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Goldberg: Musk. world’s richest troll, targets U.K. officials

Most interested in directing others’ ire, Musk makes false accusations about a decades’ old scandal.

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Harrop: Delayed, congestion pricing at last Begins in New York

Rather than a tax on working class, the fee will aid pedestrians and those who rely on the…

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Saunders: Carter was the nation’s finest former president

No matter his record in office, Carter outside the White House was a man of decency and heart.

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Schwab: Consider the body’s amazing ability to heal itself

The process of healing can look disturbing and drain one of energy. Does that sound familiar?

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Lozada: Carter’s life was one trust exercise after another

Whether it brought success or not, Jimmy Carter sought the respect of others and of himself.

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Harrop: Make America Healthy Again? I’d skip the raw milk

Hidden among some common sense, the tenets of MAHA ‘go wild’ on nutritional science.

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Brooks: The compelling internal debate inside MAGA world

That debate between the future and past now centers on visas for skilled immigrant workers.

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Harrop: Attention news media, Greenland is a Trump red herring

Trump has no designs on Greenland, Panama or Canada. He was diverting attention from a bad couple of…

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Friedman: What if Reagan had kept Carter’s rooftop solar panels?

If Reagan had built on Carter’s commitment to renewable energy we might have cut years from our clean…

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Kristof: Chance to make a difference in final moments of 2024

Consider donations to charities vetted by The New York Times, helping people across the country and world.

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Harrop: A refreshing display of spine by 38 House Republicans

The GOP members who forced a debt-ceiling increase off the spending bill declared which team they’re on.

Former President Jimmy Carter in Plains, Ga., Dec. 11, 1996. (Suzanne DeChillo / The New York Times)

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Kristof: Carter’s life work more successful than is credited

Inside and outside the presidency, Jimmy Carter succeeded in improving lives worldwide.

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Schwab: What to get world’s richest man? His very own country.

Elon Musk, with his block of a deal in Congress, telegraphs his intent for the next four year.

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Kristof: Lively, Pelicot seek to switch shame where it belongs

The victims of harassment and rape don’t seek attention, but use it to end other victims’ shame and…

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Saunders: The quiet-quitting of President Joe Biden

In his administration’s waning days, Biden seems content to let events happen around him.

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Douthat: Religion has been in decline, yet things are changing

A regeneration may come not from old religious establishments but from a more personal space.

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French: How can Christian pride, cruelty stand against Christ?

It’s easy to believe that our actions are justified when we tell ourselves that right is on our…

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Paul: 10 life lessons for kids (and adults) in kids’ classics

As long as you’re reading to a child — and you should be — you might as well…

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Blow: Democrats, feel no guilt over pausing from politics

The quiet you hear from Trump’s opponents is the storing of energy for the political battles to come.

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Schwab: Behold ’the obsequious instruments of his pleasure’

Entrusted by the Founders with the duty to advise, the next Senate holds democracy in its craven grip.