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The Opinions — 309 episodes
Best Of: The Aesthetic That Explains American Identity Now
The Right Is Rethinking MAGA. The Left Is Rethinking ‘Woke.’
How Are the Democrats’ Midterm Dreams Shaping Up?
A.I. Hype Is Running Into Reality
Hello, Democrats? Are You Listening?
Have We Turned Personality Into Diagnosis?
The Working Class Is Fleeing Trump
The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous
The New Tactic Trump Thinks Will Rally Voters
Gen Z-ers Are Ditching Sex. They Might Be On to Something.
The ‘Devil’s Bargain’ at the Heart of American Politics Now
Is This the Fastest Opinion Shift in American Politics?
‘Platner Is Vile.’ McConnell Is Missing. Welcome to American Politics.
The American Economy Isn’t as Bad as You Might Think
Best of: Jill Lepore: ‘Most Forms of Tyranny Do Come to an End’
Three Opinion Writers on Trump’s Latest Faceplant
Thomas Friedman on the Clash at the Core of the Iran Deal
‘A Deeply Anxious Personality’: Three Opinion Writers on JD Vance’s New Book
The Spectacle of Trump at 80
The A.I. Bubble Is Coming for Your Retirement Account
Graham Platner and the Rise of the ‘Dirtbag’ Democrat
Why No Kings Isn’t Working
Sorry, Republicans, Trump Doesn’t Love You Back
America Has a Masculinity Crisis
Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’?
MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump
What Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next
The Great Political Realignment of 2026
How Strongmen Like Trump Get in Your Head
High Gas Prices Are Just the Beginning
Justice Neil Gorsuch on the ‘Miracle’ of Agreement on the Court
In a Small Iowa Town, a Solution to a National Crisis
Trump’s True Deal-Making Abilities, Revealed
‘The Rich Don’t Play by the Rules. So Why Should I?’
From Hungary to the Pope, the Right’s Very Bad Week
Older Women Are in Demand By Younger Men
Trump’s War of Choice Will Become a War of Regret
Did Wokeness Leave Us Worse Off?
Trump’s Relentless, ‘Utterly Incoherent’ Battles
What Do You Do When a Family Member Commits a Terrible Crime?
‘We Are Going to Deeply Regret This War’
‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: General Stanley McChrystal on Iran
Trump’s Recklessness Will ‘Haunt Us for a Generation’
He’s Openly Antisemitic. Young Male Conservatives in Florida Love Him.
The Political Cost of Trump’s War
Why Voters Might Finally Blame Trump for Rising Costs
Was Tyra Banks the Villain? Or Were We?
One President’s Whim. A World in Crisis.
Will Trump’s Failures Cost the G.O.P. in Texas?
Trump's Tariffs Won't Save Workers from A.I.
Iran, Epstein and the Abuse of Power: Two Stories, One Pattern
‘Skin Orgasms for Everyone’: Highlights of the Winter Olympics So Far
Pam Bondi’s ‘Cage Match’ and Trump’s Fraying Coalition
Trump and the Death of Shared Morality in America
Marijuana Is Everywhere. That’s a Problem.
How Hard Is It to Rig an American Election, Really?
Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on the Empty Propaganda of ‘Melania’
Caregiving, the Life-Altering Job You Didn’t Apply For
Is the ICE Crackdown Finally Backfiring on Trump?
Esther Perel on Why A.I. Intimacy Feels Safe but Isn’t Real
Tom Friedman: Minneapolis, Alex Pretti and a Democracy at Risk
ICE Is Splitting America in Two
Hello, Greenland. Goodbye, Checks and Balances.
Will 2026 Be the Year Voters Pull the Emergency Brake?
A Venezuelan Economist on What Trump Gets Wrong About Venezuela
The Internet May Look Different After You Listen to This
From ICE to Foreign Quagmires: Escalation Everywhere
From Kardashian Injectable Lips to Mar-a-Lago Face
Is This MAGA Foreign Policy or Something Else Entirely?
My Gay Son Changed My Understanding of Evangelical Christianity (Re-Air)
Is Trump’s Version of America’s History a Lie? (Re-Air)
America's Next Story: Michelle Goldberg
Was 2025 the End of ‘Teflon Trump’?
David Brooks, E.J. Dionne and Robert Siegel Take Stock of 2025
America's Next Story: Bret Stephens
Republican Women vs. the G.O.P.
Tom Friedman Says We’re in a New Epoch. David Brooks Has Questions.
M. Gessen and Michelle Goldberg on How to Resist
Republicans Are Quietly Pushing Back Against Trump
What Is Going on With Trump?
The Aesthetic That Explains American Identity Now
America's Next Story: Senator Cory Booker
Epstein and the #MeToo of It All
The Democrat Who Split MAGA Over the Epstein Files
America's Next Story: Sarah Isgur
In the Epstein Saga, Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy
Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back.
America's Next Story: Cecilia Muñoz
Are Post-Trump Politics Emerging?
How Should Trump Approach China? A Debate.
America's Next Story: Senator Bernie Sanders
Congress Is Dying in Real Time
We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust
People Still Want to Get Married. Why Aren't They?
America's Next Story: Jill Lepore
Trump Has a Religion. What Do Democrats Have?
America's Next Story: Senator Ruben Gallego
There Is No Trump Without the South
What Trump’s Peace Deal Really Means for Gaza
America’s Next Story: Pete Buttigieg
Who Can Stop a President Deploying Troops?
Tom Friedman on the Only Way to Solve the Israel-Hamas War
America’s Next Story: Trumpism After Trump
‘If You Don’t Want This Consequence, Don’t Vote for Republicans’
The ‘Thursday Murder Club’ Author Wants Us to Rethink Aging
Ken Burns on America’s Next Story
What a Book of Excuses Reveals About the Democrats’ Future
Trump Is America’s First Meme President
Elizabeth Warren on America's Next Story
‘We’re in the Most Dangerous Point for Free Speech in America’
Kennedy’s Vaccine Panel Is a Calamity
America Was Defined by a Story. It’s Time for a New One.
The ‘Fork in the Road’ After Charlie Kirk’s Death
When Authoritarianism Looms, Old Friends Reunite
What Germany Did That America Still Hasn’t
Three Opinion Writers on Whether Congress Can Rein in Trump
Tom Friedman’s A.I. Nightmare and What the U.S. Can Do to Avoid It
Replay: This Jail in Rural Maine Is a Model for Treating Opioid Addiction
Replay: Kristi Noem and the MAGA Beauty Aesthetic
Trump’s Political Theater Won’t Save D.C.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Impact So Far: ‘The Worst Possible Case’
A.I. Is Fueling a ‘Poverty of Imagination.’ Here’s How We Can Fix It.
Trump Is a Totem For Wealth. What Happens If the Economy Crashes?
This Pastor Thought Being Gay Was a Sin. Then His 15-Year-Old Came Out.
Is There a Smart Way to Cede Power to Donald Trump?
Why Starvation in Gaza Has Reached a Tipping Point
Thin, White and Right: The Ideal Christian Woman
‘African American’ Is Awkward. It’s Time to Use ‘Black.’
What the Democratic Party Still Doesn’t Get About Deportations
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
There Is Hope for Democrats. Look to Kansas.
Trump, Epstein and a Stinging SCOTUS Dissent
‘Jeopardy!’ Is a Reminder that Facts Are Fun — and Essential
Are the Courts Checking Trump — or Enabling Him?
Elon Musk’s Revenge Campaign
The World’s Best and Brightest Are Moving, but Not to America
The G.O.P. Fought for This Bill. When Trump’s Cuts Came? Silence.
U.S.A.I.D. Might Be Dead, but the Waste Is Alive and Well
Trump May Get His ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ but the G.O.P. Will Pay a Price
Trump, Iran and the Slow Creep of Presidential Power
Is Iran Really a Threat to the United States? A Debate.
Are We Headed For Another Endless Middle Eastern War?
Trump Is Vulnerable. Democrats Still Need a Strategy.
Tom Friedman: ‘This Is One of the Most Remarkable Dramas in the Middle East’
It’s Not Just Trump Voters. Both Parties Are in Denial.
Three Opinion Writers on the L.A. Protests and Trump’s Spectacle of Control
The Israeli Hostage Who Refused to Embrace Revenge
The Beautiful Danger of Normal Life During an Autocratic Rise
Is the Ukraine War the Next Afghanistan?
A Punk Survival Guide for Gen Z
Why Politics Feels So Cruel Right Now
Tom Friedman: Will Israel’s War Ever End?
How to Turn the Middle Against Trump
The Good News About a Bad G.P.A.
Are We in a New Era of Presidential Regalism?
Michelle Goldberg: ‘More Democrats Need to Be Doing This’
Trump’s Era of International Bullying
Four Legal Immigrants Offer a Warning for America
Are Trump’s Tariffs Trying to Solve a Problem That Doesn’t Exist?
How Three Democrats Who Saved the Party Before Would Do It Again
Kristi Noem and the MAGA Beauty Aesthetic
Why a Good Political Argument Is Like Good Sex
‘Donald Trump Will Not Be President Four Years Hence’
Maureen Dowd and Carlos Lozada on 100 Days of Trump’s ‘Fake Reality’
Tariffs Could Ruin My Small Business
Lydia Polgreen on What’s Missing in Our Conversation About Immigration
After Pope Francis: A Round Table With David French
Welcome to Trump’s Mafia State
The Trump Administration Is Disappearing People Like the Soviet Union
Bret Stephens on What Trump Gets Right, Wrong and Really, Really Wrong
Larry Summers on Trump: ‘The First Rule of Holes Is Stop Digging’
‘They're Coming After All of Us. So You Might As Well Tell the Truth.’
‘We’re Playing With Fire’: The Risks of Trump’s Tariffs on China
How to Survive in Politically Volatile Times
Steve Rattner on Just How Bad Things Will Get Under Trump’s Tariffs
To Save Democracy, Here’s a Playbook That Works
Obama’s Not Going to Save Democrats, but This Might
A Jewish Comedian Walks Into a Theater in Minnesota
David Leonhardt: 'By the Time Trump Comes for Your University, It's Probably Too Late'
The Worst Part of Pete Hegseth’s Group Chat Debacle
The Claim Trump Is Making That ‘Could Break the American System’
Tom Friedman: Trump Is a ‘Small Man in a Big Time’
Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
Measles, MAHA Moms and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
They Saved Taxpayers Billions. Trump Fired Them Anyway.
'Is the Destruction the Point?': Three Opinion Writers on Trump's First 50 Days
I’m a Transgender Colonel. Trump Wants Me Out.
David Brooks on Why the Democrats Are Losing to Trump
Elon Musk and the Useless Spending-Cut Theater of DOGE
What Man's Man Politics Is Doing to America
The Most Important Lesson in Sex Ed Isn’t Actually Sex
What an F.B.I. Under Patel and Bongino Might Mean for America
Trump’s Bargain With Putin Is ‘Shameful’
Thomas Friedman Has Given Up on Politics — but Not on the World
Trump and Musk, the ‘Co-Presidents’
My Values ‘Can’t Be Nullified by an Executive Order’
Please, Don't Buy Flowers for Valentine's Day
There’s a Reason Even ‘Smart’ People Surrender to Trump
I Survived a Kidnapping in Mexico. Now I Tell the Stories of Those Who Didn’t.
This Supreme Court Philosophy Could Constrain Trump
Trump Is Failing the Marshmallow Test. Again.
A.I. Isn’t Coming for Moe the Bartender. Not Yet, Anyway.
There’s a Reason Trump Is Going After Birthright Citizenship
Kash Patel as F.B.I. Director Could ‘Destabilize the Whole System’
Maureen Dowd on Trump the Narcissist, Act II
Make America 1897 Again
My Sister’s Murder Isn’t for Your Entertainment
'Destabilize, Destabilize, Destabilize': What Trump Is Really Up To
Trump’s First Day: He is Exploiting ‘Civic Ignorance’
Thomas Friedman: The Global Challenges Facing Trump
Trump Won’t Change the Fact That America Needs Immigrants
This Jail in Rural Maine Is a Model for Treating Opioid Addiction
The Home Insurance L.A. — and America — Needs
How Trump’s ‘Favorite President’ Can Prepare Us for His Next Term
David French on the Case for Banning TikTok
When We Face the End of Life, ‘It’s Not Sadness We Should Fear. It’s Regret.’
A Deceptively Simple Way to Rebuild Trust in Scary Times
There’s More to Wine Than Just a Cancer Warning
Trump’s Attack on D.E.I. Will Cost Us All
This Diet Buzzword Is Misleading
Dead Squirrels, TikTok Bops and Raw Milk: The Internet Slop of 2024
See Ya, 2024. Here’s What We Loved.
What the World Gets Wrong About Jimmy Carter’s Legacy
The Secrets of the World’s Favorite Smell
David Brooks: I Found Faith in a Crowded Subway Car
Bird Flu, Pneumonia: It's Time For Weekly Virus Reports
Thomas Friedman on Syria, the U.S. and Trump
What If Our Democracy Can’t Survive Without Christianity?
Paul Krugman: After 25 Years, My Parting Words to Readers
Why I’m Not Dreading Holiday Chores This Season
Tell Us What Brought You Joy In 2024
What the Glorification of Luigi Mangione Reveals About America
The One Thing the U.S. Can Do to Help Syria Now
The Security Threat Hundreds of Miles Above Our Heads
The Power Struggle Behind Trans Youth Health Care
How a Book From 1981 Anticipated This Political Moment
The Secret to Enjoying Awkward Holiday Parties
Five Opinion Writers on What Biden Should Do in His Final Days as President
David Brooks on Staying Humane in Inhumane Times
Can Learning to Love Beans Help Save the Planet?
Thomas Friedman: Trump’s Path to a Nobel Peace Prize?
Nicholas Kristof: Consider Skipping Meat This Thanksgiving
I’m a Food Editor. I Hate Thanksgiving Dinner.
Bret Stephens: The Logic Behind Trump’s Cabinet Picks
Trump Should Bring the Ukraine War to Its ‘Inevitable Ending’
Trump’s Win Terrifies Me. Why Don’t Boys My Age Care?
Hungary Shows Us How a Second Trump Term Might Play Out
Robert Kennedy Jr. Revealed What Is Missing in Public Health Messaging
David Brooks: Maybe Bernie Sanders Is Right
‘People Are In for a Really Rude Shock’ on Trump’s Economy
Stop Pretending Trump Is Not Who We Are
The Hubris That Cost Democrats the Election
David French: It’s Time to Admit America Has Changed
Have Election Anxiety? These 5 Minutes Can Help.
Why Trump's Conduct Hasn’t Tanked His Chances
Ricky Martin, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Rita Moreno on Puerto Ricans’ Votes
Has Trump Lost His Crucial Latino Support?
Embrace Unstructured Naughtiness. Ditch the Switch Witch.
A Second Trump Term Could Lead to a ‘Backdoor Federal Abortion Ban’
Why This Senate Candidate Is a Potential ‘Shock to the System’
The Real Reasons Why the G.O.P. Is Spending Millions on Anti-Trans Ads
I Went Viral For Crying Over Hurricane Milton. I Couldn’t Help It.
More Babies Aren’t the Only Solution to Falling Birthrates
Why Trump Is Doing Better Than Polls Suggest
Sorry, Trump: ‘There Is No American Race or Blood That Outsiders Can Pollute’
My Patients Are Children. Dobbs Forced Me to Leave Them Behind.
We Need a ‘Managed Retreat’ In Florida
Two Opinion Columnists on Melania Trump’s Memoir
America Needs More Children. JD Vance’s Shame Game Won’t Get Us There.
Hiroshima Survivors Were Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Hear Their Warning.
Why I Don’t Regret Paying My Kid $100 to Read a Book
Why Kamala Harris's 'Call Her Daddy' Strategy Might Not be Enough
I Was a Teacher in Gaza. This Is What Haunts Me Now.
I Live in Israel. I Never Hear About What My Country Is Doing to Gaza.
The Real Loser of the V.P. Debate
Thomas Friedman: ‘This Is Code Red Time in the Middle East’
Luxury Turkish Travel Is the Least of Our Worries
The Only Patriotic Choice for President
A Fix for Trump’s Stop the Steal Strategy
‘I Knew I Should Leave, I Couldn’t Leave’
Nicholas Kristof: Readers Respond to My Column on Trump Voters
JD Vance Is Wrong — Kamala Harris Isn’t Changing Her Accent
What Liberals Miss About the MAGA Movement
Paul Krugman on the Interest Rate Cut and What’s Next
It’s Time We Start Naming America’s Deadliest Climate Disasters
Why Have Kids? A Liberal Case for Natalism
Trump, Tariffs and the Truth About His Economic Plans
'I Feel Like She Humiliated Him': How Trump Lost the Debate
Charging Parents for School Shootings Protects Weak Gun Laws
Trump Picks His Own Rally Music. What Is He Trying to Say?
Netanyahu Is Trying to Save Himself. Will He Sink Harris?
These Chemicals Are Hurting Us. Why Aren’t We Regulating Them?
These Young Voters Offer a Road Map For Kamala Harris
Uninspired by Plant-Based Foods? Add Some Anchovies.
Kamala Harris Wrote Two Books. They Paint Different Pictures.
Can You Tell Which Short Story ChatGPT Wrote?
The ‘Sad Missed Opportunity’ of the Democratic Convention
The Democrats’ Joyfest is Over. Now Comes The Slugfest.
Tressie McMillan Cottom on Why Trump Is Struggling to Box Harris In
I’m a Doctor. I Was Unprepared When I Got This Disease.
James Carville on How Democrats Can Win on the Economy
David French on the Pro-Life Case for Kamala Harris
Nicholas Kristof on the Failure of West Coast Liberalism
Charles Blow on Coming Out Late in Life
Farah Stockman on How Democrats Can Win Rural America
Michelle Goldberg on the Kamala Harris Sugar High
David French on Being Canceled by His Former Church
David Brooks on Ending America's 'Social and Emotional Breakdown'
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