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May 20, 2024
Readers disagree about a guest essay by Megan K. Stack. Also: Big politics in politics; "journey" as metaphor; helping the mentally ill and homeless.
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May 20, 2024
The court's efforts underscore the moral stain of the starvation in Gaza.
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May 20, 2024
In sickness and health, in public scandal and with convenient finger-pointing.
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May 20, 2024
Many voters who respect the president don't necessarily want him to return to office.
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May 20, 2024
In sickness and health, in public scandal and with convenient finger-pointing.
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May 20, 2024
Justice Alito and Senator Menendez have one thing in common.
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May 20, 2024
As provocative as the testimony has been, this case may turn on something a great deal more mundane.
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May 20, 2024
The Grand Canyon State is up for grabs — and so is its political future.
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May 20, 2024
Rescheduling the drug is the beginning of the end of marijuana criminalization. Now we need to think about regulation.
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May 20, 2024
Rescheduling the drug is the beginning of the end of marijuana criminalization. Now we need to think about regulation.
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May 20, 2024
On this impossible, glorious planet, any creature who is tuned for beauty is sure to behold it.
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May 20, 2024
There is a disregard among Israeli soldiers for Palestinian lives, and we are seeing it in Gaza today.
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May 19, 2024
Readers discuss a guest essay about Ozempic. Also: Donald Trump as husband; the Republican Party and Latino voters; animal-to-human transplants.
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May 19, 2024
The liberal arts are fading just when we need them most.
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May 19, 2024
The liberal arts are fading just when we need them most.
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May 19, 2024
Comedies make you laugh. Thrillers make you cheer. Some Hollywood films used to make you sob your eyes out. We need those movies again.
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May 19, 2024
A terrible man is in the cross hairs of American justice, but immorality alone doesn't make him a criminal.
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May 19, 2024
A terrible man is in the cross hairs of American justice, but immorality alone doesn't make him a criminal.
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May 19, 2024
Comedies make you laugh. Thrillers make you cheer. Some Hollywood films used to make you sob your eyes out. We need those movies again.
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May 19, 2024
It's not the poll numbers that worry me, exactly. It's the denial of what's behind them.
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May 18, 2024
This film franchise delivers on several levels.
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May 18, 2024
Human touch matters.
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May 18, 2024
The casual observer may see persecution, not just prosecution.
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May 18, 2024
Biden is supporting Israel by trying to restrain it.
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May 18, 2024
"Why can't everybody live in my world, in the middle," he says, "where we're not nuts?"
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May 18, 2024
She is utterly failing to keep the case moving along in a fair but timely manner.
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May 18, 2024
Readers offer suggestions and personal stories in response to two guest essays.
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May 18, 2024
From years of watching debates, I think the winners always showed us something about civility.
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May 17, 2024
The shooting of Slovakia's prime minister comes with a backdrop of growing political polarization.
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May 17, 2024
The shooting of Slovakia's prime minister comes with a backdrop of growing political polarization.
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May 17, 2024
The First Amendment looms large in lower court cases that may find their way to the Supreme Court.
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May 17, 2024
Technology can't and shouldn't replace educators, but it can complement what they do best.
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May 17, 2024
The president has many problems this election. Is Kamala Harris one of them?
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May 17, 2024
An exemption to a mask ban for medical reasons may soon be eliminated in the state.
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May 17, 2024
In reporting about voters' views of Mr. Biden, it's clear at least some think he's hardly doing anything at all — and that if re-elected, there might be no change.
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May 17, 2024
Readers fear "tyranny," dread election night and offer Trump-Induced Anxiety therapy. Also: Justice Alito's upside-down flag; debate rules; marriage penalties.
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May 17, 2024
Blaming the incident on his wife doesn't absolve the justice of responsibility.
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May 17, 2024
Older folks' objections to protests and encampments may not be as reasoned as they claim.
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May 17, 2024
The First Amendment looms large in lower court cases that may find their way to the Supreme Court.
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May 17, 2024
If Tehran builds a bomb, it could set off a chain reaction in the region.
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May 17, 2024
The president has many problems this election. Is Kamala Harris one of them?
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May 17, 2024
Nellie Bowles's new book fights the last war.
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May 17, 2024
With or without Trump, the Republican threat to democracy remains.
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May 17, 2024
In reporting about voters' views of Mr. Biden, it's clear at least some think he's hardly doing anything at all — and that if re-elected, there might be no change.
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May 17, 2024
Asli Ü. Bâli traces the history of the international legal system and its role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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May 17, 2024
Older folks' objections to protests and encampments may not be as reasoned as they claim.
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May 16, 2024
Liberalism's nice rules aren't enough of a sales pitch.
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May 16, 2024
Alas, some of Donald Trump's peculiarities aren't unique.
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May 16, 2024
Your emotions will often lead you astray.
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May 16, 2024
If this were the last tour of Madonna's career, she would retire as the most influential female pop star of all time.
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May 16, 2024
Attitudes toward the "Palestinian problem" range from detached fatigue to the belief that driving Palestinians into submission is God's work.
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May 16, 2024
Even a single slip-up could harm a witness's credibility with a juror.
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May 16, 2024
If Chaucer got through life without fussing over that tiny punctuation mark, why shouldn't we?
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May 16, 2024
Attitudes toward the "Palestinian problem" range from detached fatigue to the belief that driving Palestinians into submission is God's work.
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May 16, 2024
Biden's bits of babble pale beside his predecessor's dark, deranged fantasies.
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May 16, 2024
Readers discuss appearances by three of the justices at recent conferences and graduations. Also: Forms of oppression; G.O.P. hypocrisy on antisemitism.
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May 16, 2024
The dehumanization of Palestinians has become a norm.
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May 16, 2024
We need to be prepared to fight the next war, not the last one.
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May 16, 2024
Biden may need a debate to improve his standing.
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May 16, 2024
Governor Noem has an unusual way of demonstrating her decision-making skills.
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May 16, 2024
If this were the last tour of Madonna's career, she would retire as the most influential female pop star of all time.
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May 16, 2024
How Michael Cohen's testimony could affect the outcome of the former president's trial.
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May 16, 2024
The dehumanization of Palestinians has become a norm.
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May 16, 2024
We need to be prepared to fight the next war, not the last one.
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May 16, 2024
Things for Ukraine are likely to get worse before they get better.
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May 15, 2024
While the world's attention is focused on Ukraine and Gaza, Arab forces in Sudan seem to be trying to eliminate non-Arab tribes.
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May 15, 2024
While the world's attention is focused on Ukraine and Gaza, Arab forces in Sudan seem to be trying to eliminate non-Arab tribes.
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May 15, 2024
What his rants about protesters say about his authoritarian streak.
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May 15, 2024
What his rants about protesters say about his authoritarian streak.
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May 15, 2024
Georgia's "foreign agent" bill will help move the country closer to the Kremlin's orbit.
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May 15, 2024
Electric vehicles shouldn't be a luxury item, but Biden's tariffs mean they may remain so.
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May 15, 2024
A.I. is looking less like an all-powerful being and more like an unreliable intern.
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May 15, 2024
A.I. is looking less like an all-powerful being and more like an unreliable intern.
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May 15, 2024
Three Israelis offer their perspectives on the war. Also: Trump cheerleaders; rooting for A.I.; bipartisan action; playing catch; ban on apostrophes.
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May 15, 2024
Voters are getting a fresh reminder of the ethics and integrity of Donald Trump's original innermost circle.
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May 15, 2024
What looked like an acceleration in prices was probably a statistical illusion.
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May 15, 2024
Signaling an eagerness to debate is the crucial first step.
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May 15, 2024
We are very different writers, but I have kept Alice Munro in mind, daily and for decades, as an example to follow.
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May 15, 2024
Young American women aren't buying what these influencers are selling.
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May 15, 2024
An interview with America's top public health official about new challenges and the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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May 15, 2024
Never before has it been so entwined with China.
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May 15, 2024
We are very different writers, but I have kept Alice Munro in mind, daily and for decades, as an example to follow.
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May 15, 2024
Paul Krugman on how burgers became the focus of a conspiracy theory.
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May 15, 2024
We are very different writers, but I have kept Alice Munro in mind, daily and for decades, as an example to follow.
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May 15, 2024
The musical chairs point to a major overhaul of the military as Russia moves toward what is basically a war economy.
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May 15, 2024
Voters are getting a fresh reminder of the ethics and integrity of Donald Trump's original innermost circle.
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May 15, 2024
Authoritarianism has moved from the periphery to the center, even the core, of global politics.
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May 15, 2024
An interview with Mandy Cohen, America's top public health official, as the C.D.C. tries to rebuild after the Covid-19 pandemic.
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May 15, 2024
It's looking less like an all-powerful being and more like an unreliable intern.
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May 15, 2024
Never before have the two countries been so entwined.
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May 15, 2024
In our latest focus group, these voters said Trump was fallible in any number of ways, but that's not what they cared about most.
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May 14, 2024
Rather than the utopia envisioned by protesters, it would be an Islamist state that persecuted Jews and denied anyone real freedom.
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May 14, 2024
The defense team is struggling with its most basic task.
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May 14, 2024
Does the House speaker really know what it means to join Trumpworld?
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May 14, 2024
Who is more pleased with the course of the trial so far — the prosecution or the defense?
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May 14, 2024
Who is more pleased with the course of the trial so far — the prosecution or the defense?
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May 14, 2024
Why the Biden administration is imposing new tariffs.
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May 14, 2024
Why the Biden administration is imposing new tariffs.
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May 14, 2024
Readers discuss a guest essay by a doctor calling for changes in the medical culture. Also: Columbia donors; a Florida bookstore; a balloon release ban.
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May 14, 2024
Angry nostalgia is the mood of the electorate.
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