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Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul

We need to question the strikes’ legality. But we also need to see how they fit into the Trump administration’s larger effort to change America.

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Phil Klay

What Zillow Won’t Tell You

When buyers can’t see the climate risks of prospective homes up front, they may take on more exposure than they can afford.

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John Marshall

Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan

Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Sarah Isgur Ms. Isgur is the author of “Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally...

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Sarah Isgur

What I Learned in 2025

Ezra Klein answers your questions on the year’s political lessons, the struggles of young men and handling heat on the show.

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Marie Cascione

We Rejected This Practice 60 Years Ago. We Must Do So Again Today.

Once nativism escalates, it’s hard to stop.

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Amanda Frost

Don’t Fear the Bubble Bursting

Generative A.I. needs a course correction for the sake of energy efficiency and for its own advancement.

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Carl Benedikt Frey

People Are Crying Woke, and Somehow This Time It’s Not Me

Don’t be shocked: There were Black people and Native Americans during the colonial era.

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John Mcwhorter

How to Find a Date in a Country With Over 30 Million Extra Men

A decade after the end of the one-child policy, China has over 30 million so-called surplus men. Can this dating boot camp help them find love?

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Violet Du Feng

Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.

Attacks on Somali Americans are a cruel distraction.

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Ilhan Omar

Pete Hegseth Is Doing Something Even Worse Than Breaking the Law

Pete Hegseth Is Doing Something Even Worse Than Breaking the Law

Advertisement Newsletter By David French Opinion Columnist In their military campaign in South America, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth aren’t just...

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David French

Why Republicans Are Starting to Inch Away From Trump

Why Republicans Are Starting to Inch Away From Trump

Advertisement Supported by Michelle Cottle By Michelle Cottle Ms. Cottle writes about national politics for Opinion. It came a day or two late for...

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Michelle Cottle

I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives.

I’m an Immigration Lawyer. Trump Is Shattering My Clients’ Lives.

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Elora Mukherjee Ms. Mukherjee is a clinical professor of law at Columbia and the director of the...

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Elora Mukherjee

Where Does the Transgender Rights Movement Go From Here?

The lawyer and activist Chase Strangio on cultural divisions and common ground.

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Victoria Chamberlin

What Is Going on With Trump?

Bret Stephens, Frank Bruni and Aaron Retica on the gap between the president’s interests and what matters to Americans.

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Derek Arthur

The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute

Having “real estate deal guys” as America’s negotiators on the war in Ukraine is a liability, not an advantage. You want a statesman.

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Thomas L. Friedman

Help a Magazine That Dares to Tell the Truth

Jewish Currents is fighting the good fight.

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M. Gessen

Trump Has Made the Epstein Saga a Case Study in Manipulation

Trump Has Made the Epstein Saga a Case Study in Manipulation

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The Editorial Board

They Were Supposed to Save Europe. Instead, They’re Condemning It to Horrors.

They Were Supposed to Save Europe. Instead, They’re Condemning It to Horrors.

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By David Broder Mr. Broder is an expert on European politics and the author of “Mussolini’s...

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David Broder

Robert A.M. Stern Designed New York City Like a 1930s Movie

He was, in the very best way, the Ralph Lauren of architects.

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Paul Goldberger

What the Left Could Learn From Trump’s Brutal Efficiency

Progressives have an opportunity to start thinking boldly again about how to conceive of and use public authority for Americans.

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Marc J. Dunkelman

Should We All Want Lily Allen’s Midlife Crisis?

Should We All Want Lily Allen’s Midlife Crisis?

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Lizzy Goodman Ms. Goodman, a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, is the author of “Meet...

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Lizzy Goodman

Guess Which Presidential Power Trump Likes the Most

In the right hands, the pardon power is too strong. In the wrong hands, it is disastrous.

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Jamelle Bouie

We Had Never Touched. Then Came Our Wedding Night.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish filmmaker asks members of her community about the silent anxieties surrounding intimacy on their wedding nights.

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Rachel Elitzur

The Aesthetic That Explains American Identity Now

The Aesthetic That Explains American Identity Now

Advertisement Supported by The Opinions Why country and cowboys have a hold on our culture and our political imagination. By Meher Ahmad Tressie...

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Vishakha Darbha

This Is How Mamdani Can Pay for Free Buses

This Is How Mamdani Can Pay for Free Buses

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Nicolas S. Rohatyn Mr. Rohatyn is the chief executive of the Rohatyn Group, an investment company. New...

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Nicolas S. Rohatyn

Japan Has Changed How the World Must Think About Taiwan

The Japanese leader’s candor over Taiwan brought the shared regional stakes out into the open, and the U.S. must stand behind its ally.

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Craig Singleton

A Serious Journalism Scandal Hiding Inside a Frivolous Sexual One

Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Robert Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal.

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Michelle Goldberg

How Congress Should Respond, Right Now, to Trump’s Boat Strikes

Federal lawmakers have ample powers to uncover and end administration abuse.

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Michael Waldman

Ukraine Is Still Worth Fighting For

Ukraine Is Still Worth Fighting For

Advertisement Supported by Bret Stephens By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist The significant fact about Ukraine’s corruption scandal is that it is...

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Bret Stephens

The G.O.P. War on Property Taxes Will Lose Them the Suburbs

The G.O.P. War on Property Taxes Will Lose Them the Suburbs

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Aaron M. Renn Mr. Renn is a writer and consultant in Carmel, Ind., and a lifelong Republican. Gov. Ron...

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Aaron M. Renn

Don’t Fear Self-Driving Cars. They Save Lives.

Don’t Fear Self-Driving Cars. They Save Lives.

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Jonathan Slotkin Dr. Slotkin is a neurosurgeon. I recently got called to see a teenager ejected in a...

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Jonathan Slotkin

Is There Life for MAGA After Trump?

A field guide to the movement and its future.

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Liberal Order Can’t Heal Itself

The Liberal Order Can’t Heal Itself

Advertisement Subscriber-only Newsletter By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist Over Thanksgiving week the talk of the economically focused internet was...

02.12.2025 10

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Ross Douthat

Americans Won’t Have Faith in the Rule of Law Until the Law Works for Them

Americans Won’t Have Faith in the Rule of Law Until the Law Works for Them

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Seth Frotman and David Seligman Mr. Frotman was general counsel of the Consumer Financial Protection...

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David Seligman

Where Is the Will to Win in Ukraine?

Victory will belong not to the side with more resources, but to the side with the stronger, more adaptive and unyielding will to win.

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Dmytro Kuleba

Farewell to the Beloved Friend in My Window

Winter won’t hold forever, and when it comes, a spider will disappear from the corner where she has made her home.

01.12.2025 50

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Margaret Renkl