Opinion
From NYT OPINION section
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The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way
The fight was supposed to be about releasing them. But the way it’s being done seems designed to obscure the truth.
By Molly Jong-Fast
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The Strange Death of Make America Great Again
Trump has begun to recede from the movement he created.
By Matthew Walther
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This Is What the Murder of a Whole City Looks Like
A militia accused of genocide has seized a city of a quarter-million people, and it now appears from satellites to be a ghost town.
By Nicholas Kristof
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Luigi Mangione and Tyler Robinson Are a Worrying New Archetype
They complicate the story about political violence as well as our hopes for safety and justice.
By David Wallace-Wells
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Mixed Grades for Home-Schooling
Readers offer personal stories in response to a guest essay critical of home-schooling.
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‘A Hard Time We Had of It’
A fitting poem for a transformative year.
By Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd and Emily Holzknecht
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Americans Say They Want One Thing, Then Vote a Different Way. Here’s Why.
Voters keep resolving to change our country and yet we are increasingly disappointed in those we elect.
By Kristen Soltis Anderson
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The Idea That Once Held America Together Died in 2025
The 2025 revolt against process signaled the final collapse of a powerful idea that once promised to hold the country together.
By John Fabian Witt
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A Christmas Argument That Ended in Harmony
Standing together on behalf of those who flee oppression is a very Christmas thing to do.
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
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Stephen Colbert Hits a High Note
After winning an Emmy, Stephen Colbert spoke about creating a “show about love.” In its homestretch, “The Late Show” is fulfilling that promise.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum
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Don’t Blow Up, and Other Tips for Arguing With Your MAGA Uncle
Few things can calm a savage heart like being genuinely listened to.
By Mark Edmundson
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Your Social Muscles Are Wasting Away. Here Is How to Retrain Them.
Three lessons from a London commune.
By Elizabeth Oldfield
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Youth Hostels, Blood Banks, Yoga: How One Far-Right Network Spread Across the World
Far-right mobilization is not an inevitable consequence of the precariousness of our times.
By Felix Pal
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Hopes for Mamdani’s Vision for Child Care
Readers respond to a guest essay on the incoming mayor’s universal child care plan. Also: A gift that never grows old.
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3 Theories of What’s Going On With the Contradictory Economic Data
There are some possible explanations for what’s happening with seemingly conflicting macroeconomic data.
By Jason Furman
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The MAHA Pipe Dream Is Going to Hurt MAGA the Most
The war on public health is a battle to the death.
By Thomas B. Edsall
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The Real-Life Marty Supreme Taught Me How to Hustle
When I first moved to New York City, Marty Reisman befriended me.
By Amy Chozick
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You Should Be Skeptical of the TikTok Deal
Trump’s deal preserves many of the ties to China that the law was designed to sever.
By Jim Secreto and Brett Freedman
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‘This Is Something That Traditional Economics Isn’t Prepared to Deal With’
Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, the hosts of the economics podcast “Odd Lots,” walk through how Trump’s tariffs, A.I. and the vibecession are making for a strange close to the year.
By Ezra Klein and Rollin Hu
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What Your Loved Ones With Dementia Are Picking Up On
When people’s cognition is splintered or absent, they are absorbing the emotions around them with no filter to protect them.
By Patti Davis