Opinion

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Paul Krugman
Trump Is Flirting With Quack Economics
Beware strongmen who engage in magical thinking.
By Paul Krugman
CreditMichelle Gustafson for The New York Times
12 Departing Lawmakers Tell Us What Congress Is Really Like
These are their exit interviews.

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Guest Essay
I Was an Attorney at the D.A.’s Office. This Is What the Trump Case Is Really About.
Boring as it may sound, it is a case about business integrity.
By Rebecca Roiphe
CreditMark Peterson for The New York Times
Guest Essay
This Isn’t the China I Remember
Chinese pride and triumphalism have given way to malaise in the post-Covid era.
By Gish Jen
CreditXinmei Liu

That Strange Piece of Metal Origami Embodies All of Elon Musk’s Flaws
The Cybertruck looks edgy, that’s for sure, but it has serious problems.
By Elizabeth Spiers
CreditPhoto illustration by The New York Times; source photographs by Anadolu and Vladimir Godnik
Guest Essay
Some Concrete Reasons Not to Be Totally Panicked
And a few things we’d like to forget.
By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens
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The Conversation
The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators
What explains the almost total absence of working-class people from elected positions in state government?
By Jamelle Bouie
CreditLewis W. Hine
Jamelle Bouie
Sheryl Sandberg Screams Back at the Silence
A powerful new documentary gives voice to the rape victims of Oct 7.
By Bret Stephens
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Bret Stephens
How Michigan Ended Minority Rule
Though the notion would have been laughable a decade ago, Michigan is one promising national model for how state-level activists can retake power.
By Ari Berman
CreditMaría Medem
Guest Essay

Bret Stephens
Sheryl Sandberg Screams Back at the Silence
A powerful new documentary gives voice to the rape victims of Oct 7.
By Bret Stephens
Paul Krugman
Are Bonds Gonna Party Like It’s 1999?
Reconsidering my views on interest rates.
By Paul Krugman
letters
The Prevalence of Standing Ovations
Responses to John McWhorter’s lament that their ubiquity has rendered them meaningless. Also: China and climate; kids’ reactions to news; debate conditions.
What Should a Congress Member’s Salary Be?
Twelve departing lawmakers tell us what Congress is really like.
What Worries Members of Congress the Most About the Future?
Twelve departing lawmakers tell us what Congress is really like.
How Do You Fix Congress?
Twelve departing lawmakers tell us what Congress is really like.
Cows Are Just an Environmental Disaster
The environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that climate technology is increasingly catching up to the world’s enormous need for clean energy and with a few changes, a more sustainable future is in sight.
By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’
What’s One Word You Would Use to Describe Congress?
Twelve departing lawmakers tell us what Congress is really like.
12 Departing Lawmakers Tell Us What Congress Is Really Like
These are their exit interviews.
What Was Your Most Frustrating Experience in Congress?
Twelve departing lawmakers tell us what Congress is really like.