Opinion
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On Pets, Moral Logic and Love
In January, I fell in love with someone. It was the last thing I’d expect and caught me completely off…
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Ron DeSantis Has a Secret Theory of Trump
Ron DeSantis has an enemies list, and you can probably guess who’s on it. There’s the “woke dumpster fire” of…
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Tradition, ‘Tradition!’ and the Memory of Topol on the Roof
A few years ago, I bought my father a T-shirt printed with the Yiddish words “Shver tsu zayn a yid”…
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What if Kids Are Sad and Stressed Because Their Parents Are?
There is a depressing familiarity now to the conversations I’m hearing among parents of teenagers. After the obligatory pleasantries, talk…
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My Dangerous, Lonely Life in Myanmar’s Resistance
YANGON, Myanmar — When the military seized power in a coup on the morning of Feb. 1, 2021, I grabbed…
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Reagan Wouldn’t Recognize the G.O.P. Discord Over Ukraine
On March 8, 1983, Ronald Reagan gave one of the most famous speeches of his presidency, an address that would…
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The Battle Over a Professor’s Speech
More from our inbox: My Tiny Rebellion Over the Pledge of AllegianceRon DeSantis, BullyFirst Trump, Now Greene. Didn’t the Media…
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What We Can All Learn From a Prehistoric Fish
Last Wednesday, during a New York Financial Writers’ Association event at The New York Times Building in Manhattan, the veteran…
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Fifteen Years After 2008, Why Do Banks Keep Failing?
The weekend rescue of uninsured depositors in Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank was absolutely essential and absolutely frustrating. We…
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Tucker Carlson Is No Less Dangerous as a Hypocrite
Gail Collins: Bret, we have all kinds of deeply important issues to tackle. But let’s start with Tucker Carlson. We’ve…
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