Opinion
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How to Tell When Your Country Is Past the Point of No Return
Political analysts, scholars and close observers of government are explicitly raising the possibility that the polarized American electoral ...
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Was Climate Change to Blame for the Tornadoes, or Was It Just Really Bad Weather?
I’m a tornado climatologist, and it is not unusual for people to ask me after a spate of storms like…
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The ‘West Side Story’ Remake We Didn’t Need
I have to confess that I never saw the original “West Side Story.” All I knew is that it somehow…
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How Hispanics Became Swing Voters
The chart that should frighten Democratic strategists appears in the 23rd slide of a newly released report from Equis Research,…
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Is Democracy’s Fate the Media’s Fault?
Produced by ‘The Argument’ With the midterms just months away and the 2024 presidential race around the corner, the press…
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How to Know Your Donations Are Doing the Most Good
This article is part of Times Opinion’s Holiday Giving Guide 2021. For other ideas on where to donate this year,…
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Kentucky on My Mind
On Friday, a devastating swarm of tornadoes swept through Kentucky. The state’s leading figures appealed for federal aid, which was…
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Biden Should Not Run Again — and He Should Say He Won’t
Is it a good idea for Joe Biden to run for re-election in 2024? And, if he runs again and…
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‘Porgy and Bess’ Isn’t Black Opera. It’s American Opera.
I didn’t grow up listening to musical theater cast albums. But one of the family LPs often in rotation was…
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After a School Shooting, Should Parents Be Prosecuted?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays.…