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Opinionator | Townies

Love and Other Insurance Policies

Should wedding bells follow the pink slip?

Rich Tu
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Brutal Crackdown in Moderate Bahrain

It is heartbreaking to be in Bahrain and watch as an American ally uses violence to crush a peaceful democracy movement and then lie about it. comment iconComment

VIDEO

Violence in Bahrain

After a night of attacks on protesters in Pearl Square, the Op-Ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof reports from a hospital in Manama, Bahrain.

GAIL COLLINS

Mrs. Bush, Abstinence and Texas

Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the birth rate and the weight of political decision-making. comment iconComment

Editorial

Out of Control in the House

With this week’s frenzied slash-and-burn budget contest, it seems there are no adults in charge of the House. comment iconComment

Opinionator

How Goldman Killed A.I.G.

The financial crisis commission's much-overlooked big story.

Opinionator | Disunion

He Rested on the Seventh Day

Lincoln encounters a former president in Buffalo.

Op-Chart | Jacob S. Hacker and Carl DeTorres

The Health of Reform

Op-Chart

As the battle over health care reform rages on, a look at its progress.

Opinionator | Disunion

What the South Got Wrong

The critical errors that led the Confederacy to war with the Union.

Room For Debate

Does Clarence Thomas's Silence Matter?

Can a Supreme Court justice effectively perform his duties without participating in oral arguments?

VIDEO

Bloggingheads: Egypt's Revolutionaries

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Matt Duss, left, of the Center for American Progress and Eli Lake of The Washington Times debate the origins of the Egyptian revolution.

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Tunisia. Egypt. Bahrain?

While in this gulf kingdom, a brutal crackdown unfolds.

Editorial

An End to Fannie and Freddie?

Any phasing out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the biggest players in the housing market, must be done very carefully.

Editorial

True Grit and Title IX

Thanks to Title IX, if budget cuts must be made in sports departments at schools, equality doesn’t go first.

Editorial

When the Mayor’s Away

The president, the governor and other mayors share their travel plans with the public and press. Mayor Michael Bloomberg should do the same.

Opinionator | The Conversation

Budget Politics

In proposing such timid cuts, is President Obama daring the Republicans to go first? Is that a smart move?

Room For Debate

Is the World Producing Enough Food?

Food prices are zooming again for reasons besides bad weather, climate change and global growth.

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