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Op-Ed Contributor: Grand Theft Nautical

nytimesopinion — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:02:53 -0600

An organization, loosely linked with Al Qaeda, may be the West’s answer to bring stability to Somalia — and end the recent scourge of piracy in strategic shipping lanes.

Op-Ed Contributor: Piracy Is Terrorism

nytimesopinion — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:41:45 -0600

The solution to pirates ruling the high seas is in the very nature of piracy itself — it’s terrorism and should be treated as such.

Editorial Observer: A Hate-Crime Circus Comes to Patchogue: ‘Are You a Victim?’

nytimesopinion — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:41:31 -0600

After an immigrant’s death, the community’s pastor and an advocacy group leader aim the spotlight of mourning upon themselves.

Editorial: Keep the City Moving

nytimesopinion — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:41:14 -0600

The burden for shortfalls in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority budget in New York City should be spread beyond those who take public transit.

Editorial: Inaugural Gowns for the Threadbare, Too

nytimesopinion — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:41:01 -0600

The inauguration of Barack Obama already feels refreshing. The urge for change — at least in the ways Washington parties on — is taking shape.

Editorial: Reality Check for Detroit

nytimesopinion — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:40:48 -0600

Before bailing out automakers, Congress should require much tighter commitments on fuel economy and demand that top management be replaced.

Letters: Gifts for Children, Wrapped With a Message

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:51:34 -0600

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Letter: ‘Hair’ and Public Theater

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:50:45 -0600

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Letter: The Role of the Journalist in the Age of the Internet

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:50:19 -0600

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Letters: Snuggling Up With a Good Download

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:49:46 -0600

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Op-Ed Columnist: Who Will He Choose?

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:34:45 -0600

One of the biggest choices of Barack Obama’s presidency is picking a reformist secretary of education. This will be a tough call, because it will mean offending people.

Domestic Disturbances: Bad Time Stories

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:59:03 -0600

How do you talk about difficult news events — the death of a part-time worker at Wal-Mart, the terrorist attacks in Mumbai — to a child who wants to focus on them?

The Opinionator: Grilling Hillary

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:55:42 -0600

Some Republicans are looking forward to Senator Clinton's confirmation hearings.

The Opinionator: How Are the Mighty Filing

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:36:55 -0600

Former Governor Spitzer has a new gig.

Op-Ed Columnist: Raising the World’s I.Q.

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:46:57 -0600

One of the most simple and effective ways to improve the physical and mental health of impoverished people is to add iodine to the salt supply.

Editorial: Gloom, but Not Doom

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:24:41 -0600

President-elect Obama is inheriting a world more complicated and frightening than the one eight years ago. But while the trends may be apparent, the results are not inevitable.

Op-Ed Columnist: One Singular Sensation

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:54:02 -0600

A comment made by Gov. Ed Rendell seemed to infer that single unmarried people, like the homeland security nominee Janet Napolitano, have no life outside of work.

Op-Ed Contributor: Medicine for the Job Market

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:52:51 -0600

Why a large government investment — perhaps $100 billion a year or more — in health care reform would be good for our economy.

Op-Ed Contributor: Not Every Vote Counts

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:52:23 -0600

A recount in Minnesota’s too-close-to-call Senate race is a waste of time — the margin is so small, we will never know the real winner.

Letters: How Should India Respond to Terror?

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:50:35 -0600

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Editorial: Odetta

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:50:20 -0600

The music and lyrics of Odetta, the transcendent folk singer who died on Tuesday, opened a boy's eyes to the crimes and tragedies embedded in American history.

Editorial: The Life of an Antarctic Archipelago

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:50:02 -0600

A discovery of new species found on the polar islands concludes that this area is one of last on the globe where biodiversity has barely changed over the past century.

Editorial: Rescue the Census

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:49:50 -0600

The census requires years of planning, but preparations — for reasons of incompetence or political gain — have been systematically sidetracked during the Bush years.

Letter: Medicare Private Plans

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:48:47 -0600

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Letters: A Foreign Education

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:48:34 -0600

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Op-Ed Columnist: A Court for a New America

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:59:44 -0600

Only by realigning America with international law can the damage inflicted on America’s image and appeal by the Bush administration be undone.

Letter: China and Tibet

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:59:37 -0600

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Letter: The Story of a Pardon Denied

nytimesopinion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:59:29 -0600

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Measure for Measure: Which Side Are You On?

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:59:08 -0600

The songs we choose to listen to, or record, can mark us as members of a particular tribe.

The Opinionator: Irresistible

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:49:05 -0600

Sarah Palin stirs up Republican crowds in the South.

The Opinionator: Minnesota Model

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:00:34 -0600

The scramble to settle the Franken-Coleman race gets weird as it goes down to the wire.

Op-Ed Columnist: Calling All Pakistanis

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:50:23 -0600

Who in the Muslim world, who in Pakistan, is ready to take to the streets to protest the mass murders of real people, not cartoon characters, right next door in Mumbai, India?

Op-Ed Contributor: India’s 9/11? Not Exactly

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:49:49 -0600

Unlike the United States, India’s experience of terrorist attacks far predates 2001. The key to victory against terrorism will be determined by its response.

Editorial: At Least Some Accountability

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:48:57 -0600

The next administration must quickly reduce its reliance on the private security contractors so favored — and so protected — by the Bush administration.

Editorial: The Next Attorney General

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:48:25 -0600

Eric Holder could be an exemplary choice for attorney general but he must answer serious questions before the Senate votes on his confirmation.

Editorial: Wages of Fear

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:48:08 -0600

Suffolk County officials must stop the problem of immigrant and worker abuse or it could easily overwhelm their good intentions.

Editorial: Parsing the Cancer Statistics

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:46:14 -0600

Though reports showing a drop in cancer-related death rates are heartening news, there is still more to be done to curb the disease in this country.

Letter: Reforming FEMA: Two Senators Speak Out

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:41:38 -0600

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Letter: McCaffrey and Rumsfeld

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:38:30 -0600

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Letters: The Obama Team Takes the Field

nytimesopinion — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:38:03 -0600

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The Wild Side: Back to Reality

nytimesopinion — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:49:07 -0600

The Bush administration’s war on science is coming to an end, but can the Obama administration undo all the damage?

Abstract City: Coffee

nytimesopinion — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:16:49 -0600

One man’s roller coaster history with coffee.

Letter: An Advice Columnist on Suicide and the Internet

nytimesopinion — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:42:50 -0600

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Letter: Detroit’s Liabilities: Two Professors’ View

nytimesopinion — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:39:02 -0600

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The Opinionator: International Retaliations (the Trouble With…)

nytimesopinion — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:15:35 -0600

Considering a hypothetical retaliation for the Mumbai attacks.

The Opinionator: Energy, Security and the New Administration

nytimesopinion — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:08:45 -0600

If Maj. Gen. Jim Jones is national security adviser, will energy policy and security interests intersect?

Editorial: Mr. Obama’s Team

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:05:07 -0600

President-elect Barack Obama will need a strong team to help him with the challenges he will face. The choices announced on Monday are a strong start.

Op-Ed Columnist: Continuity We Can Believe In

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:04:28 -0600

Barack Obama and his team should put into action a foreign policy doctrine that builds on some of the ideas developed during George W. Bush’s term.

Op-Ed Contributor: Fresh Blood From an Old Wound

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:54:22 -0600

Barack Obama has the opportunity to create deeper and more enduring alliances for the United States in South Asia — and he should start with Kashmir.

Op-Ed Columnist: A Team of Whizzes

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:32:31 -0600

Will this new Obama team, as brilliant as it appears to be, begin addressing on day one the interests of those who are not rich and who have not had the ear of those in power?

Op-Ed Contributor: Flowers for the Taj

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:32:29 -0600

The author’s grandfather bejeweled the rooms of the Taj Mahal hotel with flowers for years. The last thing he would have wanted would be to use them to decorate the dead.

Letter: Britain’s Position on Tibet, Autonomy and Rights

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:19:28 -0600

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Editorial: Big Apple Circus

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:19:23 -0600

The Big Apple Circus’s new boss, Guillaume Dufresnoy, will ensure the continuity the circus needs, especially in a tough economy.

Letters: After the Reign of Terror in Mumbai

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:19:23 -0600

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Editorial: Hawaii’s Moon Shot

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:19:22 -0600

If Hawaii takes the lead in a clean-energy movement, it could spread those values to the rest of the nation.

Letter: A Black Friday Sale Shouldn’t Make Us Barbarians

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:19:22 -0600

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Editorial: The Gun Lobby’s Loss

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:19:22 -0600

After this year’s election, politicians should be far less afraid and far more willing to vote for sensible gun-control laws.

Letters: Yes, Be Tough in the Mideast, but Against the Right Target

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:49:06 -0600

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The Opinionator: They Can See Clearly Now

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:38:47 -0600

Who didn't see the recession coming, and why.

The Opinionator: Media Culpa?

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:08:45 -0600

Pointing fingers at the media in the wake of the Mubai terror attacks and the Wal-Mart stampede.

Op-Ed Columnist: Try Tough Love, Hillary

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:14:05 -0600

U.S. policy toward Israel has been ineffective. It's time to think again.

Op-Ed Contributor: How Did That Vase Wind Up in the Metropolitan?

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:29:16 -0600

The new director at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a unique opportunity to shift the tone of a hostile debate: Who should own the treasures of antiquity?

Op-Ed Columnist: Jihad’s True Face

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:28:55 -0600

If terror groups are to be defeated, in countries like India and the United States, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens.

Op-Ed Columnist: Deficits and the Future

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:28:47 -0600

Economists worry that large budget deficits will burden future generations. But strong fiscal expansion would actually enhance the economy’s long-run prospects.

Editorial: The Big Station That Couldn’t

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:27:39 -0600

It seems absurd that $450 million was spent to build a commuter railroad station in New Jersey without a parking lot.

Editorial: A Breathtaking Aspiration for AIDS

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:27:26 -0600

A new study suggests that immediate treatment after testing positive for AIDS could drastically reduce the spread of the virus.

Editorial: A Cool Head on Immigration

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:27:17 -0600

Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona would be a solid choice for homeland security secretary. She has a strong understanding of immigration and its political traps.

Editorial: The Horror in Mumbai

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:27:00 -0600

The new fear is that the terrorist attacks in Mumbai could unleash dangerous new furies between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.

Op-Art: A Stitch in Time

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:12:31 -0600

A collection of proverbs, saws and wisdom for this testing financial climate adapted from â€œThe Circle of the Moral Worldâ€? by Catwg The Wise.

Letters: Will Obama Return Us to the Rule of Law?

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:53:52 -0600

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Think Again: 'Paradise Lost' in Prose

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:33:31 -0600

A new translation of Miltonâ€™s â€œParadise Lostâ€? (into English!) makes some curious but valuable choices.

Letter: The Park Service’s Orders

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:12:41 -0600

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Letters: To the Stars! (But Stay on Budget?)

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:10:49 -0600

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Letter: A Bailout Foretold

nytimesopinion — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:10:04 -0600

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Op-Ed Contributors | Transitions: The Challenges of the Economic Crisis

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:12:39 -0600

Articles by experts on the challenges facing Barack Obama when the president-elect takes office.

Editorial: Expert or Shill?

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:54:52 -0600

More needs to be done to crack down on conflicts of interest between psychiatrists and pharmaceutical companies.

Editorial: A Maybe From Senator No

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:49:37 -0600

The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell â€” the unrelenting master of just saying â€œnoâ€? across the aisle, now seems to moving toward the center.

Editorial: Bailing Away

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:48:14 -0600

Officials seem to think urgency to act absolves them from considering the longer-term implications of the actions they take.

Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:41:45 -0600

For the first time, there is a chance that a reasonably stable democratizing government, though no doubt corrupt in places, can take root in the Iraqi political space.

Op-Ed Columnist: A Penny for My Thoughts?

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:32:19 -0600

If an online newspaper in Pasadena, Calif., can outsource coverage to India, I wonder how long can it be before some guy in Bangalore is writing my column about President Obama.

Letter: Eat Out. Save a Job.

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:30:30 -0600

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Letter: Cutting New York’s Deficit

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:27:44 -0600

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Letter: FEMA Relief in Texas

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:27:22 -0600

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Letters: A Balm for U.S.: Closing Guantánamo

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:26:56 -0600

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Op-Ed Columnist: Terrorism That’s Personal

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:27:48 -0600

In Pakistan there is a cruel form of terrorism that gets almost no attention and thrives as a result: flinging acid on a woman’s face to leave her hideously deformed.

Op-Ed Contributor: How to Publish Without Perishing

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:10:16 -0600

Even in the digital age, books have a chance for new life: as a physical object, and as an idea, and as a set of literary forms.

Editorial Notebook: Noticing Elsewhere

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:42:23 -0600

The spare landscape of Wyoming tends to isolate the humans in it, and there aren’t that many humans to begin with, which increases the imaginative pull of most scenes.

The Public Editor: Expert Opinions, From Neutral Observers

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:00:38 -0600

Reporter or columnist? A different day, a different hat.

Letter: Foreclosure Rescue Scams

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:39:01 -0600

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Letter: The Immigrant Paradox

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:37:18 -0600

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Letter: Do Not Deny a Minority the Right to Marry

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:35:13 -0600

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Op-Ed Contributor: No Chefs in My Kitchen

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:15:04 -0600

â€œChefâ€? has pretty much replaced â€œgourmet cookâ€? to describe anyone who cooks well. I must confess that the growing use of the word bothers me.

Editorial: Meeting Need

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:12:43 -0600

The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund was able to meet the specific needs of the Cayetano family, who lost their incomes after an accident and family crisis.

Letter: Wrong Person for the Job

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:08:27 -0600

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Letter: Helping Troubled Veterans

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:08:10 -0600

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Op-Ed Columnist: Gay Marriage and a Moral Minority

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:01:14 -0600

An analysis of why blacks voted in favor of Proposition 8, and of how their vote possibly could be swayed next time around.

Op-Ed Columnist: Putting a Face on Big Auto

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:57:08 -0600

â€œRipple effectâ€? is too mild a term for the potentially devastating impact of a collapse among the Big Three automakers.

Letters: Does College Football Need a Madness Month?

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:56:09 -0600

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Letters: To Fix the Economy, Drop the Ideology

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:55:33 -0600

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Editorial: Mr. Bush and the Pardon Power

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:54:26 -0600

The presidential power to pardon was never intended to be a get-out-of-jail-free card for people close to the president who stretched, bent or broke the law.

Editorial: The Prop 8 Campaign Money

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:54:13 -0600

California is right to look into whether the Mormon Church broke state laws by failing to report Proposition 8 campaign-related expenditures.

Editorial: Medicare’s Too Costly Private Plans

nytimesopinion — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:54:03 -0600

Congress must remove unjustified subsidies to inefficient private health insurance plans that have added to the cost and complexity of the Medicare program.

Op-Ed Columnist: What They Hate About Mumbai

nytimesopinion — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:57:16 -0600

Mumbai stands for lucre, profane dreams and an indiscriminate openness. And there’s something about this way of life that appalls religious extremists.