All the Views Fit to Print
Reading Time: 3 minutes High-profile editors at the New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer lost their jobs after publishing controversial pieces that should have had closer vetting. Was that fair?
The Real Problem With Inequality
Reading Time: 5 minutes It goes way beyond fairness. Introducing a series on the effects of economic inequality on American life.
COVID-19 Casualties You Should Wish For
Reading Time: 4 minutes The pandemic may not produce herd immunity to the coronavirus, but maybe it will to some toxic ideas.
Cue the Soup Kitchens
Reading Time: 5 minutes Until this month, a 1930s-style depression seemed virtually impossible. Thanks to COVID-19, all bets are off.
Is Joe Biden Hazardous to Your Health?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Private health insurers are celebrating the former vice president’s ascendance. That should worry you.
Note to the Gun Lobby: Try to Aim Higher
Reading Time: 3 minutes You say you’re patriots, but your menacing rhetoric suggests contempt for democracy.
Some Clarity on Flight 752
Reading Time: 6 minutes Confirmation that two missiles brought down the Ukrainian airliner seems to answer one question — but others remain open.
No President Left Behind: Trump’s Lack of Basic Literacy and the Consequences
Reading Time: 4 minutes A coming book on Donald Trump provides substance for our argument that federal office holders should pass a test of basic literacy.
The New York Times’s Odd Plane-Strike Video
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s not clear how it is that video cameras were on hand to capture Wednesday’s 6 AM downing of the Ukrainian jetliner near Tehran. Does that suggest it wasn’t the accident officials claim it was?