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Dowd: Will Trump come to see downside of his Midas’ touch?

His fascination with gold speaks to the gilt-edged greed that drives his ambitions.

Saunders: Canadians’ anti-Trump sentiment puts leader in bind

He needs a trade deal with the U.S., but can’t concede much without drawing the ire of supporters.

Schwab: Just (ignore) the facts, ma’am. Or you’re fired.

When the numbers contradict Trump’s claims or his math, the facts are about to get pink-slipped.

Dowd: Someone needs to tell men: Reading books is sexy!

Sitting down with nonfiction provides varied views into life. And women dig guys who read.

Douthat: Conspiracies are real; it’s theories that can be traps

Theories can explain what remains as unexplained, but theories must withstand the facts.

Harrop: A welcome bit of inconsequential controversy

Some ‘genes-jeans’ word play in TV ad provides a chance to mock those who take it seriously.

Welch: It’s our money; we know where, how it’s used best

Voluntary distribution of charity — rather than taxation — supports what is most important to communities.

Saunders: You can’t talk of 2 states when Hamas holds hostages

The recognition of Palestine by countries can only delay resolution of the famine ongoing in Gaza.

Saunders: Another mass shooting; another bogus rationale

What should we care how murderers justify their actions to themselves? There is no excuse.

Schwab: Our aid to Israel shouldn’t enable innocents’ starvation

Israel must find a way to defend itself without choking off food and bombing homes and hospitals.

Stephens: For all his faults, Trump has notched some wins

We’ll be better off if we can acknowledge some of Trump’s decisions are producing good results.

Burke: Lies, damn lies and weasel words; and how to spot them

Whether it’s advertising or a certain president’s statements, the intent is to avoid the truth.

Dowd: Networks cave, Trump profits and satirists feast

Trump may have thought he had won when Colbert was fired, but then an episode of ‘South Park’ ran.

Douthat: Israel’s cause is righteous; its war has become unjust

Israel’s choices in war have resulted in starving children; it must make a different choice.

Friedman: New York mayoral candidate needs a different slogan

Better yet, what he needs to do is be a convener of voices for peace, rather than a commentator.

Harrop: We should have taken Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ on Kennedys

What has hereditary succession gotten us but name plaques and a health secretary with a brain worm.

Douthat: If Trump doesn’t control MAGA, who will when he’s done?

He may insist he makes the decisions, but Trump reads MAGA first for much of what passes for policy.

Schwab: Is Epstein saga showing MAGA what Trump thinks of them?

In trying to divert attention from the scandal, Trump reveals it’s about what benefits him, not them.

Goldberg: A movie about the year American went fully beserk

‘Eddington’ is a rare story about covid that is as unnerving as living through the pandemic was.

Welch: State carbon auctions’ billions a costly climate illusion

Too little of the revenue is being used to reduce air pollution while costs are passed down to consumers.