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Douthat: The taming of a demagogue

Ross Douthat(CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) I am less persuaded, however, by the argument that what leading Republicans have…

February 8, 2018

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Woody Allen meets #MeToo

Nicholas Kristofdu1-i-syn “That he got away with what he did to me haunted me as I grew up,” she wrote.…

February 8, 2018

From our Congressman

Dowd: A goddess, a mogul and a mad genius

Maureen Dowd (CREDIT: Fred R. Conrad / The New York Times)du1-i-syn She has been raped. She has been sexually assaulted. She…

February 8, 2018

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Can crazy still keep the peace between Israel and Iran?

Thomas L. FriedmanJosh Haner/The New York Times) How so? I’m traveling along the Israeli border road at the intersection of…

February 1, 2018

From our Congressman

Brooks: The precious and potent power of human touch

David Brooks The children received first-class nutrition and medical care, but they were barely touched, to minimize their contact with…

January 31, 2018

Ross Douthat

Douthat: The necessity of Stephen Miller

Ross Douthat (CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) Miller is the White House’s point man for immigration policy (and for strange…

January 30, 2018

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Trump leads the world, backward

Nicholas Kristof OK, fact-checkers found at least two falsehoods, and the audience booed when Trump went off script and raged…

January 30, 2018

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: The tweet Trump could never send Tehran

Thomas L. Friedman (CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) What would those have said? Something like: @realDonaldTrump “America stands with Iranian…

January 25, 2018

From our Congressman

Brooks: Democrats go for the jugular! (Their own)

All of this has left those of us in the pundit class with a frustrating problem. Obviously, the Democrats were…

January 24, 2018

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Come to this island, before it disappears

Nicholas Kristof “My house was over there,” said Zainal Abedin, a farmer, pointing to the waves about 100 feet from…

January 23, 2018

From our Congressman

Brooks: Conflicting views on how democracies perish

David Brooks Some people emphasize economic issues: The simultaneous concentration of wealth at the top and the stagnation in the…

January 17, 2018

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Trump’s threat to Democracy

Nicholas Kristof 1. The leader shows only a weak commitment to democratic rules. 2. He or she denies the legitimacy…

January 16, 2018

From our Congressman

Dreamers fate may rest on the mood of the moment

Gail Collins (CREDIT: Earl Wilson/The New York Times) Everybody was impressed by how concerned Trump seemed to be about all…

January 12, 2018

From our Congressman

From the Department of Injustice, more prohibition

Timothy Egan (Credit: Amanda Koster for The New York Times) We know that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a backward-looking…

January 10, 2018

From our Congressman

Brooks: Praise for those who ‘move in traffic with prudence’

So it was good to get a reminder, from Pope Francis in his New Year’s Eve homily, that the people…

January 9, 2018

From our Congressman

Brooks: The retreat to tribalism

David Brooks The faster they run, the more centrifugal force there is tearing the chain apart. The tighter they grip,…

January 8, 2018

Ross Douthat

Douthat: What has Mitt Romney learned?

Ross Douthat (CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) The 2012 Republican presidential nominee is a man of honor, decency and serious…

January 3, 2018

From our Congressman

Brooks: ‘The Sidneys’ part II – the year’s best long-form journalism

David Brooks Menes’ description of what happened that night is dry, methodical and compelling, and it deserves the first of…

January 1, 2018

From our Congressman

Brooks: ‘The Sidneys’ part I – the year’s best long-form journalism

David Brooks We decided that our mission, celebrating the year’s best long-form journalism, is more important than the staid and…

December 30, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: How Trump made Putin’s Christmas

Thomas L. Friedman CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Time A recent report in The Washington Post, quoting intelligence sources, said Putin…

December 22, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Did genocide destroy this Rohingya village?

Nicholas Kristof The children who survive are left haunted: Noor Kalima, age 10, struggles in class in a makeshift refugee…

December 21, 2017

From our Congressman

Brooks: GOP tax bill a missed opportunity to help workers and the middle class

But the fact is that Barack Obama repeatedly proposed cutting it to 28 percent and the average European corporate rate…

December 20, 2017

From our Congressman

Krugman: Passing through to corruption

Paul Krugman The question is, why are they doing this? For this bill isn’t just a policy crime; it also…

December 19, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Alabama says no to Trump’s tribalism

Thomas L. Friedman (CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times)du1-i-syn Thank you to the majority of Alabamians for loving our country more…

December 14, 2017