PAUL KRUGMAN
Patients Are Not Consumers
Politicians talk about the act of receiving health care as if it were no different from a commercial transaction, like buying a car. 
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Nigeria’s new president must secure support in the north, and confront the country’s savage inequalities.
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DAVID BROOKS
Creed or Chaos
“The Book of Mormon” is hilarious and contains a feel-good, benign message, but the implications of vague religiosity don’t fly in real life. Comment
Editorial
Rethinking Their Pledge
A few Republicans say deficit reduction is more important than an inflexible anti-tax oath. Comment
Opinionator
The Danger of Donald Trump
By TIMOTHY EGAN
Pervasive Trump-fatigue, like Berlusconi-fatigue, doesn't necessarily mean that relief is in sight.
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Our Obsolete Approach to Medicaid
By SCOTT WALKER
Replacing the Medicaid entitlement program with block grants would help control costs and personalize health-care delivery.
ROGER COHEN
The Real Royals Say ‘I Do’
No nation can script a feel-good moment, a global fantasy, quite like Britain. Comment
Opinionator | Fixes
When Math Makes Sense (To Everyone)
By DAVID BORNSTEIN
More ideas on the best ways to teach math to elementary school students, with input from readers.
Editorial
A Hole in the Endangered Species Act
A tiny rider in the budget bill elevates politics over science and threatens the gray wolf.
Room For Debate
The Psychology of the 'Birther' Myth
What does it say about the country that 45 percent of Republicans believe Obama is foreign-born?
Opinionator | Disunion
Yacht for Sale
By TED WIDMER
The career of James Gordon Bennett, Lincoln's sometime supporter and sometime antagonist.
Editorial
Do You Think It’s Because They Liked Florida?
The Election Assistance Commission needs renewed support from Congress. Instead, House Republicans are trying to abolish it.
Editorial Observer
The Children’s Book Comes to Life Electronically. Should We Be Alarmed?
By LAWRENCE DOWNES
When pages talk and pictures dance, maybe reading changes, too.
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Missing in Action
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
Why are the Democrats dragging their heels on judicial nominations?
Opinionator | The Conversation
Are You Ready for the Presidential Primaries?
By DAVID BROOKS and GAIL COLLINS
What it means when any Tom, Dick or Donald can run for president of the United States.
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What's Worse Than an Oil Spill?
By MARK BITTMAN
The so-called oceanic global warming that we contribute to with ignorance is a greater catastrophe than any spill to date.
