Opinion
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Can the West Stop Russia by Strangling its Economy?
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ There’s the Russia-Ukraine war that’s easy to follow in the news right now. We…
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What the War in Ukraine Means for the World’s Food Supply
As we watch Ukrainian refugees arrive by car and foot in Poland, it’s hard not to recall World War II,…
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I Gave Up English for Lent
Last year, I gave up English for Lent. For 40 days, with the exception of conversations, my own activities —…
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‘My Fellow Americans’: Four Times Columnists Channel Joe Biden
With President Biden delivering the State of the Union address on Tuesday night, four Times columnists summoned their inner speechwriter…
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How to Lead New York Into the Next Phase of Covid-19
New York City, one of the nation’s first epicenters of the coronavirus pandemic, is on the cusp of stepping into…
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Larry Summers Shares the Blame for Inflation
“Any honest Democrat will admit that we are now all Friedmanites,” Larry Summers wrote in The Times in 2006. Mr.…
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London Breed and the Return of Tough-on-Crime Democrats
We have a violence problem. This fact can no longer be ignored. Homicides increased more than 5 percent in 27…
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Wants to Tell the Transgressive Stories of Motherhood
Produced by ‘Sway’ Rewarding as it is, motherhood can be an uphill battle. In the pandemic, we heard this in…
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We Should Claim Our Disabled Ancestors With Pride
I’m searching the basement of my grandparents’ cavernous Long Island house, looking for my lost cousin in the boxes of…
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Ash Wednesday Forces Us to Confront Death, but It Also Offers Hope
Several days a week, on the way from my home to the nearest coffee shop, I pass a cemetery. Among…