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Nicholas Goldberg
July 29, 2021
Singer/songwriter Aaron Lewis in 2016.

About that chart-topping country song lamenting cancel culture

It's silly and reductive, but better than most popular lyrics, so fine with me.
Gail Collins
July 29, 2021
“There are no red robocalls or blue robocalls,” says U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass. “Only obnoxious robocalls.”

Where things stand with the robocall rebellion

Hopes ride now on an Ed Markey bill and a new technology that's both shaken and stirred.
Bennett Cohen and Jerry Greenfield
July 29, 2021
Ben Cohen, left, and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, attended a protest in Washington in 2019. The Vermont-based Ben & Jer

We're Ben and Jerry, men of ice cream, men of principle

We support the company's decision to end the sale of its ice cream in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Editorial
July 29, 2021
Trump supporters beset a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.

Get to the bottom of Jan. 6 invasion

Investigation must be thorough and relentless
Stephen B. Young
July 28, 2021
This juror saw his fellow citizens strive to live up to the highest ideal of the rule of law.

One juror's verdict on a legal system under fire

At a time when objectivity and neutrality are considered impossibilities, I saw hope.
Opinion
July 28, 2021

A climate change army

Democrats have grandiose plan to create a civilian corps of shock troops.
Opinion
July 28, 2021
Editorial cartoon: Walt Handelsman on flight delays

Editorial cartoon: Walt Handelsman on flight delays

Ned Kleiner
July 28, 2021
The Robertson Draw fire is seen burning south of Red Lodge, Mont., on June 15. Authorities warned of extreme wildfire danger in Montana and Wyoming Tu

It's not the heat, it's the jet stream

How the air above us moves can be the difference between one hot day and a drought that leads to wildfires.
Editorial
July 28, 2021

The enduring courage of Simone Biles

The decorated gymnast made the right choice for herself and her team.
Letters
July 28, 2021
From left: U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Officers Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges, and U.S. Capi

Readers Write: Jan. 6 investigation, Simone Biles, Minneapolis police, masking up again

It's our duty to investigate.
Max Nisen
July 28, 2021
Socially distanced commuters wore face masks at Grand Central Station in Manhattan on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Revising a decision made just two months

Three reasons the new CDC mask guidance makes sense

It's good that public health leaders are willing to change their minds as evidence evolves.
Opinion
July 27, 2021
President Joe Biden at a campaign event for Virginia democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on July 23.

Biden's ethics promises

He campaigned on a cleanup that has not been a priority in office.
Letters
July 27, 2021
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in the House chamber on June 30.

Readers Write: Free speech, Rep. John Thompson, mask mandates, Olympics, national healing

Recommit to foundational freedoms.
Hal Brands
July 27, 2021
Russian criminal organizations have allegedly carried out cyberattacks against America.

War by proxy is the foggiest war of all

The United States is increasingly a target of this kind of attack, yet has no effective response.
Steve Cramer
July 27, 2021
Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo, at podium, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, right, joined other city leaders in announcing a new model fo

Why the defund amendment must be defeated

We need a solid path forward, not idealistic dreams with no plan to enact.

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