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Op-Ed Contributor

Fire Up the Grill, Not the Atmosphere

A Fourth of July menu big on taste and small on carbon emissions.

Joel Holland
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Yet Again in Sudan

All eyes might be on the atrocities taking place in Libya and Syria, but let’s not ignore the potential Darfur-like situation brewing in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. comment iconComment

Editorial

The Cloud Darkens

As online security threats grow, companies and the government are scarily unprepared. comment iconComment

Room For Debate

Are Religion and Marriage Indivisible?

Will the religious exemption to same-sex marriage laws undercut their long-term survival?

Op-Ed Contributor

Democracy’s Cradle, Rocking the World

For the past 200 years, Greece has been at the forefront of Europe’s evolution.

Op-Ed Contributor

G.O.P. vs. World

The impulse to retreat from the world stage has a long and hardy pedigree within Republican ranks. comment iconComment

Opinionator

Common Sense and Sensibility

The Supreme Court's decision distinguishing between child and adult suspects is common sense. So why was the court divided?

Opinionator | The Stone

Argument, Truth and the Social Side of Reasoning

In a recent discussion about reasoning, one point was overlooked: Knowledge of the truth is a social process.

Opinionator

Tough Week for Meatless Monday

No question, the Fourth of July holiday is challenging for anyone wanting to avoid meat.

Opinionator | Disunion

The Pirate Sumter

The South developed a naval strategy that included raiders aimed at disrupting the North's trading business.

VIDEO

Bloggingheads: End of the Arab Spring?

Video

Jillian Schwedler of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and F. Gregory Gause of the University of Vermont debate about the future of the Arab revolutionary movements.

Editorial

They Said They Wanted a Deal

It is hard to see Republican objections to a trade agreement as anything but partisan.

Editorial

Reducing Unjust Cocaine Sentences

With disparity in punishment still on the books, the federal panel that sets sentencing guidelines should vote in favor of fairness this week.

Editorial

Smarter Welfare-to-Work Plans

New York City must do more to connect young adults on public assistance with education and training that could help them succeed in the labor market.

Opinionator | Fixes

Keeping Artificial Limbs Low-Cost, and High-Quality

Making prostheses in developing countries that are both inexpensive and safe is not easy, but it is possible.

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