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Jan 13, 2026
The Texas state representative and Senate candidate James Talarico, who's studying to be a Christian minister, says the religious right has distorted his faith. He tells the Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein that focusing on abortion and L.G.B.T.Q. issues over economic justice isn't justified by Scripture.
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Jan 13, 2026
"The protesters increasingly don't just want reform, they want to topple the entire theocratic regime," says the Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof.
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Jan 13, 2026
A regime that would rather pursue a perpetual jihad against the Zionist enemy than feed its own people will eventually fall.
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Jan 13, 2026
A regime that would rather pursue a perpetual jihad against the Zionist enemy than feed its own people will eventually fall.
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Jan 13, 2026
If power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, what do we have here?
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Jan 13, 2026
The killing of Renee Good raises issues of states' rights, human dignity and when the use of deadly force is justified.
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Jan 13, 2026
Allowing the remnants of Maduro's regime to retain authority, even temporarily, is a potentially catastrophic mistake.
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Jan 13, 2026
Ezra Klein and State Representative James Talarico of Texas discuss his faith, his politics and his Senate race.
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Jan 13, 2026
Trump claims that the only limits on what he can do are his mind and his morality. What could go wrong?
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Jan 13, 2026
A criminal investigation of a sitting Fed chairman, with the obvious intent of stripping him of his independence, has never happened before.
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Jan 13, 2026
There's plenty America can do short of war to support the country's protesters and help oust the ayatollah.
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Jan 13, 2026
Even experts can't tell what's made by A.I. So what happens to trust now?
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Jan 13, 2026
Allowing the remnants of Maduro's regime to retain authority, even temporarily, is a potentially catastrophic mistake.
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Jan 13, 2026
The governor and the mayor need each other, and that offers a chance for synthesis at a time when the center and left are often at odds.
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Jan 13, 2026
Artificial intelligence's promise is real. But some of the most prominent A.I. companies might not make it.
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Jan 12, 2026
Trump's message, the emotional core of his movement, has always been textbook fascism.
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Jan 12, 2026
An ancient classic is canceled in Texas.
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Jan 12, 2026
And the market is gently shrugging.
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Jan 12, 2026
David French explains on "The Opinions" why he believes a key secret to the Trump administration lies in its ability to exploit "civic ignorance."
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Jan 12, 2026
The Opinion columnist Carlos Lozada argues that one familiar question "pretends to be this big dot-connecting moment" but it's not.
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Jan 12, 2026
Responses to an essay by Roger Rosenblatt about keeping and tossing old books. Also: A.I. and human identity; new heights for Stephen Colbert.
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Jan 12, 2026
A fading president obsesses over leaving a mark.
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Jan 12, 2026
A fading president obsesses over leaving a mark.
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Jan 12, 2026
Thomas Massie says his primary against a Trump-supported challenger will be a referendum on whether you can "have a thought that diverges from the president's."
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Jan 12, 2026
Tech companies that want to seriously prevent illegal A.I.-generated sexual imagery need to be given the right incentives to come up with solutions.
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Jan 12, 2026
An ancient classic is canceled in Texas.
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Jan 12, 2026
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez thinks too many members of her party miss what's really driving the alienation and anger in our society.
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Jan 12, 2026
Turning Latin America into a theater of war will not weaken transnational crime; it will entrench it.
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Jan 12, 2026
Turning Latin America into a theater of war will not weaken transnational crime; it will entrench it.
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Jan 12, 2026
America's days of unipolar supremacy are past.
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Jan 11, 2026
Readers respond to an essay by Patti Davis on caring for family members with dementia. Also: New math on a wealth tax; how states can make A.I. safer.
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Jan 11, 2026
Security cooperation should be discussed openly and seriously. Territorial claims between allies should not.
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Jan 11, 2026
Renee Good was not a "domestic terrorist."
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Jan 11, 2026
Nobody takes the Golden Globes all that seriously. But podcasts should be taken seriously.
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Jan 11, 2026
The pontiff has increasingly asserted himself in the face of Trump's aggressive words and deeds.
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Jan 10, 2026
The round table convenes to discuss the start to Trump's 2026, from Greenland to Minnesota and Venezuela.
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Jan 10, 2026
I asked why so many women were considering leaving the country. The guns, several responded.
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Jan 10, 2026
The shooting in Minneapolis is just the latest sign.
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Jan 10, 2026
The shooting in Minneapolis is just the latest sign.
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Jan 10, 2026
I asked why so many women were considering leaving the country. The guns, several responded.
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Jan 10, 2026
And that is bad news for our planet.
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Jan 10, 2026
A tough issue for stabilization in our politics and public institutions.
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Jan 10, 2026
The Opinion columnist M. Gessen examines how the president governs through spectacle, and the message his displays of force are meant to send.
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Jan 10, 2026
Protests, economic woes, military humiliation and now threats from Trump are challenging the Iranian regime.
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Jan 10, 2026
It started in a laboratory. No one could have predicted where it would end.
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Jan 10, 2026
Readers respond to an essay about how narcissists affect our personal and political lives.
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Jan 10, 2026
The round table convenes to discuss the start to Trump's 2026, from Greenland to Minnesota and Venezuela.
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Jan 09, 2026
Our future resilience depends on more than how much we spend on disaster response. It depends on when we spend it.
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Jan 09, 2026
Readers react to President Trump's interview with The New York Times. Also: Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Jews and Israel.
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Jan 09, 2026
How are we classical liberals of left, right and center supposed to behave in this new world?
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Jan 09, 2026
Mr. Trump's dishonorable treatment of Afghan refugees is morally wrong and makes Americans everywhere less safe.
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Jan 09, 2026
The president is claiming borderless license to turn on his perceived enemies, both foreign and domestic.
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Jan 09, 2026
Any attempt to seize Greenland from Denmark would fatally undermine the world's most successful military alliance.
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Jan 08, 2026
The F-word is no longer the deadliest word in the English language.
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Jan 08, 2026
This administration is making cities less safe.
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Jan 08, 2026
After the capture of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, over the weekend, "Trump is setting a new course for the country where he can use the military to do just about anything he wants," argues Times Opinion's editor, Kathleen Kingsbury. "No one is allowed to say ‘no' to Trump."
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Jan 08, 2026
Not even citizens are safe in Trump's America.
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Jan 08, 2026
Readers react to news reports and video of the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE agent.
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Jan 08, 2026
Trump's plan to block institutional investment won't work. The way to make houses more affordable is to build more.
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Jan 08, 2026
The F-word is no longer the deadliest word in the English language.
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Jan 08, 2026
Tressie McMillan Cottom, Jessica Grose and Meher Ahmad on why plastic surgery and fillers no longer feel like a secret — or a stigma.
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Jan 08, 2026
What happens when America First becomes the Americas first?
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Jan 08, 2026
Trump's former Venezuela envoy Elliott Abrams argues that America's sudden presence there is not about spreading democracy.
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Jan 08, 2026
"This is not the Middle East": The former Venezuela envoy Elliott Abrams tells the Opinion columnist Ross Douthat to "stop making Iraq analogies."
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Jan 08, 2026
Trump will soon discover that the only way to revive major American oil investments in Venezuela is to revive Venezuela's democracy.
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Jan 08, 2026
We spend billions of dollars on punishing child sexual abusers and far less on prevention. It's not stopping the problem. We must rethink our approach.
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Jan 08, 2026
In the Trump era, there are a lot of contenders for the 51st state.
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Jan 08, 2026
Newly released dietary guidelines emphasize protein and full-fat dairy.
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Jan 08, 2026
Trump will soon discover that the only way to revive major American oil investments in Venezuela is to revive Venezuela's democracy.
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Jan 08, 2026
Tressie McMillan Cottom, Jessica Grose and Meher Ahmad on why plastic surgery and fillers no longer feel like a secret — or a stigma.
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Jan 08, 2026
Our future resilience depends on more than how much we spend on disaster response. It depends on when we spend it.
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Jan 08, 2026
We spend billions of dollars on punishing child sexual abusers and far less on prevention. It's not stopping the problem. We must rethink our approach.
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Jan 08, 2026
The opposition leader's uncompromising style explains her political rise. But will that brand of politics work as well when it comes to running a country?
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Jan 07, 2026
The sacrament of penance's 21st-century allure.
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Jan 07, 2026
Facing death is a core part of making meaning of one's life. To struggle through this universal contemplation without a community can be brutal.
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Jan 07, 2026
Will anyone be in charge?
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Jan 07, 2026
Whether or not the Venezuelan raid was advisable, it was Trumpian.
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Jan 07, 2026
Readers discuss comments by Stephen Miller about U.S. power and by the Danish prime minister about NATO. Also: Deaths on subway tracks.
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Jan 07, 2026
A Republican House member argues that the Maduro raid was good — but the operation's success still hangs in the balance.
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Jan 07, 2026
The former envoy Elliott Abrams says the administration should push harder for regime change.
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Jan 07, 2026
The former envoy Elliott Abrams says the administration should push harder.
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Jan 07, 2026
The specter of welfare fraud haunted Democrats under Reagan. It could do so again.
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Jan 07, 2026
Facing death is a core part of making meaning of one's life. To struggle through this universal contemplation without a community can be brutal.
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Jan 07, 2026
The world must not stop supporting dissidents in Belarus despite the release of some from prison.
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Jan 06, 2026
Trump's increasing belligerence abroad should raise alarm about more than the fate of Venezuela.
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Jan 06, 2026
"The United States has a problem with elite impunity," says the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie, as he looks back on the five years since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
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Jan 06, 2026
But taking Venezuela's oil while leaving the regime in place weren't among them.
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Jan 06, 2026
There is no simple procedural mechanism for lawyers, or the public, to challenge the fitness of judges.
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Jan 06, 2026
Readers respond to an essay by Representative Jamie Raskin and to an editorial. Also: Risky changes in vaccine policy; a new Kennedy Center.
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Jan 06, 2026
The president is deploying his domineering tactics in unexpected places.
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Jan 06, 2026
As states disregard limits on the lawful use of force, this may be just the beginning of a slide into frequent war.
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Jan 06, 2026
Trump's increasing belligerence abroad should raise alarm about more than the fate of Venezuela.
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Jan 06, 2026
As states disregard limits on the lawful use of force, this may be just the beginning of a slide into frequent war.
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Jan 06, 2026
Jan. 6 is a symptom. Elite impunity is the cause.
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Jan 06, 2026
The president is deploying his domineering tactics in unexpected places.
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Jan 06, 2026
The journalist Jonathan Blitzer explains the various interests and factions at play in the Trump administration's strike against Venezuela.
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Jan 06, 2026
Five years after Jan. 6, 2021, we are still caught up in a struggle over the meaning of that day.
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Jan 05, 2026
We turn to art to make sense of a life that is heartbreakingly fragile.
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Jan 05, 2026
President Trump made a bold decision, and it was a stunning success.
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