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Trump Wants to 'Reopen America.' Here's What Happens if We Do.
President Donald Trump says he wants the United States “raring to go” in 2 1/2 weeks, on Easter, with “packed churches all over our country.” He and many other political conservatives suggest that we are responding to something like the flu with remedies that may be more devastating than the disease.
The Bernie Juggernaut
A half-hour before a Bernie Sanders rally Saturday night in Iowa, a line snaked around the nearly 900-seat Ames City Auditorium, but no one else was being let in: The theater was full.
Elizabeth Warren Is Ready for a Fight
Elizabeth Warren, in her interview with the New York Times editorial board on Dec. 4, largely stuck to her polished script — which the senior senator from Massachusetts said she has delivered 175 times — calling for “big structural change” to right the imbalances in the current American economy and end what she sees as endemic corruption in business and politics. She famously has “a plan for that” and had a (lengthy) answer for nearly every question.
Amy Klobuchar on Plans vs. Pipe Dreams
The problems Amy Klobuchar has tried to tackle, often in partnership with a Republican colleague, since she was elected to the Senate in 2006 range from herculean (comprehensive immigration reform) to plain common sense (backup paper ballots).
Pete Buttigieg Says He's More Than a Résumé
This interview was conducted by the editorial board of The New York Times, which will announce its Democratic primary endorsement on Jan. 19.
Tom Steyer's Top Priority Isn't Climate Change
Tom Steyer, a California businessman, jumped into the 2020 race with little political track record beyond supporting campaigns on climate change, youth activism and the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Bernie Sanders Wants to Change Your Mind
Why Bernie Sanders animates so many young people on the campaign trail is instantly recognizable: The senator from Vermont offers an agenda of transformational change, promising to be as grassroots as he is stubborn. On Dec. 2, he spent 90 minutes with the Times editorial board, sparring over issues from foreign policy and climate change to antitrust regulation and gun violence, and tackled questions on health policy that went beyond his well-known Medicare for All proposal.
Andrew Yang Is Listening
Andrew Yang’s message is remarkably similar to Elizabeth Warren’s and Bernie Sanders’ — the American economy is not working for enough Americans, and it’s going to require structural change to do better. Where Yang differs — beyond his almost complete lack of government or political experience — is in his prescriptions, including his signature Freedom Dividend.
Joe Biden Says Age Is Just a Number
Joe Biden commands a boardroom. Meeting with the Times editorial board on Dec. 16, he moved fluidly among policy issues, though at times he became tangled in his own syntax and fell back on what President Barack Obama famously referred to as his verbal “flourishes.” Biden said his eight years as vice president and his deep relationships on Capitol Hill, where he represented Delaware in the Senate, would help him step seamlessly back into public office. He promised, “If I’m able to pass what I...
The Academic Apocalypse
This column tries to keep its cool, but last week I briefly surrendered to crisis and existential dread, to the sense that an entire world is dissolving underneath our feet — institutions crumbling, authorities corrupted, faith in the whole experiment evaporating.
The Media Is Broken
Those of us in journalism primarily do one thing: cover events. We report and opine about events like election campaigns, wars and crimes. A lot of the events we cover are decisions — a decision to reform health care or write a tweet — so we tend to congregate in the cities where decision-makers live. The internet has sped up the news cycle. Now we put more emphasis on covering the last event that just happened. But it’s still mostly events.
Give Joe Biden His Due
Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren are the shiny objects.
Kevin Talks Turkey
No matter how bad your Thanksgiving is, mine will be worse, and I’ll tell you why. My sister thinks Jim Jordan is hot. Well, she didn’t say “hot” exactly, but the words “admire,” “forceful” and “fighter” have been thrown around. And then there’s Kevin. It has been a crazy year, even by Trump standards. So I asked my brother to tell us, in his annual Thanksgiving column, if he has any regrets. ROCKVILLE, Md. — Over the last three years, Maureen has frequently sent me reader emails demanding to...
Devin Nunes Is Danielle Steel
I came to your house with a gun. At least imagine I did. I tied you to a chair, took a step back and repeatedly fired. But my arm twitched; every bullet missed. Meanwhile, you slipped your knots and fled.
In a Career of Reporting, These Are Stories That Still Touch Me
Tuesday is 35 years since I walked into The New York Times for my first day of work. It was my first real job, initially covering international business and economics, and to mark the anniversary I’ve gone back and dug up some of the pieces over the decades that were particularly meaningful to me.
The Corey Lewandowski Trap
Did that look of unalloyed contempt come naturally to Corey Lewandowski, or did he rehearse it? I picture him in front of a mirror as his “testimony” before the House Judiciary Committee approached, fine-tuning his sneer, perfecting his glare, testing different tilts of his head to see which conveyed maximal disgust with his inquisitors. He was hellbent on acing this performance.
Trump Walks a Crooked Mile
WASHINGTON — Everyone here is keyed up for the Big One.
Can This Ancient Greek Medicine Cure Humanity?
CHIOS, Greece — Over my 54 years, I’ve pinned my hopes on my parents, my teachers, my romantic partners, God.
Can This Ancient Greek Medicine Cure Humanity?
CHIOS, Greece — Over my 54 years, I’ve pinned my hopes on my parents, my teachers, my romantic partners, God.Editorials of The Times
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