China has been displaying intellectual and innovative vitality for decades and the United States has scarcely mobilized.

Purists are freaking out over her informal locutions, but at least they?re taking notice.

Readers offer advice to the Democrats. Also: Senator Josh Hawley?s reversal; a backlash at the E.P.A.; President Trump and the absurd.

Clark Kent?s real superpower is the gift of adoption.

The Federal Reserve was designed to resist short-run political pressure, but it may be defenseless against patient efforts to undermine its independence.

The journalist Will Sommer examines the perfect storm of the Epstein files, Trump, QAnon and MAGA.

How Allie Beth Stuckey is holding the line on the right.

Will the Republican sprawling policy bill give Democrats new traction in next year?s midterms?

Students want to study the humanities and liberal arts. But university administrators keep getting in the way.

America?s public health institutions made mistakes during the pandemic, but that does not justify the Trump administration?s broad assault on health and science.

In his commitment to domination, he is missing an opportunity to shape a new multipolar order that protects America?s interests.

More than a client list, MAGA is looking for meaning.

The mayoral candidate is pulled between his supporters and his critics on the phrase ?globalize the intifada.?

Readers respond to a Styles article about the reading habits of men. Also: Women?s choices; chatbots in toys; conservative professors.

Their moderation has been misread.

Abandoning local public radio and TV would accelerate a dangerous trend straining civic health.

According to the host Ken Jennings, trivia is overlooked as a ?great social force.?

Trump wants his people calling the shots. And Bove has proved, above all, that he belongs to the president.

Perhaps the biggest effect A.I. will have on our lives is in giving us a new way to entertain ourselves.

Contrarianism and neutrality can?t overcome progressive groupthink.

Get ready for the G.O.P. to run against ?Mamdani Democrats? for several election cycles to come.

Readers respond to the president?s latest turn in the war. Also: President Trump and Rosie O?Donnell; New Yorkers? health; travel medical kits.

Have questions about Russia? Anton Troianovski has answers.

The president may be winning battles to weaken our democracy, but he has not won the war.

Comparisons to what happened in Turkey and Hungary are not far-fetched.

David Leonhardt talks with a conservative judge about the courts in the Trump era.

Productive disagreement is the flavor of the moment.

There are no easy solutions when it comes to immigration, but President Joe Biden waited too long to acknowledge the crisis at the southern border.

A professor of Holocaust and genocide studies comes to a painful conclusion about Israel?s actions in Gaza.

Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, the president suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

Differences between the two countries must be addressed through negotiation and mutual respect, not punitive measures.

Readers respond to articles about childhood vaccinations and a rise in measles cases. Also: Justice Amy Coney Barrett?s independent path.

The highest ideals of higher ed are under mortal threat.

Nothing good happens when people become the Other.

The Trump administration is fighting the last war while China marches toward dominating the industries of the future.

America is unraveling its safety net.

The state leaders may be the party?s best shot at reconnecting with the American people.

Congress must reject cuts to PEPFAR, which has supported H.I.V. treatment and prevention worldwide for more than 20 years.

Caving to a right-wing chorus, they are reining in their green agenda.

Ostracism might just hurt the ostracizer more than the ostracizee.

Readers discuss a guest essay about birthrates and the world?s population. Also: A citizens? celebration for America?s 250th anniversary.

What happens when Trump becomes the ?deep state??

Immortality is easier to achieve than we might think.

America?s growing discord with Canada exemplifies the extraordinary damage President Trump is wreaking on the United States? standing in the world.

Is the ?America Party? a disruption or distraction for politics?

American foreign policy needs both a better long-term strategy and a lot of short-term Trumpian flexibility.

The floods will come no matter what kind of solutions we put forth.

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