Opinion

For Israel, It Pays to Be a Winner

Diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East are the result of military victories.

This Is BYD, the Chinese Car That’s Taking Over the World

China’s national champion carmaker BYD embodies a state-led industrial model tha...

The Grip That Race and Identity Have on My Students

We cannot return to the innocence of the Obama era even if that is what we want.

The G.O.P. Fought for This Bill. When Trump’s Cuts Came...

The unlikely rise and tragic fall of a bipartisan solution on gun violence.

The Gender Gap That Ate the Democrats

If men had supported Kamala Harris at the same level as women, Harris would have...

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How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z — and the Rest of Us

How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z — and the ...

The economics writer Kyla Scanlon on how attention has come to shape politics, o...

Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country

A focus on economics misses the human brutality that is the most problematic asp...

How to Make Senate Republicans Pay for Their Awful Bill

As Dan Osborn begins a new Senate campaign, he thinks some Republicans have buye...

Musk’s Third Party Starts With a Good Idea

Is there a way to elect an independent bloc of senators?

Trump’s Big Bill Is Now Law. What Was Learned?

Readers see varying lessons in President Trump’s domestic policy bill. Also: Cut...

Big Tech Wants to Profit From the Loneliness It Helps C...

Artificial intelligence solutions are being pushed on customers that make them l...

Keir Starmer Is Fading Away

After a year in power, Keir Starmer appears to be losing not just political weig...

You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This

The moral argument for global health is the strongest we have.

The Questions Started With the Wren

In this season of life and loss, the strangest moments arrive without answers.

After a Friend’s Death, I Started Dead Lifting With Dante

After a friend’s death, a medieval literature professor learns to love the gym —...

Now You See Josh Hawley, Now You Don’t

The Missouri senator’s evasions expose a disgraced Senate.

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