Five Best Tuesday Columns

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Heidi Moore on Apple's tax holiday wish, Elizabeth Drew on Obama's Nixon moment, Ramesh Ponnuru on the GOP's scandal strategy, Rosie DiManno on Rob Ford's alleged drug habit, Amy Davidson on Star Trek's drone message.

By J.K. Trotter

May 20, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Farai Chideya on minority representation in the media, Lindsay L. Rodman on the data of sexual assault in the military, Pankaj Mishra on wealth and freedom in China, George Packer on the 21st century celebrity, Elizabeth Kolbert on the danger of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 17, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Héctor Carrillo on gay marriage in Brazil, Stephen L. Carter on the scope of the First Amendment, Melanie Springer Mock on the pitfalls of Christian adoption, Sarah Posner on Obama's 'Watergate', and Alexandra Petri on the manners of live theatre.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 16, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Sheila Krumholz on the real IRS scandal, Anne Taylor Fleming on Angelina Jolie's choice, Danielle Charette on divestment talks at Swarthmore College, Daniel Larison on justifying U.S. intervention in Syria, Charles M. Blow on D.C.'s scandal lust.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 15, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Lynn Oberlander on the law behind the Justice Departmen's AP subpoena, Neal Gabler on the impact Barbara Walters made on journalism, Jenée Desmond-Harris on the politics of African American names, Sadhbh Walshe on the cost of Angelina Jolie's preventative surgery, and Tara Murtha on the misunderstandings of the Kermit Gosnell verdict.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 14, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Angelina Jolie on her mastectomy, Michelle Goldberg on why women patronized Kermit Gosnell, Cindy Cohn on the Associated Press subpoena, Heidi Moore on the overreaction to the Bloomberg terminal scandal, and Ta-Nehisi Coates on Jason Richwine and racism.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 13, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Michael Macleod-Ball and Gabe Rottman on the IRS's wrongful targeting, Elizabeth Cline on the clothing made in the collapsed Bangladesh factory, Emily Nussbaum on Don Draper's evolution, Matthew Winkler on his company's accountability, and Michelle Cottle on Republican masculinity.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 10, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Jamelle Bouie on the GOP's search for scandal, Peggy Noonan on where the White House went wrong on Benghazi, Gary Younge on Charles Ramsey's heroism, Luke O'Neil on the problem with satire, and Megan McArdle on Elizabeth Warren's student loan proposal.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 9, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Amy Davidson on sexual assault in the military, Fareed Zakaria on U.S. credibility toward Syria, Jill Filipovic on "purity culture," Michael Hirsh on the Benghazi "cover-up," and Farhad Manjoo on his dog dilemma.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 8, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Karen Tumulty on Mark Sanford's comeback, Aisha Harris on the reaction to Charles Ramsey, Jill Lawrence on Terry McAuliffe's trouble with women, Maureen Dowd on sexual assault in the military, and Brentin Mock on how the Sierra Club embraced immigration reform.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 7, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Kathryn Schulz on America's Gatsby obsession, Jillian Kay Melchior on the morning after pill, Sital Kalantry on the making of a pro-life movie, Ramesh Ponnuru on adoption politics, and Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers on what a flawed economic study teaches us.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 6, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Jill Lawrence on bogus arguments against gun control, Nancy DiTomaso on how social networks affect black unemployment, Kelefa Sanneh on David Graeber's anarchy, Lisa Miller on NYU Abu Dhabi, and Marin Cogan on the intoxication of power.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 3, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Nussaibah Younis on the Iraqi prime minister, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry on how to think about retirement, Marco Rubio on immigration reform, Jodi Jacobson on a "Gosnell Amendment," and Keguro Macharia on giving up.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 2, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Alex Pareene on Howard Kurtz's Jason Collins mistake, Matthew Yglesias on Medicaid in Oregon, Matthew K. Lewis on liberalism, Gary Marcus on replication in social psychology, and Daniel Henninger on Obama's permanent campaign.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 1, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Blake Zeff on the real Anthony Weiner, Thomas L. Friedman on mediocrity, Amy Davidson on the hunger strike at Guantanamo, Jonathan Chait on opinion journalism, and Helena Fitzgerald on teenagers' online lives.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 30, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Josh Barro on the coming out of Jason Collins, Nicholas Jackson on fighting words, Jamelle Bouie on the GOP's civil rights history, Michelle Goldberg on the politics of late-term abortion, and David Brooks on how to write about politics.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 29, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Bill Keller on erasing your Internet history, John Tamny on the "Wall Street" metonym, Jonathan Cohn on Obamacare's implementation, Amir Ahmad Nasr on the web's influence on Muslims, Rebecca Mead on the feminism of Amanda Knox.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 26, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Jamilah King on the cultural impact of stop-and-frisk, Jonathan Chait on revising George W. Bush's presidential legacy, Matt Buchanan on Twitter's problematic velocity, Alan Jacobs on the moral world of Girls, and Paul Krugman on the morality of austerity.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 25, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Tom McGeveran on the editorship of Jill Abramson, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry on the politics of teaching children, Benjamin Todd Jealous on how Republicans can persuade black voters, Ezra Klein on the inevitable GOP embrace of Obamacare, and Noreene Malone on the word "bro."

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 24, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Harold Meyerson on the Koch brothers' play for the Tribune Company, Tom Scocca on literary nepotism, Catherine Rampell on the affordability of New York City, Daniel Gross on a new online sales tax, Avik Roy on being racially profiled after a tragedy.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 23, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Michael Chertoff and Dallas Lawrence on social media helping a manhunt, Erwin Chemerinsky on the constitutional rights of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Richard Overy on the use of the word 'Nazi,' John Villasenor on ownership and Google Glass, and William Germano on writing for readers. 

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 22, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Timothy P. Carney on the public use of private cameras, Paul Krugman on austerity-inspired joblessness, Michael Tomasky on GOP fear, Sarah Kendzior on profiling the Boston bombers, and E.J. Dionne, Jr. on the path forward for gun control.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 19, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

D.B. Grady on the high-definition coverage of the Boston bombers, Joan Walsh on Ruslan Tsarni's televised outburst, Jack Shafer on the New York Post's irresponsible bombing coverage, John Kass on the information gathering of the Boston bombings, and Joan Wickersham on the words of trauma.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 18, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Gabrielle Giffords on the Senate's rejection of background checks, Michael Moynihan on media coverage of the Boston bombings, Atul Gawande on how Boston hospitals saved lives, Heidi Moore on the toppled heroes of economics, and Ayesha Siddiqi on the cultural importance of Spring Breakers.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 17, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

David Sirota on the Boston bomber, Charles C.W. Cooke on the children of Newtown, Judith Grossman on the unintended effects of Title IX, Carl M. Cannon on covering the Gosnell trial, and Jonathan Chait on the inaccuracies of Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 16, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Nicholas Thompson on what a marathon attack means, John Tlumacki on photographing horror, Patton Oswalt on how tragedy renews our shared humanity, David Weigel on the futility of conspiracy theories, and Whitney Erin Boesel on Vine's role in replaying news.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 15, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel on the hunger strike at Gitmo, Jason Farago on New York's housing market, James O'Keefe on taping politicians, Jillian Keenan on abuse in polygamist communities, and Heather Mac Donald on stop-and-frisk.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 12, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Seth Mandel on the trial of Kermit Gosnell, Alex Seitz-Wald on Mitch McConnell, Kevin Roose on abandoing Bitcoin, Matt Latimer on Thatcher's compromises, Om Malik on Mark Zuckerberg's immigration reform.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 11, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Kirsten Powers on media coverage of an abortion trial, Fareed Zakaria on the lessons of Thatcherism, Drew Magary on Mike Rice's abuses, Charles M. Blow on Rand Paul's Howard visit, and Tom Doran on Michelle Malkin's Twitter aggregator.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 10, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Kelefa Sanneh on Brad Paisley's accidental racism, John McWhorter on the use of "illegal immigrant," Alex Pareene on Mitch McConnell's cunning, Farhad Manjoo on the Bitcoin hype cycle, and Thomas Friedman on the legacy of the Arab Spring.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 9, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Glenn Greenwald on the mourning of Margaret Thatcher, Bret Stephens on the other kind of marriage, Judith Miller on Jana Winter's jail prospects, David Plotz on his abusive high school basketball coach, and Jeffrey Goldberg on the legacy of the Iraq War.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 8, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Ross Douthat on the consolidation of the elite, Margaret Talbot on Congress's inaction on gun violence, Joel Kotkin on the next American cities, Katherine Stewart on the GOP's position within the culture wars, and Cass R. Sunstein on the virtues of paternalism.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 5, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Michael Phillips on the late Roger Ebert, Michael Lind on Obama's Social Security offer, Aaron Ross Powell on the beneficience of government, Matthew Zeitlin on the promise of Bitcoin, and Irin Carmon on Obama's comments on Kamala Harris.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 4, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Ben Carson's sudden fame, Amy Davidson on David Brooks's philosophy of freedom, Jeremy Kessler on the national character of gay marriage, Lionel Tiger on the abusive Rutgers basketball coach, and James Kirchick on being a provocative art exhibit.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 3, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Ben Howe on the quality of conservative entertainment, Donna Brazile on Susan Patton's advice for women, Marin Cogan on Rubio's immigration plan, Michael Wolff on Christopher Hitchens's legacy, and John Podhoretz on academia's attraction to danger.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 2, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Catherine Rampell in The New York Times on paid paternity leave, Francesca Mari on Jill Lepore's American history, Farhad Manjoo on technological cynicism, Alison Gash on gay adoption, and Megan McArdle on college admissions.

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By J.K. Trotter

Apr 1, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Ian Crouch on Kevin Ware's injury, Paul Krugman on California's absent crisis, Michael Brendan Dougherty on the golden era of baseball, Kurt Schlichter on losing the gay marriage battle, and Mary McConnell on homeschooling.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 29, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Camille Standen on China's population control, Claire Vaye Watkins on Ivy League recruitment, Patrick J. Buchanan on American morality, Paul Ford on the hilarity of Bitcoin, and Jonathan Chait on the GOP's need for immigration reform.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 28, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Daniel Gross on the consequences of tax hikes, Jeffrey Toobin on the fight for gay marriage, Bob Garfield on the golden age of journalism, Jonathan Mahler on Florida Gulf Coast University, and Avik Roy on the right to health care.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 27, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Kate Losse on Sheryl Sandberg's Facebook feminism, Maureen Dowd on the legacy of the Supreme Court, James C. Capretta on explaining conservative economic policy, Matthew Yglesias on NIMBY-ism, and Jack Shafer on boy genius Nick D'Aloisio.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 26, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Amy Davidson on gay marriage, Nate Cohn on post-Iraq liberalism, Michael Pettis on risky banking, Josh Barro on "soaking the poor," and John Dickerson on Marco Rubio and Rand Paul.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 25, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Will Portman on coming out, Reuel Marc Gerecht on the C.I.A.'s interrogation tactics, Ross Douthat on the Iraq War and Obama, Jonathan S. Tobin on the liberal reaction to Fox News, and Glenn Greenwald on racism's influence on the War on Terror.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 22, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Paul Krugman on the dominoes of Cyprus, Mark Joseph Stern on the shifting tactics of gay marriage opponents, Ken Tucker on the joy of ScandalJohn R. MacArthur on Obama's political failures, and Jonathan Cohn on the rising star of Dr. Ben Carson.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 21, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Dianne Feinstein on the trial of Sulaiman abu Ghaith, Richard Florida on misunderstanding the creative class, Mehdi Hasan on anti-Semitism among British Muslims, Roy Bourgeois on the call for female Catholic priests, and Irin Carmon on rehabilitating rapists.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 20, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Matt Yglesias on the new news media, Jonathan Chait on getting Iraq wrong, Mark A.R. Kleiman on intelligent crime policy, Avik Roy on the GOP's minority outreach, and Joel Kotkin on the failed promise of the creative class.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 19, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

D.J. Hoek on the price of public libraries, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry on the narrow worldview of economists, Geoff Mulgan on the upside of financial crises, Max Boot on (not) apologizing for the Iraq War, and Kyle Wiens on the necessity of digital ownership.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 18, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Peter Feaver on Iraq war myths, Juliette Kayyem on remembering war, Eric Boehlert on the war and Twitter, Lewis Dvorkin on the economics of online media, and Ross Douthat on the challenges facing the Catholic Church.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 15, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Peggy Noonan on the new Pope, Rob Portman on marriage equality, Charles C.W. Cooke on Al Gore's evangelism, Ana Marie Cox on the GOP's youth movement, and Jonathan Alter on the man who filmed Romney's "47%" comments.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 14, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Daniel W. Drezner on GirlsJosh Barro on CPAC, Richard Kim on wealthy asceticism, Floyd Abrams and Yochai Benkler on the prosecution of Bradley Manning, and Douglas Rushkoff on our relationship to computers.

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By J.K. Trotter

Mar 13, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Adam Briggle on fracking politics, Jessica Valenti on the discourse of rape, Justin Green on the GOP's entitlement trap, Ben Smith on New York's soda ban, and W. James Antle III on Rand Paul's foreign policy.

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