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‘He’s Often Working Backward From a Conclusion’: Three Opinion Writers on Kennedy
Alexandra Sifferlin, a health and science editor for Times Opinion, hosted a written conversation with the Opinion columnist Ross Douthat and the Opinion writers Jessica Grose and David Wallace-Wells about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first two months as …
100 Days. That’s All It Took to Sever America From the World.
In 1941, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt marshaled support for the fight against fascism, his chief antagonists were isolationists at home. “What I seek to convey,” he said at the beginning of an address to Congress, “is the historic truth that …
Harvard May Not Be the Hero We Want, but It Is the Hero We Need
Like many of its conservative alumni, I have a complicated relationship with Harvard. I grew up in a small town in Kentucky, where I went to public school. I attended college at a small Christian university in Nashville. I never had a thought that I …
Trump’s Biggest Beneficiary: Himself
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTGuest Essay Trump’s Biggest Beneficiary: Himself No presidential administration is completely free from questionable ethics practices, but Donald Trump has pushed us to a new low. He has accomplished that by …
The Dinner That Helped Save Europe
In 1979, during John Paul II’s first visit to the United States as pope, he met with President Jimmy Carter at the White House. Shortly after that, he invited Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter’s national security adviser, to dinner at the Vatican Embassy …
Turkey’s People Are Resisting Autocracy. They Deserve More Than Silence.
The United States has long been willing to befriend unsavory foreign governments, sometimes with good reason. In a dangerous world, democracies cannot afford to alienate every nondemocracy. But any alliance with an autocratic regime requires at least …
This Is How to Win an Environmental Fight
In early 2023, when the Minnesota Legislature began weighing a sweeping ban on “forever chemicals” — a class of roughly 9,000 substances used in everything from lipstick and cellphones to cookware and clothing — many lawmakers were doubtful they …
U.S. Reverses Itself, Saying U.N.’s Gaza Agency Can Be Sued in New York
The Justice Department and the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office told a judge that an immunity law did not apply. A group of Israelis had accused the agency of assisting Hamas.
David Thomas, Who Led the ‘Avant-Garage’ Band Pere Ubu, Dies at 71
David Thomas, the singer and songwriter who led Pere Ubu and other bands that stretched the parameters of punk and art-rock, died on Wednesday in Brighton and Hove, England. He was 71. Mr. Thomas had suffered from kidney disease, but the announcement …
Tell Us Your Wild New York City Roommate Stories
When the rent is high and the vacancy rates are low, sharing your space with others becomes a must.