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Democrats Must Embrace Their Inner Jerry Springer

admin10 May 2025

Given that Hollywood is often caricatured as a hotbed of liberalism, it’s surprising that Republicans seem so much better than Democrats at the showbiz side of politics. Two Republican presidents have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Presidents ...

Today Harvard Is the Target. Tomorrow It Could Be Your Church.

admin10 May 2025

Conservatives like me once instinctively understood that expanding government power — even briefly — invites harm. Yet recent attempts by President Trump’s administration to use the tax code as a weapon reveal how easily partisanship can override ...

Where Trump Might Find Success if He Gets Below the Surface

admin10 May 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul reacted with jagged insouciance when the Trump administration snatched control of the slow-moving Penn Station redevelopment project from New York State last month. “I want to thank the president,” she said, “for taking on the sole ...

The New Pope Might Be Something Like the Old Pope

admin9 May 2025

With the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the College of Cardinals sent a clear message of continuity with the reformist agenda of his predecessor, Pope Francis. But despite Leo’s reputation as having a quieter, more disciplined ...

Voices Against Trump’s Assault on Democracy

admin9 May 2025

More from our inbox: I Know Harvard. Harvard Won’t Fold.A Ruling on Transgender TroopsThe Zen of A.I.?Guards stand next to the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.Credit...Ron Edmonds/Associated PressTo the Editor: The ...

Five Pencils for You. Infinite Luxuries for the Trumps.

admin9 May 2025

You’re reading the Frank Bruni newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Reflections on the mess (and magic) of politics and life. Get it with a Times subscription.Around the same time last week that President Trump decreed two dolls to be plenty for ...

Lessons From World War II to Avoid World War III

admin9 May 2025

Thursday is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. As leaders of countries that suffered greatly during and after the war, we attach great importance to this date. We remember our fallen parents, grandparents and other relatives ...

No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines

admin9 May 2025

How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy? Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be. Most 21st-century autocrats are elected. Rather than violently suppress opposition like Castro or Pinochet, today’s autocrats convert ...

Can Democrats Win the Working Class and Save the Republic?

admin9 May 2025

Senator Chris Murphy on the Democrats’ “five alarm” crisis.

Israel Has a Terrible Choice to Make

admin9 May 2025

You’re reading the David French newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Reflections on law and culture, war and peace, and the deeper trends that define and divide America. Get it with a Times subscription.The war in Gaza has reached a predictable ...