Opinion | Why Is the Country Panicking About Critical Race Theory?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Last month, the Florida Department of Education voted to restrict …
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Opinion | In the Big Euro 2020 Game, I Knew the England I Was Rooting For
BERLIN — It is an odd thing, to watch your country of birth from afar. Having been in Germany for seven years, I sometimes feel the connection to England with an …
Opinion | The Ascension of Bernie Sanders
By Maureen Dowd Opinion Columnist BURLINGTON, Vt. — I want to talk to Bernie about Balenciaga. And Britney. And Dua Lipa, Sha’Carri Richardson and Joe Manchin’s houseboat. And whether he …
Chicago’s Strange Problem
Chicago is far away from rising oceans and melting glaciers. It does not sit in the path of hurricanes, nor is it vulnerable to the rising number of forest fires …
Opinion | Require a Year of National Service?
More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Enlist the Young!,” by Jonathan Holloway (Sunday Review, July 4): When I was about 12 years old, my father took me and …
More Red-State Trouble
The spread of the Delta variant in relatively unvaccinated parts of the U.S. is getting worse. Nationwide, the number of new Covid-19 cases is holding steady. But that steadiness hides …
Opinion | Donald Rumsfeld’s Fog of Memos
Trying to understand another human being is often a dismal task. And if not dismal, thankless. What am I supposed to do? Disapprove of Donald Rumsfeld? That’s easy. Perhaps too …
Opinion | Competition Is Good — Even With China
When the Soviet Union crumbled in the 1990s, Americans did a victory lap that lasted for decades. We saw it as the triumph of capitalism over communism, freedom over authoritarianism, …
Opinion | Hong Kong’s Last Gasp
It took just six days to shut down Apple Daily. It’s a measure of the brutality of the crackdown on Hong Kong that the end could come so swiftly for …
Opinion | Is This Railroad for the Rich?
Garden City, a leafy chunk of suburban Long Island, is served by four train stations on the Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. Residents can reach New York’s …