The Week in Ideas: What Alexandra Petri has been up to the last four months

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Try four weeks FREE, then $4 every four weeks the next year  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Opinions you may have missed.       By Michael Duffy Opinions editor-at-large  Email Some ideas arrive with the shock of the new; others not so much.  And then there are those that aren't helped by an introduction.  I'll let columnist Alexandra Petri take it from here.  Wishing you a quiet Sunday.  (Alexandra Petri) What I've been up to the last four months Suddenly I exist in a new relationship to a little blob of a person. By Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »       Why I'm going to Saudi Arabia Fundamental freedoms are always on the agenda when I travel abroad, as they will be during my trip to the Middle East this week. By Joe Biden ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The death of Shinzo Abe is a loss to the U.S. and its allies Abe was prudent, meticulous and resolutely calm — a visionary leader who recognized early the threats posed by North Korea and China. By John R. Bolton ●  Read more »       I'm a journalist who stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or our product? Today's news, even high-quality print news, is not designed for humans. How do we fix it? By Amanda Ripley ●  Read more »   Why I will never live without a dog again For most of my life I lived in dogless ignorance and would have mocked sentiments about intense cross-species friendships. How wrong I was. By Michael Gerson ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Even conservative justices have a right to privacy We can protest the court's decisions without terrorizing justices' families. By Ruth Marcus ●  Read more »       A new symbol for the Fourth of July: The active shooter This is how we mark America's greatest civic holiday: Flags and fireworks secondary, firearms to the fore. By Christine Emba ●  Read more »   Post-Boris and post-Brexit, Britain's Conservatives need a serious leader Britain's Conservative Party has done what U.S. Republicans have by and large failed to do: break with a charismatic and toxic leader. By Sebastian Mallaby ●  Read more »   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Coronavirus Updates for news to help you stay safe and informed during the pandemic. Sign up »

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