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"The answer for a prosperous future is not concentrated government power," Mario Ottero writes about Senator Bernie Sanders's A.I. sovereign wealth fund proposal in a letter to The Times.
“The historic public spaces and monuments of Washington are held in trust for future generations,” Maria Duca writes in a letter to The Times. “They should never be treated as personal projects or partisan symbols. Protecting our shared heritage requires humility and stewardship, not ownership.”
Starbase, Texas, the city that Elon Musk built as the home for SpaceX, “is a beta test for a rising oligarchy that seems intent on transforming America from the inside out,” Amy Gamerman writes.
“This week the Social Security trustees announced that the trust fund for retirees and survivors will be exhausted in just six years,” Jason Furman writes. “Instead of fixing the problem, America is likely to just kick it down the road again.”
“Politics is the art of deal-making and trade-offs,” Benjamin Domenech says in a Q&A with John Guida. “No politician is perfect; they’re all just men and women trying to do a job or make themselves rich.”
“The gospel being preached by some of today’s tech barons appears to be, at least in part, a kind of justification for the existence of a billionaire class,” Kim Phillips-Fein writes.
”Americans hate data centers. They really, really hate them,” our columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom writes. So why aren’t the Democrats, desperate for organized voters, jumping at the chance to get into the fight?
To gauge the mood on the eve of the World Cup, we asked three writers — an American, a Mexican, a Canadian — what the competition means to them and their countries.
“Israeli outrage about the film was predictable,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes of the movie “Yes,” which was made by an Israeli filmmaker and is critical of the state. “More surprising is that some leftists in Europe are boycotting Lapid and his work in the name of Palestinian solidarity.”
Surely the $216 million that Tom Steyer spent on his failed campaign for governor of California “could have been better spent on something — anything — else to help Mr. Steyer’s fellow Americans,” Michelle Cottle writes.
Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Senator Bernie Sanders. Also: President Trump’s enablers.
