Editorial

No Way to Run a Trade Policy

Most Republicans claim they are pro-trade, but their position is no match for parochialism and politics.

Editorial

Beyond Mubarak

President Hosni Mubarak can best contribute to Egypt’s stability by stepping aside and allowing a fair election.

Editorial

Debt Limit Follies

Republicans are being fiscally irresponsible by holding an increase in the nation’s debt limit hostage to major spending cuts.

• Bob Herbert is off today.

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Editorial

An End to Bush-Era Politics

According to a new federal investigative report, the Bush administration became so consumed with Republican politics that it crossed a legal red line.

Egypt's Next Steps

By AHMED ZEWAIL

Mubarak must step down, a new constitution must be drafted, and the country must hold free and fair elections.

These Revolutions Are Not All Twitter

By ANDREW K. WOODS

Social networks do not foment revolution, but they play a critical role in shaping political solidarity.

Op-Ed Contributor

Egypt’s Bumbling Brotherhood

By SCOTT ATRAN

The Muslim Brotherhood, which so scares the West, has been shut out of the revolution through its own incompetence.

Toilet Worship

By KUMIKO MAKIHARA

Toilets hold a special place for the Japanese.

Op-Ed Contributor

Israel, Alone Again?

By YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI

Why Israelis worry about the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

Op-Ed Contributor

Allying Ourselves With the Next Egypt

By JOHN KERRY

How the U.S. should prepare for a post-Mubarak nation.