Opinion | The Ungovernable Catholic Church
By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist The latest dramatic move by Pope Francis — his recent order abrogating the right of Roman Catholic priests to say their church’s traditional Latin Mass … Read More
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Opinion | My Office Reopened at the Height of the Pandemic. We’ve Thrived.
This March, my partners and I paid special bonuses to all employees at my law firm in the heart of Houston. Unlike at many other firms around the country, this … Read More
Opinion | Wonking Out: What Inflation Risks and My Intermittent Fasting Have in Common
By Paul Krugman Like many people, I put on some pounds during the pandemic. Not catastrophic — I kept working out, and I think my cardio fitness has held up. … Read More
Your Friday Briefing
Restrictions for unvaccinated people Italy will require people to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination or a recent negative test to dine indoors, visit museums and attend shows, among other social … Read More
Opinion | How Racist Is America?
By David Brooks Opinion Columnist One question lingers amid all the debates about critical race theory: How racist is this land? Anybody with eyes to see and ears to hear … Read More
Opinion | Our Workplaces Think We’re Computers. We’re Not.
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ For decades, our society’s dominant metaphor for the mind has been a computer. A machine that operates the exact same way whether it’s in … Read More
Opinion | How Life Looks Through My ‘Whale Eyes’
To confront my family’s silence on my disability, I devised a few experiments to help them see what I see. To confront my family’s silence onmy disability, I devised a … Read More
Opinion | Why a Patriotic Education Can Be Valuable
By Ross Douthat Opinion Columnist I have my doubts about America. As a Catholic, my first loyalty is to a faith that predates and promises to outlast our Republic, that … Read More
Opinion | In Indigenous Knowledge, Innovative Solutions
Nearly two decades ago, when the New Zealand highway authority was planning the Waikato Expressway, people from the Māori tribe Ngāti Naho objected. The highway would encroach on an area … Read More
Opinion | People Who Are ‘Cowboy Tough’ Can Still Look Out for One Another
By Dana Liebelson Ms. Liebelson is a writer in Austin, Texas. Living on his 25,000-acre ranch about an hour outside Laramie, Wyoming, 67-year-old Scott Sims figures he’s at lower risk … Read More
And the Trumps Themselves?
Donald Trump’s company has long engaged in aggressive accounting maneuvers that involve classifying many of its executives’ personal expenses as business expenses. Trump’s residences are considered part of the business. … Read More
Your Friday Briefing
Trump Organization charged with tax crimes The Trump Organization, the family real estate business that catapulted Donald Trump to prominence, was charged Thursday with running a 15-year tax fraud scheme. … Read More