhbWVsYS1wYXVscy1uZXh0LWNoYXB0ZXItdGltZXMtb3Bpbmlvbi1jb2x1bW5pc3QvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), one of our three new columnists, published [her first column yesterday](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL2xpdmVkLWV4cGVyaWVuY2UtZW1wYXRoeS1jdWx0dXJlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), a powerful argument on how we determine the gatekeepers of culture, and what may be lost if we are overly narrow in that definition. Pamela’s debut follows [Tressie McMillan Cottom](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0Y28uY29tL3ByZXNzL3RyZXNzaWUtbWNtaWxsYW4tY290dG9tLWpvaW5zLXRoZS10aW1lcy1hcy1hbi1vcGluaW9uLWNvbHVtbmlzdC8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)’s April 12, a sharp [commentary](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8xMi9vcGluaW9uL3doYXRzLXNoYW1lLWdvdC10by1kby13aXRoLWl0Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) on shaming and stigma in America today. I hope you will read both. We also announced two weeks ago that [Lydia Polgreen](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0Y28uY29tL3ByZXNzL2x5ZGlhLXBvbGdyZWVuLXJldHVybnMtdG8tdGhlLXRpbWVzLWFzLWFuLW9waW5pb24tY29sdW1uaXN0Lz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIyMDQyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01OTM5MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDE4NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmHKjWZizDQKdVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), a widely celebrated reporter and editor, will return to The Times as a columnist in September. They join other new voices we’ve added to the mix since early 2021, including Zeynep Tufekci and Ezra Klein. With these newest columnists, Times Opinion is expanding our stable of signature voices to include more smart, insightful analysis on culture, society, politics and foreign policy. Now, I’ll let Pamela take over from here to tell you more about herself and her column … — Kathleen Kingsbury, Opinion Editor [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODUmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMjIwNDI1VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ Who has the right to create art about whom? Can someone weigh in on work even if it doesn’t reflect their “lived experience”? And what is “lived experience” — a phrase that originated in academia and has since proliferated wildly on social media — anyway? [That’s what I tackled this weekend](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL2xpdmVkLWV4cGVyaWVuY2UtZW1wYXRoeS1jdWx0dXJlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) in my first column for Times Opinion. Given my 9-year stint as the editor of The New York Times Book Review, a position I recently left, this first piece examines a debate in the literary world as well as the larger creative world. The question of who gets to write about which subjects has been around for a long time, and it’s one I encountered as a freelance writer, even before I came to the Book Review. A dozenish years ago, I told an oncologist friend about a story I was working on about women who get [cancer while pregnant](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TSaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAwOC8wOC8zMS9tYWdhemluZS8zMWNhbmNlci10Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). I had interviewed doctors, spent time with patients, reviewed the most recent medical literature. The story I wanted to tell was about our understanding of chemotherapy and the fetus, but also about what it felt like to bring life into the world at the same time your own life was threatened. “Why wouldn’t an oncologist be the one to write that?” my friend responded. But, I sputtered, that isn’t journalism — the job of the magazine writer is to weave together a variety of experiences. What an oncologist would choose to emphasize was different from the priorities of the patients. The researchers were pursuing their own questions. My friend seemed to be questioning the very foundations of journalism, which often involves reporters coming from the outside world — whether it’s as a foreign correspondent in Ukraine or as a magazine writer investigating detention centers at the American border. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAxODEyJmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDIyMDQyNVcDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ The idea that one needs to have experienced something directly carries another risk — bringing you too close, blinding you to information that’s difficult, inconvenient or somehow contradicts a personal agenda. A decade ago, while working on assignment about the adverse effects of a common medical procedure, I realized the story affected a member of my immediate family. I was distraught by the answers I was finding and told my editor that I needed to pull out. Readers deserved a story from someone open to whichever facts surfaced through the reporting. There’s a reason many memoirists wait years to write about a personal experience: Distance can be helpful. What troubles me most about the increasingly dogmatic emphasis on “lived experience” is that it feels like yet another way of policing and limiting culture. Most creative people are open-minded, empathetic and imaginative; they build worlds that let us cross borders. Recent efforts to contain and limit expression is a worrying one, and an issue I expect to return to in columns to come. [You can read my first column here.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL2xpdmVkLWV4cGVyaWVuY2UtZW1wYXRoeS1jdWx0dXJlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [[Article Image] Álvaro Bernis](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL2xpdmVkLWV4cGVyaWVuY2UtZW1wYXRoeS1jdWx0dXJlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Pamela Paul The Limits of ‘Lived Experience’ Privileging only those voices with a stake in a story carries its own risks. By Pamela Paul](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL2xpdmVkLWV4cGVyaWVuY2UtZW1wYXRoeS1jdWx0dXJlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI2NTM3JmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDIyMDQyNVcDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Here’s what we’re focusing on today: Editors’ Picks [American Voters Haven’t Been Afraid Like This in a Long Time Crime, inflation, Russia’s war in Ukraine and immigration are driving voter dissatisfaction ahead of the midterms. 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By Ilya Yablokov](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3B1dGluLXJ1c3NpYS1jb25zcGlyYWN5LXRoZW9yaWVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3B1dGluLXJ1c3NpYS1jb25zcGlyYWN5LXRoZW9yaWVzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Guest Essay Putin Is Pushing Finland and Sweden Into NATO’s Arms There is a window of opportunity for the two countries to join the alliance. They should seize it. By Anders Fogh Rasmussen](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL2ZpbmxhbmQtc3dlZGVuLWpvaW4tbmF0by5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL2ZpbmxhbmQtc3dlZGVuLWpvaW4tbmF0by5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Guest Essay Will the Courts Hobble Our Response to the Next Pandemic? A recent decision by a federal judge to block the mask mandate is deeply troubling. By Lawrence Gostin and Duncan Hosie](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL21hc2tzLWNvdmlkLWJhbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL21hc2tzLWNvdmlkLWJhbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Guest Essay It’s Not Just High Oil Prices. It’s a Full-Blown Energy Crisis. The global energy crisis will get worse before it gets better. By Helen Thompson](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yMy9vcGluaW9uL29pbC1nYXMtZW5lcmd5LXByaWNlcy1ydXNzaWEtdWtyYWluZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yMy9vcGluaW9uL29pbC1nYXMtZW5lcmd5LXByaWNlcy1ydXNzaWEtdWtyYWluZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjIwNDI1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MzkxJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMTg1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYcqNZmLMNAp1Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) Ideas [Ross Douthat Why Biden Saying ‘Genocide’ Doesn’t Matter It will neither rattle Putin nor change our obligations in the war. By Ross Douthat](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yMy9vcGluaW9uL2JpZGVuLXB1dGluLXVrcmFpbmUtZ2Vub2NpZGUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIyMDQyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01OTM5MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDE4NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmHKjWZizDQKdVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yMy9vcGluaW9uL2JpZGVuLXB1dGluLXVrcmFpbmUtZ2Vub2NpZGUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIyMDQyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01OTM5MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDE4NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmHKjWZizDQKdVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) [Guest Essay Why Our Hope for the Planet Is Not Yet Extinct New life is everywhere, renewing itself among us, reminding us not to give up. By Margaret Renkl](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL2l2b3J5LWJpbGxlZC13b29kcGVja2VyLWVudmlyb25tZW50LWhvcGUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIyMDQyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01OTM5MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDE4NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmHKjWZizDQKdVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL2l2b3J5LWJpbGxlZC13b29kcGVja2VyLWVudmlyb25tZW50LWhvcGUuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIyMDQyNSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01OTM5MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDE4NSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmHKjWZizDQKdVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) [Tish Harrison Warren How to Cultivate Joy Even When It Feels in Short Supply Easter isn’t just one day. It’s a whole season devoted to rejoicing. By Tish Harrison Warren](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL2Vhc3Rlci1zZWFzb24tam95Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL2Vhc3Rlci1zZWFzb24tam95Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Lindsay crouse A 63-Year-Old Runner Changed the Way I Think About Regret Mariko Yugeta’s comeback story shows that regret doesn’t have to drag us down. By Lindsay Crouse](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL2N1bHR1cmUvbm8tcmVncmV0cy1tYXJpa28teXVnZXRhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkSRLKP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL2N1bHR1cmUvbm8tcmVncmV0cy1tYXJpa28teXVnZXRhLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMjA0MjUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkzOTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAxODUmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhyo1mYsw0CnVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Opinion Audio [Tina Brown on Harry and Meghan’s ‘Scorched Earth’ Exit The author of “The Palace Papers” takes us inside the power struggles and scandals of the British royal family. 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