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Opinion: Trump and the resilience of American democracy
12-14-2024 6:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra publishes the newsletter “Freedom Public Square” and hosts the podcast “America Unbound.” He lives in the Upper Valley. In his latest book “On Freedom,” Yale historian Timothy Snyder provocatively asserts that “some Americans want to be...

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Opinion: Why voters overlooked Trump’s legal and ethical issues
11-16-2024 8:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra lives in the Upper Valley. He hosts the podcast “America Unbound.” A fascinating, puzzling aspect of U.S. politics has been the willingness of voters to look beyond Donald Trump’s legal and ethical controversies. These voters were often...


Opinion: What if we have superintelligence?
10-19-2024 7:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra hosts the podcast “America Unbound.” He lives in the Upper Valley. In mid-November 2023, Barbra Streisand, a Hollywood celebrity, talking with talk-show host Stephen Colbert, expressed deep sadness over the ongoing dreadful violence in...


Opinion: For parents of college kids, it’s about learning to let go
09-20-2024 6:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra is the author of “The First Freedoms and America’s Culture of Innovation.” He lives in the Upper Valley. Early September when the families of freshmen, the Dartmouth class of 2028, more than 1,200 young fresh faces, landed in Hanover to...


Opinion: Why equality is so elusive, yet so necessary
07-12-2024 3:48 PM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra is the author of “India In A New Key: Nehru To Modi-75 Years Of Freedom Democracy.” He lives in the Upper Valley. Reading Darrin McMahon’s book “Equality,” especially on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the result of...


Opinion: The right to know makes us equal to the powerful
06-22-2024 7:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra taught, for more than three decades, courses on freedom of speech, media law, ethics, and diplomacy at various colleges. He is the author of “The First Freedoms and America’s Culture of Innovation.” He lives in the Upper Valley. Just...


Opinion: How conversation with strangers might open new doors
05-21-2024 6:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra is the author of “The First Freedoms and America’s Culture of Innovation.” Under the auspices of Osher at Dartmouth, he will deliver on May 24 a public lecture, Superintelligence: Why We Need It. He is a contributing columnist for The...


Opinion: Being and becoming: A good doctor in the age of artificial intelligence
04-18-2024 6:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra, under the auspices of the Osher Institute at Dartmouth, will deliver a public lecture, “Superintelligence: Why We Need It” on May 24. He lives in Hartford, Vermont. A few years ago, I was on a return flight from New Delhi to Paris and...


Opinion: Nehru, Tagore and Robert Frost at 150
03-28-2024 6:00 AM

By NARAIN BATRA

Narain Batra is the author of several books including the most recent “India In A New Key: Nehru To Modi.” He is working on new book, “There’s Nothing Like The Indian Democracy.” He lives in Hartford, Vermont. Last June in a White House meeting,...

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