Opinion

David Brooks: Why past is prologue and protests help Trump

Today’s crowd-sourced protests muddle their message and goals and alienate the quiet disapprovers.

 

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Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, May 7

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters during a press conference about the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Senate Democrats reintroduced broad legislation on Wednesday to legalize cannabis on the federal level, a major shift in policy that has wide public support, but which is unlikely to be enacted this year ahead of November’s elections and in a divided government. (Valerie Plesch/The New York Times)

Editorial: Federal moves on cannabis encouraging, if incomplete

The Biden administration and the Senate offer sensible proposals to better address marijuana use.

 

Jamelle Bouie: We pay price for upper-class state legislators

If we want more working-class representation, we need to make those positions more accessible.

Maureen Dowd: Consider the three faces of Donald Trump

Past, present and future are visibile in his countenance; an especially grim one on the cover of Time.

Paul Krugman: Still no stag and not much flation

The grumbling about inflation’s slow path to 2 percent isn’t worth steps that risk a recession.

David French: Only one candidate has a serious foreign policy

Voters will have to choose between a coherent strategy and a transactional temper tantrum.

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Editorial cartoons for Monday, May 6

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Michelle Goldberg: When elections on line, GOP avoids abortion

Even among the MAGA faithful, Republicans are having second thoughts on how to respond to restrictions.

Paul Krugman: Digging into the persistence of Trump-stalgia

Most Americans are better off than they were four years ago; so why doesn’t it feel that way to them?

Pro-Palestinian protesters, barred from entering the campus, rally outside Columbia University in upper Manhattan on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.  Police later swept onto the campus to clear protesters occupying Hamilton Hall. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)

Comment: Colleges falling into semantic trap set by the right

As with Vietnam War-era protests, colleges are being goaded into siding with the right’s framing.

Pro-Palestinian protesters, barred from entering the campus, rally outside Columbia University in upper Manhattan on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.  Police later swept onto the campus to clear protesters occupying Hamilton Hall. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
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Editorial cartoons for Sunday, May 5

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U.S. must reconsider military spending, nuclear weapons

Americans oblivious or indifferent to the staggering U.S. military budget for 2025 would benefit from reading Daniel Ellsberg’s “The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of A Nuclear… Continue reading

U.S. must remain a leader of democracy in world

At one time, very recently, the United States’ democracy was looked on by free nations around the world as the model for freedom, prosperity and… Continue reading

Who is responsibly locally for Monroe school’s PCB contamination

Reading the Herald article on the Monroe Sky Valley Education Center victims’ lawsuit against Monsanto and its amoral, sociopathic, long-term touting of the safety of… Continue reading

Eco-nomics: The climate success we can look forward to

Finding success in confronting climate change demands innovation, will, courage and service above self.

Comment: Innovation, policy join to slash air travel pollution

Technology, aided by legislation, is quickly developing far cleaner fuels to carry air travel into the future.

Comment: Parents can recruit teen’s friends for safer driving

Rather than adding to distractions, peers can encourage safer driving habits for young drivers.

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, May 4

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A radiation warning sign along the road near the Hanford Site in Washington state, on Aug. 10, 2022. Hanford, the largest and most contaminated of all American nuclear weapons production sites, is too polluted to ever be returned to public use. Cleanup efforts are now at an inflection point.  (Mason Trinca/The New York Times)

Editorial: Latest Hanford cleanup plan must be scrutinized

A new plan for treating radioactive wastes offers a quicker path, but some groups have questions.

A radiation warning sign along the road near the Hanford Site in Washington state, on Aug. 10, 2022. Hanford, the largest and most contaminated of all American nuclear weapons production sites, is too polluted to ever be returned to public use. Cleanup efforts are now at an inflection point.  (Mason Trinca/The New York Times)