Opinion | Joy for Brexit, and Mourning
To the Editor: Re “Britain Has Lost Itself,” by Peter Gumbel (Op-Ed, Jan. 2): Mr. Gumbel paints Britain’s future in very bleak terms and says he is so “alarmed by …
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Opinion | Trump’s Capitol Offense
WASHINGTON — Even as a small child, I knew I was seeing something tremendous. I didn’t know that the light in the dome meant that Congress was in session. I …
Opinion | Neil Sheehan Forced an American Reckoning
WASHINGTON — “It looks like a coup,” Neil Sheehan said. “I’ll call Mordecai. He’ll know whose tanks those are.” It was Saigon, January 1964. I had just shared with Neil …
Opinion | More Immigrants Will Come to the U.S. Under President Biden. That’s a Good Thing.
MIAMI — The restrictive policies of the Trump administration, combined with the coronavirus pandemic, have reduced migration to the United States to its lowest level in decades. However, there’s little …
Opinion | The ‘Horrifying Events’ at the Capitol
To the Editor: Re “Mob Storms Capitol, Inflamed by Angry Trump Speech” (nytimes.com, Jan. 6): I am writing this while watching in abject horror a literal insurrection staged by thousands …
Opinion | Trump Still Says He Won. What Happens Next?
The Republican effort to derail Congress’s electoral vote count on Wednesday will fail, and President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in at noon on Jan. 20, as the Constitution commands. …
Your Tuesday Briefing
Boris Johnson imposes broad new restrictions. By Victoria Shannon Good morning. We’re covering drastic new restrictions in England and Scotland, high-profile elections in the U.S. and the post-pandemic future of …
Brazilian asset manager Vinci files for IPO on Nasdaq
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian asset manager Vinci Partners is planning an initial public offering on Nasdaq, according to a securities filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on …
The Covid-19 economic crisis could morph
Economic crises have a tendency to morph. After a crisis gets under way, its epicentre can shift and it can turn contagious in unpredictable ways, impacting areas previously presumed relatively …
Opinion | End the Senate Filibuster
More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “‘The Senate Is Broken,’ Udall Says in Farewell” (news article, Dec. 9): Senator Tom Udall said in his farewell address that the …