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Mar 10, 2026
Readers respond to a David French column on James Talarico, a Christian Democrat running for senate in Texas. Also: Good health and common sense; the upside of small talk.
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Mar 10, 2026
What are we getting for all of President Trump's military spending?
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Mar 10, 2026
Chatbots can teach us about human nature.
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Mar 10, 2026
Nadia Schadlow, a deputy national security adviser during Trump's first term, explains how the U.S.-Israel war with Iran fits in with an "America First" agenda.
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Mar 10, 2026
When disruption becomes destruction.
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Mar 10, 2026
In a culture that can't concentrate, perhaps our fixation on Oscar snubs is healthy.
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Mar 10, 2026
The early telephone didn't spark panic. That doesn't mean we're wrong to panic about smartphones.
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Mar 10, 2026
President Trump's efforts to force the Western Hemisphere into alignment will keep falling short.
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Mar 09, 2026
Only when the U.S.-Israeli bombing of Iran comes to a halt, without destroying the state, can the Iranian people sort out their fate.
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Mar 09, 2026
Only when the U.S.-Israeli bombing of Iran comes to a halt, without destroying the state, can the Iranian people sort out their fate.
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Mar 09, 2026
Iran's new supreme leader has been selected not to break with the regime but to preserve it.
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Mar 09, 2026
As Iran chooses another hard-line leader, readers express anxiety about the war and its consequences.
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Mar 09, 2026
Kristi Noem epitomizes the incompetence of this White House
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Mar 09, 2026
America is a big oil producer. But its overreliance on crude — and the president's efforts to keep it that way — mean times like these can hurt.
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Mar 09, 2026
The news is good. Really.
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Mar 09, 2026
Old guard Republicans have maintained good governance in many red states, but MAGA chaos is coming for them, too.
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Mar 09, 2026
Delusional infestation is one of the darkest embodiments of medical uncertainty.
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Mar 09, 2026
The Trump administration failed to plan for evacuating either its diplomats or its citizens and did not adequately warn either.
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Mar 08, 2026
The Israeli government must address a crime wave in Palestinian towns.
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Mar 08, 2026
What do declining birthrates really mean for the future? Readers respond to a front-page news article.
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Mar 08, 2026
The Democratic senate candidate in Texas is teaching us about what faith really means.
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Mar 08, 2026
My parents were radical. Paul Thomas Anderson's film is anything but.
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Mar 08, 2026
The showdown between the Pentagon and Anthropic is a window into how unprepared we are for the questions we are facing.
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Mar 08, 2026
A fashion insider and two culture writers dissect "America's Next Top Model."
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Mar 08, 2026
The Israeli government must address a crime wave in Palestinian towns.
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Mar 08, 2026
I imagine the birds I see are the family members I've lost.
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Mar 07, 2026
The Iranian people are not overthrowing their government, and the war is spreading across the region.
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Mar 07, 2026
Her exasperation during her Epstein-related deposition channeled the national mood for some of us.
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Mar 07, 2026
Kristi and Corey cavorted in the swamp as D.H.S. got bogged down.
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Mar 07, 2026
The desire for a revolutionary presidency gives hubris a lot of space to work.
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Mar 07, 2026
The U.S. and Israel have no good options to address an unavoidable problem.
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Mar 07, 2026
The Iranian people are not overthrowing their government, and the war is spreading across the region.
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Mar 07, 2026
President Trump's war in Iran isn't so much a strategy as a game of "Risk," says the Times Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie. On "The Opinions" podcast, he explains that the administration sees the world as "we big, they small," with other nations as non-playable characters reacting to America, the "protagonists of reality."
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Mar 07, 2026
Readers respond to a guest essay that argued that more school vouchers would improve public education.
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Mar 07, 2026
A week into Trump's war in Iran, his strategy is still a mystery.
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Mar 06, 2026
The most likely outcome of the American-Israeli bombing campaign is not the advent of liberal democracy but something worse.
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Mar 06, 2026
There are times when it is clear what it means to stand up for what is right.
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Mar 06, 2026
An "America First" conservative on seeking clarity in the reasons for the military operation and restraint in foreign policy.
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Mar 06, 2026
There are times when it is clear what it means to stand up for what is right.
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Mar 06, 2026
Members of President Trump's cabinet see their jobs as "total obedience to the president's will," the columnist Jamelle Bouie argues, and that means we should all be very worried about how the war in Iran could unfold.
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Mar 06, 2026
Readers respond to the dismissal of Kristi Noem as the homeland security secretary. Also: Two ways of parking; Meta's facial recognition.
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Mar 06, 2026
Readers respond to the dismissal of Kristi Noem as the homeland security secretary. Also: Two ways of parking; Meta's facial recognition.
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Mar 06, 2026
The war in Iran may have a lasting impact on the political careers of Trump's closest allies. On "Interesting Times," Curt Mills, the executive director of the American Conservative, shares his thoughts on how Trump's interventionist policies might play out in the 2028 Republican primaries.
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Mar 06, 2026
Just look at his philosophical opinions.
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Mar 06, 2026
On seeking clarity in the reasons for the military operation and restraint in foreign policy.
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Mar 06, 2026
The former A.I. policy adviser to the Trump White House explains why the conflict between Anthropic and the White House is so dangerous.
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Mar 06, 2026
The character "Daryl Hannah" in "Love Story" is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life or my conduct — and these kinds of lies don't go away.
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Mar 06, 2026
On seeking clarity in the reasons for the military operation and restraint in foreign policy.
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Mar 06, 2026
The repercussions of his reckless war in Iran are just beginning.
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Mar 06, 2026
America's strength has always been its private sector. Empowering it can save us from A.I.'s worst impacts on jobs.
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Mar 06, 2026
The most likely outcome of the American-Israeli bombing campaign is not the advent of liberal democracy but something worse.
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Mar 05, 2026
It's hard out there for a MAGA woman.
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Mar 05, 2026
After launching a war in Iran, President Trump owes the American people a clear explanation of his objectives and possible endgame — something we have yet to receive, argues the Times Opinion writer W.J. Hennigan.
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Mar 05, 2026
The war in Iran may have a lasting impact on the political careers of Trump's closest allies. On "Interesting Times," Curt Mills, the executive director of the American Conservative, shares his thoughts on how Trump's interventionist policies might play out in the 2028 Republican primaries.
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Mar 05, 2026
Who is calling the shots in the war with Iran? Curt Mills, the executive director of the American Conservative, thinks Israeli influence is guiding Trump's decision to go to war in the Middle East. He explains why on this episode of "Interesting Times."
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Mar 05, 2026
The rising global attacks on the free press reveal increasingly desperate regimes attempting to snuff out attempts to find the truth.
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Mar 05, 2026
Giving in to bullies has its own costs, not least because bullies are never satisfied with just a single capitulation.
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Mar 05, 2026
Readers discuss historical and legal aspects of the war. Also: Richard Nixon and a Watergate episode; America's voting problem; scenes from "The Pitt."
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Mar 05, 2026
Michael Steinberger on how A.I.'s impact on white-collar jobs may transform politics and society.
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Mar 05, 2026
How the antiwar right sees Trump's foreign policy.
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Mar 05, 2026
Well, that was a week.
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Mar 05, 2026
Giving in to bullies has its own costs, not least because bullies are never satisfied with just a single capitulation.
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Mar 05, 2026
The president's unique attributes have combined with the ordinary pathologies of American foreign policy.
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Mar 05, 2026
In Sonny Burton's case, justice must include mercy.
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Mar 05, 2026
Michael Steinberger on how A.I.'s impact on white-collar jobs may transform politics and society.
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Mar 04, 2026
A Texas writer assesses the Senate race.
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Mar 04, 2026
Hungary. Cuba. Afghanistan. Iraq. Now Iran?
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Mar 04, 2026
We are trying to decide what role A.I. will have in our lives.
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Mar 04, 2026
Hungary. Cuba. Afghanistan. Iraq. Now Iran?
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Mar 04, 2026
If Russia has all the cards, why has it achieved so little?
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Mar 04, 2026
On the sorry state of retirement savings in the United States, and a policy that could help.
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Mar 04, 2026
Readers respond to a guest essay, "Stop Worrying, and Learn to Love Industrial Food."
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Mar 04, 2026
On the sorry state of retirement savings in the United States, and a policy that could help.
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Mar 04, 2026
What better way to celebrate the nation's 250th?
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Mar 04, 2026
The state needs intelligent and responsible political leadership, but will it get it?
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Mar 04, 2026
Is Block's announcement just a convenient and flashy new cover for typical corporate downsizing?
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Mar 04, 2026
What better way to celebrate the nation's 250th?
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Mar 04, 2026
If Russia has all the cards, why has it achieved so little?
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Mar 04, 2026
Now that Ayatollah Khamenei is dead, will another face replace his and carry on a version of the same story?
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Mar 03, 2026
Has the president's unerring instinct for vulnerability finally failed him?
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Mar 03, 2026
Has his unerring instinct for vulnerability finally failed him?
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Mar 03, 2026
Ben Rhodes, a contributing Times Opinion writer, discusses why Trump waged war on Iran — and why his predecessors didn't dare to.
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Mar 03, 2026
Questions about the future of the attack on Iran, and other reader perspectives. Also: Drug ads as a resource for patients.
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Mar 03, 2026
Donald Trump's foreign policy vision is imperialism
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Mar 03, 2026
Clavicular is a symptom of a larger disease.
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Mar 03, 2026
The vice president's political transformation from Trump skeptic to MAGA superstar has many roots.
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Mar 03, 2026
The four law firms that fought Trump's executive orders have forced him to retreat.
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Mar 03, 2026
Ben Rhodes, a contributing Times Opinion writer, discusses why Trump waged war on Iran — and why his predecessors didn't dare to.
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Mar 03, 2026
Ayatollah Khomeini's bait-and-switch game in the early years of the Islamic regime turned many of the people against it. They've been fighting the revolution since.
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Mar 02, 2026
Trump's foreign policy has often been less a repudiation of neoconservatism than a mutation of it.
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Mar 02, 2026
The American public has received too little information to effectively judge the goals and objectives of the largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East in a generation.
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Mar 02, 2026
Readers debate the justification for President Trump's decision to take military action against Iran.
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Mar 02, 2026
The whooping cranes' fragile recovery highlights the need for renewed commitment to safeguarding America's endangered species.
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Mar 02, 2026
The old U.S.-led order is dead; the new one feels unstable and ominous, as if a storm could descend at any moment.
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Mar 02, 2026
‘Americas Next Top Model' was bad. The reality of fashion was often worse.
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Mar 02, 2026
Ending the Islamic Republic's regime will be long and arduous, but perhaps a softer version will emerge.
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Mar 02, 2026
The old U.S.-led order is dead; the new one feels unstable and ominous, as if a storm could descend at any moment.
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Mar 02, 2026
California's governor challenges the usual criteria for a presidential nominee.
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Mar 02, 2026
The president still has a lot of leeway to impose tariffs. That's an invitation for businesses to curry favor with him.
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Mar 02, 2026
The World Cup Is a Chance for the U.S. To Show It Is More Than Trump
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