Editorial
No Wonder the Republicans Hid the Health Bill
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
When House leaders finally unveiled their plan, the suffering it would inflict on millions of Americans was clear. Comments
The Supreme Court may have turned down my case, but the larger movement is very much alive. Comments
When House leaders finally unveiled their plan, the suffering it would inflict on millions of Americans was clear. Comments
If the Russian model of love is reckless, the American one involves too much calculation. Comments
The president’s apologists are embarrassing. Comments
A common cause of death is up 14 percent in two years, and there is only one plausible explanation. But there is also a solution. Comments
States will be forced to decide between saving lives and caring for the elderly. Comments
It’s not about right or left. It’s about intimate partner abuse.
By revising the ban, the administration has acknowledged it fumbled on a major campaign promise. But the result is still pernicious. Comments
Excessive tax cuts and smaller social programs will hurt the poor and the working class.
All ideas need testing in open debate, or they become mere prejudices.
“Student protesters were not violating Mr. Murray’s First Amendment rights when they spoke out against him. They were changing the terms of the discussion.” Comments
Refugees bring with them problems that liberals would do well to recognize. Failing to do so opens the political door to right-wing xenophobes. Comments
The Vietnam War had drastic, negative consequences for the country’s foreign policy. Comments
As Reagan learned, the public will not tolerate threats to their health or the environment. Comments
The revisions don’t fix the core problem with the executive order: The administration is waging an all-out assault on Muslims.
While President Trump closes the border, Canada clamors for even more refugees. Comments
Two readers differ on whether the ban is anti-Muslim. Another is “ashamed that my country is creating such fear and terror” among the undocumented.
A writer who admits to seeing “Hamilton” one too many times suggests squaring off on television over the wiretap charges.
A transgender student calls the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a case on use of school bathrooms “unfathomable.”
A Met curator gives examples of how the museum has tried to “connect art to life” and “mix things up,” as a Times critic urged.
Weakening the I.R.S. will encourage tax fraud and reduce treasury funds, a reader warns.
What happens when man’s best friend is a capuchin monkey? Comments
The opinion columnist Andrew Rosenthal on President Trump’s “crumbs of condescension” for Jews, deportation plans, John McCain’s resistance and other news. Comments
Is anyone watching over the tweeter in chief?
Anti-Israel statements in the International Women’s Strike platform risk alienating some feminists.
Can Marine Le Pen be stopped, and with her the trans-Atlantic onrush of populism?
Selling Opel and the small-car engineering it represents could hurt G.M. in the long term.
Readers call on Republicans to speak out and question Mr. Trump’s fitness to govern.
A Vietnam veteran writes that he wasn’t interested in political debates about the war.
Former U.S. ambassadors for war crimes issues write that blanket impunity is fueling further atrocities.
A transportation historian writes that now is a good time to raise the gas tax.
A linguist takes issue with the overall negative framing of the behavior.
Why would people who fought so hard to join the West now turn against groups that promote human rights?
Stories from young people who, under the Obama administration, were spared deportation and permitted to work. Now, their status is in jeopardy.
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October 19, 2016, 5:43 PM