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Trump believes affordability is ‘a con job by the Democrats.’ He’s wrong.

The president can’t relate to the kind of supermarket sticker shock rattling millions nationwide.

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Renée Graham

The two faces of human stubbornness

Our "inelastic" loyalties to products and ideas can be ennobling — or corrupting.

yesterday 8

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Jeff Jacoby

Why top colleges should cut back on early decision admissions

Colleges have increasingly relied upon early decision to secure ever-larger portions of their entering classes. But the early decision edge goes...

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James Murphy And Evan Mandery

Falling into others’ arms

Dignity at life’s end and on a mountain trail.

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Elissa Ely

The right’s reckoning with hate: What happens when extremists take the mic

If the extremists win, we’re all in big trouble.

friday 10

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Jill Abramson

The Justice Department’s war on judges

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has it backward. There are no rogue judges; there is only a rogue president.

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Nancy Gertner

All the president’s offenders

Trump’s pardons are a middle finger to anyone who refuses to forget the myths that reached a violent coda on Jan. 6, 2021.

13.11.2025 30

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Renée Graham

Why I voted to end the government shutdown

Now that the shutdown has ended, the American people will put Republicans to the test.

13.11.2025 10

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Maggie Hassan

Religious rights, but not for all

The First Amendment is meant to protect even minority religions. The justices don’t seem to get that.

13.11.2025 1

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Is this the lie that topples Trump?

In a normal moral universe, the Epstein emails should matter. But in the MAGA universe, all bets are off.

13.11.2025 1

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Joan Vennochi

Has Wu locked down more power with City Council alignment?

With council leadership on her side, the mayor would have enormous power to do what she wants.

12.11.2025 9

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Joan Vennochi

A federal judge resigned to speak out against Trump. Here’s what he told me.

“It is vital that the American people understand that democracy is very valuable,” former US District Court Judge Mark Wolf said.

12.11.2025 2

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The Democrats defeat themselves again

Is a craven betrayal of their base any way to resist an authoritarian president?

11.11.2025 10

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Renée Graham

How Mamdani’s democratic socialist creed will hurt New York City

The New York City mayor-elect believes there’s nothing government can’t fix. Here’s why he’s wrong.

11.11.2025 7

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Jeff Jacoby

The Treaty of Versailles wasn’t too harsh. It wasn’t harsh enough.

As historians across the spectrum have argued, the treaty’s chief flaw was not excessive punishment but inadequate enforcement.

11.11.2025 1

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Jeff Jacoby