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NYT > Opinion
Apr 01, 2026

Padma Lakshmi: The Decision That Would Create a Permanent American Underclass
President Trump wants to take away a fundamental American promise.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

Can Christianity Be Restored to the Center of American Life?
Why none of America's faiths have taken mainline Protestantism's place.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

Trump Has a Way Out of the Iran War
Trump should set aside his 15-point peace plan and reduce it to these two points.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

The More You Study Consciousness, the Weirder It Gets
Michael Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

Yes, This Is Your War, Too
Even opponents of the conflict should want to see Iran defanged and defeated.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

In Search of a Religious Center
Why none of America's faiths have taken mainline Protestantism's place.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

My Two-Point Peace Plan for the Iran War
Trump and Netanyahu started the Iran war without thinking how to end it. But there is a way out.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

Can You Anesthetize a Plant?
If it's possible to put plants to sleep using anesthesia, what does that say about whether they're conscious? Can they feel pain? The author Michael Pollan explores this "spooky and interesting" discovery on "The Ezra Klein Show."

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

Trump, Don't Repeat Churchill's Deadly Mistake
A 1936 convention establishing Turkish control over the Dardanelles could be an inspiration to resolving the energy bottleneck in the Persian Gulf.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

Consciousness Lives in Our Bodies
"The brain exists to keep the body alive, not the other way around," argues the author Michael Pollan as he explores the connection between consciousness and the body in this episode of "The Ezra Klein Show."

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

The Democrats' Looming 2032 Cliff
The 2030 census is very likely to hurt their electoral prospects.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

An Ominous U.S. Threat Against Iran
Readers criticize President Trump over his bellicose statements on Iran. Also: Education for every child, citizen or not; the cost of war.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

The Chaotic Competition for Trump's Attention
The scholar Henry Farrell explains how efforts to capture Trump's attention and approval through spectacle resemble the attention dynamics in Nazi Germany.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

The People Trump Pardoned Are on a Crime Spree
The president and the Republican Party deserve to pay a political price for the pardons.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

It's Not Going to Get Any Easier for Democrats After Trump
The party will come up against a demographic cliff in 2032.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

Michael Pollan's Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness
Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked. The more he learned, the weirder things got.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

I Wrote a Cesar Chavez Biography. This Is How His Secrets Stayed Buried.
Reckoning with the United Farm Workers founder means reckoning with his movement.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

The Greatest Threat to Our Elections Is No Longer Foreign
This is not how American democracy is supposed to work.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 31, 2026

Trump, Don't Make Churchill's Deadly Mistake
A 1936 convention establishing Turkish control over the Dardanelles could be an inspiration to resolving the energy bottleneck in the Persian Gulf.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

She Was a Famous Millennial Feminist. Her Polyamory Memoir Is Heartbreaking.
Almost every ideology can be wielded to make women feel that they're failing.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

America Is Abandoning Morality
The bombing campaign Mr. Trump is threatening in Iran could affect millions of Iranian civilians' access to water, electricity and food.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Is Trump Threatening to Commit a War Crime?
The bombing campaign Mr. Trump is threatening in Iran could affect millions of Iranian civilians' access to water, electricity and food.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was Only for the Children of Slaves. He's Wrong.
The framers of the 14th Amendment endorsed a capacious definition of ‘American.'

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Support for Israel Is Collapsing. Netanyahu Sees That.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is racing to eliminate regional threats because he sees that U.S. support for the country is collapsing, Mona Charen, the policy editor at The Bulwark, argues on "The Opinions."

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

No Kings: Vast Throngs Say No to Trump
Readers discuss the huge rallies on Saturday protesting the president.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Why Are So Many People Obsessed With Lindy West's Polyamory?
Is Lindy West a feminist? Is she happy? Everyone has an opinion.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

The Epstein Class Had a Signature Weakness
Epstein flourished by helping elite men reconcile their private desires with their public appearances.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was for the Children of Slaves. He's Wrong.
The framers of the 14th Amendment endorsed a capacious definition of ‘American.'

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

‘No Kings': Vast Throngs Say No to Trump
Readers discuss the huge rallies on Saturday protesting the president.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Trump Revels in the Deaths of His Political Enemies
The president's depravity is deathless

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

MAGA Was Supposed to Be Antiwar. Nope.
It might be time to ditch some common assumptions about Republicans.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was for ‘the Babies of Slaves.' He's Wrong.
The framers of the 14th Amendment endorsed a capacious definition of ‘American.'

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Billionaires, Stop Whining About the Giving Pledge and Try Giving Yourselves
It makes no sense to me that billionaires would criticize others for trying to help their fellow humans.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Democrats Need a New Promise: A House by 30
The federal government can once again make building wealth for young families a core mission.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Rasputin. Roy Cohn. Jeffrey Epstein. Every Elite Has a ‘Dark Connector.'
Epstein flourished by helping elite men reconcile their private desires with their public appearances.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 30, 2026

Across Asia, Trump's War on Iran Is Dangerous for Everyone
Trump's war on Iran is dangerous for everyone.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2026

Is It 1914 in America?
The planners of the Iran war had plenty of on-the-ground intelligence but operated with little insight into the minds of their enemies.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2026

Your Chatbot Isn't a Therapist
Patients are turning to A.I. chatbots for therapy — and the chatbots are fueling their worst impulses.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2026

The Death Penalty's Invisible Wounds
Readers respond to an editorial about the death penalty. Also: The benefits of small talk; calling all teenagers.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2026

Don't Cheer Too Hard for the Facebook Verdicts
Courts aren't always the right answer to our digital problems.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2026

The Iran War Is a Failure of Imagination
The planners of the Iran war had plenty of on-the-ground intelligence but operated with little insight into the minds of their enemies.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2026

I Saw Something New in San Francisco
Marshall McLuhan was right about Claude, too.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2026

Goodbye, ‘Queer Eye.' Goodbye, Queer Acceptance.
Today even tolerance is in doubt.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 29, 2026

When Sports Heroes Have Terrible Opinions
Sports used to be an oasis from political squabbling. But now the bad opinions of star athletes have become impossible to escape.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

Iran Thinks It Can Win a Long War
A costly war will make Iran's enemies think twice before attacking again.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

‘Project Hail Mary' Is Fun. Maybe That's All It Takes.
There's been a vibe shift in Hollywood. Fun movies are back.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

Stephen Miller's Latest Low
His project of subordination at home and abroad continues unabated.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

What Jackie and Ethel Kennedy Knew
"Love Story" wasn't really about John Kennedy or Carolyn Bessette.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

The Latest Front in Stephen Miller's Personal War
His project of subordination at home and abroad continues unabated.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

The Old Man Dreaming Up Wars for Young Men to Fight
Any deal with Iran would probably be a bad one. But sending ground troops to seize Iranian territory would be an even worse choice.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

Trump Does Anything He Wants — and More
When you're a wannabe king they let you do it.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

Why a Long War Helps Iran
A costly war will make Iran's enemies think twice before attacking again.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

‘Project Hail Mary' Is Fun. Maybe That's All It Takes to Save Hollywood.
There's been a vibe shift in Hollywood. Fun movies are back.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

‘Love Story' Wasn't About John Kennedy or Carolyn Bessette
The wisdom of Jackie and Ethel Kennedy.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

Is Religion Reviving or Declining? Both.
On the debate over the future of religious faith, and if it is expanding or not, in America.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

What We Have Learned From the Minnesota Resistance
Readers respond to Thomas L. Friedman's column about the community spirit helping Minnesotans in their opposition to ICE.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 28, 2026

‘We Are Going to Deeply Regret This War'
Three journalists on the potential repercussions of Operation Epic Fury.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Can Trump Claim Victory in Iran?
Is this really what winning the war with Iran looks like? Mark Dubowitz, the chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins Ross Douthat on "Interesting Times" to make the case that Operation Epic Fury has degraded Iran's military power enough to make victory achievable.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Trump on the Dollar: Dismay and Derision
Reaction to President Trump's signature on the dollar. Also: Innocent lives lost in Iran; Democrats' brand; young job seekers; subway announcements; calling all teenagers.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Mamdani's Long Hours Are What Millennial Leadership Looks Like
There's a real advantage to being young and governing: being able to work long hours. But there are potential tradeoffs to Mamdani's all-in management style.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Technology Weakens Our Minds. It's Time to Resist.
Just as we changed our thinking around physical fitness, we need to change our attitude toward cognitive fitness.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

How We Stopped a Bid to Seat Election Deniers in Fulton County
Our local dispute should serve as a warning to all Americans about the midterms.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Trump Said This Policy Would Make Manhattan a ‘Ghost Town.' He Was Wrong.
The success of congestion pricing is a reminder that government, done right, has immense power to improve people's lives.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Will Iran Break Trumpism?
The right-wing thinker Christopher Caldwell believes the Iran war is the end of Trumpism. Is he right? What was Trumpism in the first place?

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Republicans Know This War Is Going Badly
Never before has America arrived at the threshold of a quagmire so quickly.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

It's Elon Musk's World Now
Is Muskism the new Fordism?

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Election Deniers Shouldn't Run Elections. In Fulton County, They Came Close.
Our local dispute should serve as a warning to all Americans about the midterms.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Technology Weakens Our Minds. We Can Fix This.
Just as we changed our thinking around physical fitness, we need to change our attitude toward cognitive fitness.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Americans Spend Too Much Time Stuck in Traffic. There's a Way to Get It Back.
The success of congestion pricing is a reminder that government, done right, has immense power to improve people's lives.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

The War in Ukraine Changed the World in Ways We're Only Starting to Comprehend
Open-ended military conflict in Europe could, at some point, intersect with open-ended military conflict in the Middle East.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

How to Straighten Out the Hormuz Bottleneck
Nations are looking for alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

Iran Has a Chokehold on the World's Oil. Here's How to Break It.
Nations are looking for alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 27, 2026

The War in Ukraine Transformed Conflict. Iran Is the Proof.
Open-ended military conflict in Europe could, at some point, intersect with open-ended military conflict in the Middle East.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

General McChrystal on the Myths Misleading Trump in Iran
The president may have been seduced by the idea of an easy victory, warns the Iraq and Afghanistan war commander on "The Opinions."

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

Contemporary Opera Doesn't Need to ‘Challenge' Audiences
With a musical language they can appreciate, Americans could more easily find opera's appeal.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

Memes and Mixed Messages on the Iran War
Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Phil Klay. Also: Educating undocumented students; energy realities; calling all teenagers.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

The Terrible Cost of the Infinite Scroll
We are beginning an era where the social media companies are finally held accountable for their harm.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

Memes and Mixed Messages in the Iran War
Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by Phil Klay. Also: Educating undocumented students; energy realities; calling all teenagers.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

How Can America Be So Miserable When It's So Rich?
The just resentments of a shrinking middle class.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

Men of the Trump Administration, 2026
Are Democrats ugly? Asking for a friend.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

Big Tech Should Pay for What It Has Done to Us
We are beginning an era where the social-media companies are finally held accountable for their harm.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz Closed Because Iran Is Using the U.S. Playbook
Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz by raising risks for ship operators. In doing so, it has taken lessons from American financial policy.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

How Far Will Trump Go in Iran?
I asked an Iran hawk what victory looks like now.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

It's Not Trump. It's America.
The country's faith in its ability to shape the world to its liking is a much older malady.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 26, 2026

It Was One of the Cold War's Greatest Crimes. No One Has Paid a Price.
No one apart from the Congolese people has ever paid a price for the CIA-backed assassination of Patrice Lumumba.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

Trump's ‘Brute Force Imperialism'
From saber rattling over Greenland to war with Iran, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie argues, treating the world like a game of Risk has left America in its weakest position since World War II.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

This Should Be Trump's Next Move With Iran
An oil blockade could pressure Iran. Sanctions relief would do the opposite.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

Trump Cannot See That the Opposition Is Real
What happens when a narcissist goes to war.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

Zack Polanski on the Rise of Britain's Green Party
Zach Polanski of Britain's left-populist party talks austerity, Labour and the establishment crackup.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

Billionaires and the Erosion of Democracy
Readers discuss the effects of billionaires on U.S. society and politics. Also: Electric cars; President Trump's personal ICE; an invitation to teenagers.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

Get Ready for More Ticketmaster Wars
Music fans, get ready for more Ticketmaster wars. Binyamin Appelbaum, a Times Opinion writer, explains the Trump administration's role in the Live Nation-Ticketmaster antitrust settlement and argues that it is siding with corporate interests at the expense of the American concert-goer.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

There's a Reason Air Travel Is Such a Mess
There's a deeper story behind the turbulence in the airline industry.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

When a Narcissist Goes to War
Trump cannot see that his opposition is real. He cannot see that it can act of its own accord.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

American Bombs Won't Set Iranian Women Free
A long line of American politicians have seen bombs as a way of shortening Muslim women's hemlines

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

Blockade Iran's Oil
How the United States can end Iran's control of the Persian Gulf.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

What the ‘Shy Girl' Mess Says About the Future of Fiction
As more A.I. generated writing is unleashed on the world, more readers will question who — or what — has penned their favorite works.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 25, 2026

For Putin, the War in Iran Changed Everything
In one swoop, it overturned the conditions for conciliation.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 24, 2026

Iran's ‘Nuclear' Option
How U.S. strategy encouraged mutually assured destruction.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 24, 2026

The War Is Going Better Than You Think
How the fight in Iran compares to past conflicts.

NYT > Opinion
Mar 24, 2026

The One Question Trump's Judicial Picks Refuse to Answer
"Who won the 2020 election?" is the question that Trump's nominees to the federal bench each refuse to answer in the same exact way.

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