Opinion

Looking at who Trump was, is and would be.

Every death of a child from the war in Gaza is a preventable tragedy.

How vaccine injuries and long Covid test our partisan beliefs.

Readers discuss the “freedom to be fat” and related health and parenting issues.

Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator.

Our biggest mistake would be to believe that Trumpism is a historical exception.

It sunk in that her testimony was hurting the man she still admires.

Passion counts for a lot, but the bottom line should be results. The protests seem to be headed in a different direction.

The American economy has long been a safe haven, but it might not be forever.

A reading list outside the progressive box.

Readers discuss an Opinion guest essay calling that a fantasy. Also: Quality at Boeing; a toilet sign; running, fast and slow.

Most of the bad news about the economy is just noise.

On World Press Freedom Day, a reminder of how many journalists are not free to do their vital work.

Swing-state Republicans are running from the anti-abortion movement.

The U.S. is losing its terror-fighting presence in Africa. That’s not a bad thing if Washington uses the development to help African governments deliver more to their citizens.

And the role politicians play in all of it.

Billionaires are experts at avoiding taxes. By banding together, countries can make them pay up.

Netanyahu is making his nation more like the worst of the old kingdom, and the crown prince is making his kingdom more like the best of the old Jewish state.

Are you better off than you were four years ago? Yes.

The excesses of social protest movements can play into the hands of candidates who promise to restore order.

Jurors are forced to listen to a swamp of sleazy evidence.

There is no originalist case for presidential immunity.

The middle of the road may be the correct place to be, but it’s never a popular spot.

With any other president, a contempt citation would mean banner headlines.

Responses to news and opinion articles about the campus protests. Also: Trump logic; pondering another civil war; lessons in the classroom.

Supposedly principled Republicans can’t reconcile condemnation of Trump with refusal to back Biden.

It was never among the most dangerous drugs on earth, and the Biden administration is finally doing something about it.

The Staten Island branch of St. John’s University is more than just a school.

What is the line between civil disobedience and lawlessness?

Why Democrats have a big team tracking every third-party candidate.