Five Best Wednesday Columns

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Ben Smith on the legacy of Michael Hastings, Fergus Cullen on America's reliance on the sports-star immigration dilemma, Hadley Freeman on the domestic disturbance of Nigella Lawson, Margaret Carlson on Hillary Clinton's 2016 strategy, and Deena Shanker on the feminism of country music.

By J.K. Trotter

Jun 18, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

George Packer on the reach of Silicon Valley, Tim Shorrock on consolidating our spies, Leigh Alexander on the future of video games, Noreene Malone on Michael Bloomberg's composting plan, and Ramesh Ponnuru on the coming judgment of the Supreme Court.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 17, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Heidi Moore on the recent impact of financial lobbying, Joan Walsh on the return of Sarah Palin, Mary Ann Mason on the challenges women face in academia, Hendrik Hertzberg on the security state laid bare, Adrian Walker on Gabriel Gomez's troubled Senate campaign.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 14, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Kirsten Powers on the backlash to Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald on his long week, Francis X. Rocca on the new pope's relationship with Jews, Sherrilyn A. Ifill on the future of affirmative action, and Sasha Weiss on our age of online exposure.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 13, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Margaret Carlson on Marco Rubio's GOP campaign, Laurie Shrage on forced fatherhood, Jim Naureckas on how journalists identify with states, Sonja West on Anthony Kennedy's gay marriage decision, Rachel Arons on TV's recent depictions of Jewish people.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 12, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Reniqua Allen on the trial against George Zimmerman, Emily Bazelon on how to describe Edward Snowden, Heather Mac Donald on the politics of New York crime, Noreene Malone on Hillary Clinton's Twitter début, and Jenny Davis on an NYU professor's fat-shaming tweet.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 11, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Ai Weiwei on the NSA's behavior, Alex Pareene on Edward Snowden's personality, Michelle Cottle on Michelle Obama's second term, Chris Hughes on how we control technology, S.E. Cupp on young lung transplant recipients.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 10, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Daniel Ellsberg on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Maria Bustillos on the slow rise of the security state, Kai Wright on how proprietary colleges prey on ambition, Bill Keller on the future of affirmative action, and Jessica Valenti on the realities of enforcing abortion policy.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 7, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Glenn Greenwald on the courage of whistleblower, Amy Davidson on the NSA's panopticon, Walter Shapiro on Obama's Cheney transformation, Elizabeth Goitein on metadata monitoring, Jamelle Bouie on the GOP's revived Calhounism.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 6, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Charles P. Pierce on the NSA's collection of Verizon records, Rose-Ellen Lessy on patenting genes, Helena Andrews on Michelle Obama's heckler, Ana Marie Cox on rebranding the GOP, Michael Brendan Dougherty on punishing cheating in baseball.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 5, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Elizabeth Hewitt on tear gas in Turkey, Lindy West on comedy's hostility to women, Maureen Dowd on the military justice system, Amy Davidson on Bradley Manning's prosecution, Jonathan Chait on young people under Obamacare.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 4, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Çağlar Keyder on the demonstrations in Turkey, Emily Bazelon on the Supreme Court's DNA decision, Kirby Dick on the Pentagon's handling of rape, Conor Friedersdorf on bike-sharing paranoia, Jenny Davis on Facebook's teenage exiles.

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By J.K. Trotter

Jun 3, 2013

Five Best Monday Columns

Charles C.W. Cooke on Oprah's Harvard address, Kate Aurthur on Nikke Finke's blogging life, Gary Younge on Bradley Manning's trial, Steve Coll on the Obama administration's obsession with secrecy, and Michelle Boorstein on the religious evolution on gay Boy Scouts.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 31, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Laura Bennett on Arrested Development's Netflix problem, Margaret Talbot on the disadvantages of being a breadwinner, Akbar Ahmed on Obama's neverending drone war, Mike Lupica on the new Rutgers AD, and Ronald Brownstein on affirmative action at the Supreme Court.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 30, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Charles M. Blow on Michele Bachmann's legacy, Joan Vennochi on Gabriel Gomez's political naiveté, Isaac Chotiner on the culture that created Chris Kyle, Jesselyn Radack on the politics of whistleblowing, and Irin Carmon on the gendered discussion of "work-life balance."

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By J.K. Trotter

May 29, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Michael Rosenberg on Rutgers's new athletic director, Sarah Kendzior on the myth of American opportunity, Danielle Ofri on the prevalence of hospital errors, Imani Gandy on the lessons of the Gosnell in the black community, and Glenn Greenwald on how journalists defend their own.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 28, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Dan D'Addario on Dan Savage's politics, Eugene Robinson on victory in the War on Terror, Blake Zeff on Anthony Weiner's mayoral chance, David Dennis on the hidden side-effects of unpaid internships, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Muslim reaction to violence.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 24, 2013

Five Best Friday Columns

Kiel Brennan-Marquez on the ethics of drones, Saeed Jones on New York's spate of attacks aimed at gay people, Jane Mayer on Obama's foreign policy speech, Bhaskar Sunkara on the future of liberalism, and Philip Preville on Toronto's scandalized mayor.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 23, 2013

Five Best Thursday Columns

Maria Bustillos on small-scale surveillance, Jeffrey Goldberg on Jewish magnitude, Charles M. Blow on E.W. Jackson's GOP appeal, Irin Carmon on the stuggles of gay couples and child custody laws, and Peter W. Singer on Obama's drone decision.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 22, 2013

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Dana Milbank on how the government criminalizes reporting, Sharon Stapel on homophobia in America, Jarrod Shanahan on why we believe in conspiracies, Ma Jian on the brutality of China's one-child policy, and Emily Bazelon on who to blame for tax-dodging corporations.

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By J.K. Trotter

May 21, 2013

Five Best Tuesday Columns

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.

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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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