Opinion

Oct. 7: For Jews in America, a Time of Reflection

Oct. 7: For Jews in America, a Time of Reflection

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Politics

Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens. Also: Republicans’ plans to challenge the election; Vanderbilt’s leader, on flawed college rankings.


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The Casualties in North Carolina Include the Truth

The Casualties in North Carolina Include the Truth

Frank Bruni
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Politics

An overflow of Trump-inspired misinformation on the disaster of Helene has impeded the recovery.


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Kamala Harris Should Think Twice About Touting This Economy

Kamala Harris Should Think Twice About Touting This Economy

Peter Coy
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The labor market isn’t as healthy as the September jobs report suggests. And Americans know it.


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How the Good Economic News Vindicates Bidenomics

How the Good Economic News Vindicates Bidenomics

Paul Krugman
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Politics

But not quite in the way you may think.


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We Can Do Better Than ‘Positive Masculinity’

We Can Do Better Than ‘Positive Masculinity’

Ruth Whippman
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Politics

It doesn’t challenge stereotypes; it reinforces them.


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Black Men Are Waiting for a Democratic Party That Delivers for Them

Black Men Are Waiting for a Democratic Party That Delivers for Them

Charles Coleman Jr.
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Politics

Democrats have spent too much time drawing symbolic distinctions with Republicans without illuminating substantive differences.


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Biden’s Moral Failure in Israel

Biden’s Moral Failure in Israel

Peter Beinart
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Politics

The American president promised equality. He didn’t deliver.


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Andrew Cuomo’s Next Act

Andrew Cuomo’s Next Act

Andrew Kirtzman
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Politics

History has presented Mr. Cuomo with an opportunity. But it’s one that New York voters may not swallow.


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How Biden’s Middle East Policy Fell Apart

How Biden’s Middle East Policy Fell Apart

Ezra Klein
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Politics

The journalist Franklin Foer traced the Biden administration’s diplomacy in the Middle East since Oct. 7 and emerged with an “anatomy of a failure.”


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This Year’s October Surprise May Be That There Isn’t One

This Year’s October Surprise May Be That There Isn’t One

Kristen Soltis Anderson
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Politics

The polls are very, very stable in spite of events.


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What Trump and Vance Want From Hurricane Helene

What Trump and Vance Want From Hurricane Helene

Jamelle Bouie
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Politics

Trump has successfully trained millions of Americans to think of the truth as an obstacle to winning power.


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Asheville, Tampa and Lessons From Hurricane Helene

Asheville, Tampa and Lessons From Hurricane Helene

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Readers reflect on the devastation, the recovery and climate havens. Also: An ex-hostage’s plea; the women who accuse Donald Trump; a Trump rally.


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Harris Should Offer to Debate Trump Again — on Fox

Harris Should Offer to Debate Trump Again — on Fox

David Swerdlick
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Politics

There’s only one venue where Harris would have another opportunity to speak to 67 million people at once.


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Harris Spends an Hour in the Warm Embrace of Howard Stern

Harris Spends an Hour in the Warm Embrace of Howard Stern

Michelle Cottle
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Politics

The shock jock has become a required stop for Democratic politicians.


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We Should Want Israel to Win

We Should Want Israel to Win

Bret Stephens
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Politics

Even supporters of Palestinian statehood should want Hamas and Hezbollah to lose.


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