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.
Eugene Robinson on a successful Democratic National Convention, Jonathan Weil on who to blame for Facebook, Steven Greenhut on broken California, David W. Blight on the original voter I.D., and Gary Younge on Obama's walkthrough speech.
Nicholas D. Kristof with Obama's report card, Ezra Klein on the wonk-in-chief, Susan Antilla on trusting financial brokers, Linda Greenhouse on how we talk about abortion, and Steve Coll on rowdy Senate elections.
Ezra Klein on the dumbest campaign question, Glenn Greenwald on CNN International, Steve A. Yetiv on domestic oil, Thomas Friedman on interdependent foreign policy, and Michael Kazin on presidents as family men.
Ramesh Ponnuru on Obama's second term, Paul Thomas Chamberlin on talking to terrorists, Noam Scheiber on Obama and Wall Street, Matt Miller on the Rubio paradox, and Frank Bruni on the VP hex.
David Brooks on Republican individuality, Matt Miller on why Romney's ideas don't matter, Daniel Kanstroom on who is getting deported, Shmuley Boteach on circumcision, and William Pesek on China's economy.
Maureen Dowd on the pitiful Mitt Romney, Sally Kohn on Paul Ryan in three words, Bill Keller on Condoleezza Rice, Minxin Pei on American perception of China, and George F. Will on bluffing voters.
John McCain on Republican foreign policy, Dana Milbank on Romney the control freak, Thomas Friedman on Egyptian President Morsi, Marc Tracy on Chris Christie with a Mitt lens, and Daniel P. Aldrich on community building.
Ramesh Ponnuru on Social Security, Kimberley Strassel on the spirit of reforming governors, Sean Lennon on fracking, David Brooks on the "real" Romney, and Najmedin Meshtaki and Guive Mirfendereski on a relationship with Iran.
Bill Keller on the last bipartisan senator, Stephen Smith on public transit, Allan S. Weiner on human rights and economics in Vietnam, Nicholas Sambanis on identity conflict in Europe, and Michael Barone on the evolution of Republicans.
Mitt Romney on what he learned at Bain, Michael Bloomberg and George Mitchell on fracking correctly, Thomas Geoghegan on Medicare as an unstoppable stimulus, Henri J. Barkey on intervening in Syria, and R. Scott Asen on paying more for private school
William B Harrison Jr. in defense of big banks, Nancy Pelosi on the unproductive Republican House, Tom Coburn on Paul Ryan's seriousness, Linda Greenhouse on the way judges interpret free speech, and Rowan Callick on the weight of history on East Asia.
Laurence Kotlikoff on economists as political hacks, Thomas Friedman on the need to meet in the middle, David Ignatius on negotiations with Iran, Alexander Cooley on the problems bordering Afghanistan, and Anne Applebaum on why Pussy Riot is Putin's greatest threat.
David Brooks on a dynamic America, Peter Orszag on private-market healthcare, Noreen Malone on Paul Ryan and GenX, Michael Moore and Oliver Stone in defense of WikiLeaks, and Chad Griffin on the language of hate.
Lawrence Summers on the truth about small government, Peter Beinart on public debate about war with Iran, Anita Isaacs on the real reason Ecuador housed Assange, Elena Marks on the flexibility of insurance exchanges, and Ahmed Zewail on science research.
Peggy Noonan on Paul Ryan as Clark Kent, Dana Milbank on labeling hate groups, Karin Olsson on Julian Assange's flight to Ecuador, Alex Koppelman on dying breed of moderates, and Jonathan Weil on bank regulation.
Ezra Klein on Obama launching Ryan to the top, Karl Rove on GOP's Medicare advantage, Charles K. Armstrong on change in North Korea, Victor Davis Hanson on the culture divide in California, and Dana Milbank on the Democrats getting dirty.
Amy Davidson on Paul Ryan's father, Bartle B. Bull on the needs of Syrian rebels, William Pesek on state-sponsored business, John Lough on Pussy Riot, and Ruth Marcus on Medicare debates.
Michael R. Bloomberg on immigration reform and the economy, Dexter Filkins on the troubled Afghanistan, Charles Lane on the financial health of senior citizens, Margaret Carlson on Paul Ryan, and George Monbiot on biofuels and the African famine.
Bill Keller on the Romney administration, Adam Kirsch on money and politics, Matt Miller on the myths of Paul Ryan, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mark Zandi on the last housing crisis solution, and Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom on voter ID laws and democracy
Jonathan Alter on past elections, Larry Sabato and Kyle Kondik on the election's decisive dates, Jonathan Chait on Paul Ryan, Ta-Nehisi Coates on Romney's culture, and Ruth Marcus on Louise Mensch.
Ezra Klein on the tax reform challenge, Ellen Ullman on computerized trading bugs, Arjun Sethi on Sikhs in America, Steve Coll on domestic terrorism, and Nicholas Kristof on Syria.
William Moseley on the drought, Masha Lipman on Pussy Riot, Maureen Dowd on Obama, Dana Milbank on Bain, and Edward Glaeser on city parking.
Michael Rich on perfecting crime prevention, Farah Stockman on the Tea Party, Fred Crupp on climate change, Michael Gerson on Romney's faith, and Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers on empirical economics.
Susan Crawford on the Olympics and the Internet, Peter Beinart on Romney's taxes, Josh Barro on Chick-fil-A's defense, Richard Hasen on voter fraud, and Bill Keller on leaks.
Ezra Klein on Romney's tax plan, Peggy Noonan on the campaign, William Reilly on fuel efficiency standards, Stephen Carter on inequality, and Joshua Green on demographics.
Jared Diamond on Romney's 'culture' argument, Juliette Kayyem on India's power outage, Steve Salbu on Chick-fil-A, Michael Kinsley on success, and Robert Samuelson on medical imaging.
Ed Kilgore on the Texas primary, Sanjay Gupta on medical mistakes, David Ignatius on anti-leak legislation, Handel Reynolds on mammography, and Steven Rattner on bank regulation.
Gideon Rachman on Romney's foreign policy, Lauren Collins on Jordyn Wieber's loss, Josh Barro on 'You didn't build that,' Joe Nocera on the Postal Service payments, and Michael Auslin on the South China Sea
Albert Hunt on one-term presidents, Steve Coll on Romney's trip abroad, John Sununu on party conventions, Raymond Bonner on lethal injection, and Richard Muller on his climate change conversion.
Michael Bloomberg on the NRA, Fareed Zakaria on Romney's foreign policy, Stephen Carter on NCAA sanctions, Nicholas Watt on Romney in Britain, and Stephen Marche on art and violence.
Dana Milbank on Romney and defense cuts, Michael Kinsley on changing public opinion, George Will on the Texas Senate race, Andrew Jensen on gun control, and Lisa Biagiotti on AIDS in the rural South.
Gary Alan Fine on Penn State's victories, Robert Samuelson on the deficit, Peter Orszag on privatizing the Postal Service, Craig Whitney on the gun control debate, and Margaret Carlson on Yahoo's new CEO.
Mark Ragins on reacting to Aurora, Joe Nocera on the Penn State sanctions, Arthur Herman on modernizing the Pentagon, Charles Lane on European gun sales, and DeWayne Wickham on Michele Bachmann.
Jill Lepore on the election, Jackson Diehl on the Olympics and the press, Josh Barro on Obama and the rich, Michael Gerson on AIDS prevention, and Seth Goldman on Bloomberg's soda ban
Peggy Noonan on communication failures, Mark Edmunson on online education, Joshua Green on Romney's campaign strategy, Barack Obama on cybersecurity, and Taner Akcam on Turkey's human rights
Juliette Kayyem on Bachmann's crusade, Gail Collins on the VP picks' writings, Michael Kinsley on Romney's faith, Joseph Thorndike on tax returns, and Maggie Shipstead on weddings.
Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen on Mexican drug crime, Ta-Nehisi Coates on Joe Paterno's statue, John Lloyd on London's Olympics gloom, Peter Orszag on summer vacation's harm, Clifford Winston on the driverless car
Ramesh Ponnuru on the GOP's defense spending hypocrisy, Richard Cohen on the Bain debate, Luigi Zingales on ethics at business school, Frank Bruni on selfishness in America, and John Podhoretz on Romney's apology demands.
Tom Coburn on Grover Norquist, Elizabeth Kolbert on climate change, David Lampo on the GOP and gay rights, Albert Hunt on candidates' fiscal plans, and Megan McLemore on protection for sex workers.
Peggy Noonan on Condie for VP, Eugene Robinson on Paterno's shame, Joshua Green on Bush's tax cuts, Benjamin Sachs on pensions and Citizens United, and Newt Gingrich on power outages.
Patricia Murphy on the Obamacare repeal, Michael Kinsley on outsourcing, Jamal Abdi on Apple and Iran, Edward Glaeser on coal mining, and Daniel Henninger on Romney's vacation.
Matt Miller on Republicans and health care, Milos Forman on Obama's 'socialism', Holman W. Jenkins Jr. on China's Huawei, Doyle McManus on political ads, and John Steele Gordon on air conditioning.
Michael Tomasky on taxes, Clint Bolick on the Supreme Court, Joe Nocera on underwater mortgages, Marc Thiessen on Obama and the individual mandate, and Frank Bruni on gay rights.
Susan Crawford on Google and monopoly, Peter Beinart on Republicans and class resentment, Benjamin Soares on turmoil in Mali, Michael Singh on sanctioning Iran, and Hugo Dixon on Barclays
Michio Kaku on Higgs boson, Joshua Green on Romney's risk aversion, Mark Lubell on the Colorado fire, Colin Dayan on solitary confinement, and Jody Freeman on regulating fracking.
Bret Stephens on Mexico's election, Ken Silverstein on sheltering dictators, Noah Feldman on Roberts's decision, David Ignatius on negotiations with Iran, and Farah Stockman on a Taiwanese rivalry.
Michael Hirsh on Obama's health care message, Juliette Kayyem on the Colorado fires, Robert Frichtel on marijuana DUIs, Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein on in-home attendants, Jeffrey Toobin on John Roberts.
George Will on the conservative court victory, Jonathan Chait on Roberts's long game, Peggy Noonan on Obama's good day, Jack Shafer on CNN's screw-up, and Jeffrey Goldberg on work-life balance.
Ezra Klein on Republicans and health care, Sallie Krawcheck on women in finance, Michael Gerson on Romney's immigration strategy, Dambisa Moyo on China's African investment, and Michael Kinsley on Tom Friedman.
John Podhoretz on Nora Ephron, George Will on the Eighth Amendment, Reps. Nadler, Markey, and Thompson on port security, Thomas Hazlett on the iPhone's fifth birthday, and Jeffrey Rosen on the Supreme Court's Arizona ruling.
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