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Schwab: Trump and team heap outrages upon each tragedy
Defying our eyes, they slander Alex Pretti, and deny his rights along with his life to further chaos.
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Stephens: Thousands dead in Iran must be more than a statistic
A joint U.S.-Israel military strike might not achieve much, but who else can support Iran’s protesters?
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Gessen: This is what state terror looks like
A regime based on terror deploys violence to reinforce the message that no one is safe.
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Burke: Recalling heroes of battles past, as the threat rises
Those who defended freedom made the sacrifices required. Are we prepared to protect our democracy?
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Lozada: Trump’s fantasy pursuit of ‘hotness’ is killing Americans
For Trump, being ‘hot’ isn’t about poll numbers or a good economy; it’s about constantly holding attention.
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Dowd: The most un-American of American presidents
Nothing that President Trump whines for or about is in keeping with the line of the U.S. presidency.
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Friedman: Trump isn’t thinking ‘America First’; it’s all ‘me first’
Trump, for ego alone, is alienating our allies, partners who helped us build a stable and prosperous West.
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Kristof: World leaders realizing they must not appease Trump
Leaders will need to answer further threats of tariffs and worse with their own harsh measures.
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Schwab: It isn’t GOP cowardice but approval that emboldens Trump
In message and manner, an ICE-like cruelty is on proud display. And about last week’s column: “Pysch!”
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Douthat: What’s left that can restrain Trump’s fevered ambitions?
In his first term, his Cabinet and advisers were the guardrails. Now the checks are less certain.
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Stephens: Trump brings spirit of fear — not dialogue — to Davos
A century-old novel set in the Swiss city encapsulates the world mindsets competing for Europe’s future.
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Bouie: What Trump’s text to Norwegian leader revealed to world
The product of a disordered mind, the text shows the wounded ego of an unpredictable, unrestrained leader.
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Welch: State of the state reflects continuing challenges
The governor was optimistic, but affordability, housing and flooding response remain unresolved.
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Dowd: Nobels and nations; if Trump wants it, he’ll try to take it
Trump says his power is limited only by ‘my own morality.’ So, too, is his desire for possession.
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Stephens: Iran’s leaders falling to their own antisemitism
The regime would rather pursue a perpetual jihad against Israel and Jews than feed its own people.
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Lozada: Two questions podcasters, moderators should stop asking
How did we get to the point where ‘How did we get here?’ seemed a useful way to…
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Schwab: Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Don
As I have always said, the facts side with Trump and his team; on the ICE fatal shooting…
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Kristof: ‘We’re No. 1”? How does 32nd of 171 countries sound?
Regardless of presidential administration, the nation’s standing on several measures has dropped over the years.
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Goldberg: ICE killing of Renee Good meant as message for us all
Civil rights, not just of immigrants, but of all Americans are being curtailed. Protest no longer is protected…
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Kristof: In Venezuela, Trump trades rule of law for rule of oil
Its socialist government, which lost the last election, remains in power; as long as it bends to Trump.