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Kristof: What a nation loses when anyone is ‘disappeared’

Members of my family disappeared in Nazi and Soviet control. A survivor, my father found himself in the U.S.

Comment: Trump faithful need to take a chill pill

The president is struggling because his most ardent supporters have overestimated threats to the U.S.

Welch: State’s gun permit law harms rights, public safety

Making it more difficult for those following the law to obtain a firearm won’t solve our crime problem.

Comment: War on ‘woke’ could end up killing U.S. innovation

‘Elite’ universities aren’t without fault, but starving research is eroding American competitiveness.

Dowd: Instead of leaders we get Trump’s vicious sewing circle

Women were once deemed unfit for office as too emotional. Trump’s Cabinet is stocked with Real Housewives.

Saunders: Even supporters nervous about Trump’s tariff gambit

Trump’s tough talk worked with NATO, but so far he has little to show from tariff’s economic havoc.

Brooks: Trump’s greatest strength can also be his downfall

Trump has succeeded in his first 100 days by moving fast and breaking things. That serves his opposition.

Harrop: How can Elon Musk be a genius yet so clueless?

Now that President Trump has what he needs from him, Musk is being discarded, and poorer for it.

Schwab: Who saw this coming? said no one but Senate Republicans

Take your pick of agency heads; for those who advise and consent, there was no sign of trouble ahead.

Stephens: The daily unraveling of President Face-Plant

Recent events show the stark absence of the adults in the room who saved Trump in his first term.

Burke: A distressing accounting of what Trump has wrought

Not even 100 days into his second term, the president is implementing the worst of Project 2025.

Brooks: How did we get here? By not bothering to read.

Trading literacy for screen time has cost us — kids and adults — our ability to reason and conclude.

Stephens: Solving ‘Iran problem’ is about more than the bomb

To eliminate the threat, an agreement must seek an exchange of ‘normal for normal.’ That won’t be easy.

Harrop: Trump’s war against elite universities is a smokescreen

Washington’s conservatives are enthralled by the Ivies. The ultimatums are simply a distraction.

Brooks: Trump divides and conquers; we must unite and build

In his isolated attacks, Trump has divided our loyalties. It’s time for a civic and civil uprising.

Schwab: Is there a hole for us to get sick in?

How can conservatives justify the flouting of due process in sending away any without conviction or charge?

Tufekci: Why RFK Jr. has relaunched his fluoride crusade

Cowed to voice the mildest of approvals for the MMR vaccine, he maneuvers to reassure his base.

French: Due process isn’t for our safety as much as our morality

Due process doesn’t just protect a person’s liberty. It’s an acknowledgment of our own limitations.

Gssen: Harvard made only response it could to Trump demands: No

True, it risks $2.2 billion in federal funding, but submitting would been capitulation to an unconstitutional order.

Welch: State tax proposals will punish workers, businesses

A range of proposed tax legislation piles costs on families, rather than looking for spending cuts.