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Krugman: Trump’s $700 billion gift to wealthy foreigners

Paul Krugmandu1-i-syn But it would be one clearly predictable consequence of the tax “reform” he and his congressional allies are…

November 1, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Trump’s legacy – damaged brains

Nicholas Kristofdu1-i-syn The pesticide, which belongs to a class of chemicals developed as a nerve gas made by Nazi Germany,…

October 31, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: And then there was one left with integrity intact

Thomas L. Friedman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for The New York Times. (CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times)du1-i-syn It began:…

October 25, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Trump is inspirational … for poetry

Nicholas Kristofdu1-i-syn Richard Kenney, a published poet from Port Townsend, Washington, offered “A Prayer”: Dear Generals Three: If he asks…

October 24, 2017

Ross Douthat

Douthat: What’s the matter with Republicans?

Ross Douthat (CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times)du1-i-syn At the time, Frank’s analysis had two flaws. First, it minimized the importance…

October 19, 2017

From our Congressman

Brooks: We are dividing into upswingers and downswingers

David Brooksdu1-i-syn In 1980 the U.S. had a slight edge in gross domestic product per capita over Germany, Japan, France…

October 18, 2017

From our Congressman

Krugman: The GOP is no party for honest men

Paul Krugmandu1-i-syn For the plan does indeed favor the wealthy — overwhelmingly, undeniably. It’s shocking that as many as 40…

October 17, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Trump’s approach escalates North Korea tensions

Nicholas Kristofdu1-i-syn Yet after my five-day visit to North Korea with three New York Times colleagues, such a nuclear war…

October 16, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: We may all be connected, but no one’s in charge

Thomas L. Friedman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for The New York Times. (CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times)du1-i-syn But getting…

October 13, 2017

From our Congressman

Krugman: State slogan aside, Virginia may well be for haters

Paul Krugman, The New York Timesdu1-i-syn Why do we have much higher poverty than our economic peers, especially among children,…

October 11, 2017

From our Congressman

Brooks: Our culture war prevents progress on gun issues

du1-i-syn As David Frum points out in The Atlantic, the five years since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School…

October 10, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Inside North Korea, and feeling the drums of war

Nicholas Kristofdu1-i-syn Warmbier was the University of Virginia student who was arrested for stealing a poster, then sentenced to 15…

October 7, 2017

From our Congressman

Collins: Hypocrisy is rife in latest House vote on abortion

Gail Collins (CREDIT: Earl Wilson/The New York Times)du1-i-syn That is victory for the anti-choice forces. One of whom was apparently very…

October 6, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: If only Stephen Paddock had been a Muslim

Thomas L. Friedman(CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) If all of that had happened, no one would be telling us…

October 5, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: We can act before the next mass shooting

Nicholas Kristofdu1-i-syn We needn’t simply acquiesce in this kind of slaughter. When Australia suffered a mass shooting in 1996, the…

October 5, 2017

From our Congressman

Brooks: The philosophical assault on Trumpism

David Brooksdu1-i-syn Jeb Bush tried to outlast Trump, and let him destroy himself. That failed. Marco Rubio and others tried…

October 4, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Folks, we’re home alone

Thomas L. Friedman (CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times)du1-i-syn Surely one of the most cynical, reckless acts of governing in my…

September 28, 2017

From our Congressman

Brooks: Sam Francis predicted the coming war on business

David Brooksdu1-i-syn In a series of essays for conservative magazines like Chronicles, Francis hammered home three key insights. The first…

September 27, 2017

From our Congressman

Krugman: Trapped by their own lies

Paul Krugman, The New York Timesdu1-i-syn It takes a truly terrible proposal to elicit such eloquent unanimity from organizations that…

September 26, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: ‘Enough Already,’ Said God

Nicholas Kristof Afterward, I received the following transcript of a conversation between Bakker and, er, God. It comes from a…

September 19, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Friedman: Trump’s folly on North Korea and climate change

Thomas L. FriedmanJosh Haner/The New York Times) One of these threats is called North Korea. If the reckless leader of…

September 14, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Crackdown on Rohingya in Myanmar an outrage

Nicholas Kristof, New York Times For the last three weeks, Buddhist-majority Myanmar has systematically slaughtered civilians belonging to the Rohingya…

September 14, 2017

From our Congressman

Krugman: Irma demonstrates danger of dismissing science

Paul Krugman, The New York Times Rush Limbaugh accused weather scientists of inventing Irma’s threat for political and financial reasons:…

September 13, 2017

Ross Douthat

Douthat: Right wing books, wrong answers

Ross Douthat (CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) Judged by their covers, the two books that I chose to spoil my…

September 6, 2017