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Derek Arthur

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Why Voters Might Finally Blame Trump for Rising Costs

Why Voters Might Finally Blame Trump for Rising Costs

Trump’s Iran war will affect more than just gas prices.

11.03.2026 7

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One President’s Whim. A World in Crisis.

One President’s Whim. A World in Crisis.

A week into Trump’s war in Iran, his strategy is still a mystery.

07.03.2026 8

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The Best Moments So Far at the Winter Olympics

Three writers and an Olympic medalist on the grit and grace of the winter games.

19.02.2026 90

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Pam Bondi’s ‘Cage Match’ and Trump’s Fraying Coalition

The round table reflects on a chaotic week of incompetence and meltdowns.

14.02.2026 200

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Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on the Empty Propaganda of ‘Melania’

Glamour, silence and a very big hat.

05.02.2026 10

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ICE Is a ‘Secret Police’ Americans Didn’t Ask For

Amid national protests, the round table convenes to debate what anti-ICE tactics should look like.

01.02.2026 30

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Will 2026 Be the Year Voters Pull the Emergency Brake?

The midterms will be a battle for control of Trump’s legacy.

17.01.2026 20

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A Venezuelan Economist on What Trump Gets Wrong About Venezuela

Trump thinks he can run the oil. Does he have what it takes to run the country?

15.01.2026 10

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Is This MAGA Foreign Policy or Something Else Entirely?

David French and M. Gessen on why the ends do not justify the means in Venezuela.

06.01.2026 7

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David Brooks, E.J. Dionne and Robert Siegel Take Stock of 2025

Trump is giving himself an A-plus-plus-plus, but the rest of America is anxious.

18.12.2025 5

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Thomas L. Friedman Says We’re in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions.

Two columnists debate this strange moment.

12.12.2025 40

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What Is Going on With Trump?

Bret Stephens, Frank Bruni and Aaron Retica on the gap between the president’s interests and what matters to Americans.

05.12.2025 20

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Epstein and the #MeToo of It All

“You need this renewal. You need new figures who are untouched, who were never part of these awful power games,” the columnist Lydia Polgreen argues.

22.11.2025 10

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In the Epstein Saga, Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy

Is this the beginning of the end for Trump and his MAGA base?

15.11.2025 9

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Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back.

Lydia Polgreen speaks to the former New York Times bureau chief Howard W. French about the cost of not engaging with Africa.

12.11.2025 8

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How Should Trump Approach China? A Debate.

Two economists on the price of playing nice with a superpower.

05.11.2025 10

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How Southern Politics Shaped Trumpism

Three Southern Opinion columnists on the region and its outsize role in national politics.

18.10.2025 10

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What Trump’s Peace Deal Really Means for Gaza

The war might have ended, one lawyer argues, but the occupation remains.

15.10.2025 7

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Thomas Friedman on the Only Way to Solve the Israel-Hamas War

Can Donald Trump end the “worst war” with the latest round of peace talks?

08.10.2025 10

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‘If You Don’t Want This Consequence, Don’t Vote for Republicans’

This week, the round table convenes to discuss who wins and who loses when the government shuts down.

04.10.2025 9

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Trump Is America’s First Meme President

How Trump has made his mark in politics and in our minds.

23.09.2025 10

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‘We’re in the Most Dangerous Point for Free Speech in America’

Jimmy Kimmel’s removal looks more like a red scare than a culture clash.

20.09.2025 40

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When Authoritarianism Looms, Old Friends Reunite

David Brooks, E.J. Dionne Jr. and Robert Siegel take a temp check on Trump’s second term.

11.09.2025 20

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What Germany Did That America Still Hasn’t

Jeffrey Toobin talks with Bryan Stevenson about surviving the politics of fear in 2025.

11.09.2025 9

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Trump Is a ‘Totem for Wealth.’ What Happens if the Economy Crashes?

Three Opinion writers on Trump’s most recent power grabs.

09.08.2025 9

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Thin, White and Right: The Ideal Christian Woman

How skinny became a conservative calling card.

30.07.2025 9

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What the Democratic Party Still Doesn’t Get About Deportations

“The Opinions” round table discusses President Trump’s immigration policies and the emerging resistance to it.

26.07.2025 10

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Trump May Get His ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ but the G.O.P. Will Pay a Price

And so will many voters.

01.07.2025 5

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Trump, Iran and the Slow Creep of Presidential Power

Three columnists break down the murky politics behind the strike.

27.06.2025 7

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Trump Is Vulnerable. Democrats Still Need a Strategy.

Three Opinion writers on why Trump’s deportations might be backfiring.

21.06.2025 8

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Three Opinion Writers on the L.A. Protests and Trump’s Spectacle of Control

Michelle Cottle, David French and Tressie McMillan Cottom dissect Trump’s reach for power.

11.06.2025 5

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Gail Collins and Bret Stephens: A Last Conversation

After eight years of weekly chats, one more for the road.

06.05.2025 6

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Larry Summers on Trump: ‘The First Rule of Holes Is Stop Digging’

The former treasury secretary on the president’s chaotic trade war.

14.04.2025 4

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Steve Rattner on Just How Bad Things Will Get Under Trump’s Tariffs

And what business executives are saying behind closed doors.

03.04.2025 4

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Thomas Friedman: The Global Challenges Facing Trump

The columnist on why the president is facing a rare moment of opportunity in the Middle East.

22.01.2025 10

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