Americans hold Israel to a higher standard than their other allies. That?s a good thing.

A Yale report offers some honest self-reflection on where the university went wrong.

The smashing of a statue of Jesus by an Israeli soldier and the founding of four provocative settlements together show Israel?s thoughtless path forward.

Readers respond to an Opinion guest essay by David Plouffe. Also: Why mothers are burned out; national referendums.

The attack against Sam Altman reflects how badly Silicon Valley needs to address the societal consequences of its products.

Alex Bores is trying to win a congressional seat to represent part of New York City. Here?s why A.I. executives are funding the effort to stop him.

There is a contest Trump is winning.

Freed from ethical constraints and hardened by years of war, a country long seen as a bureaucratic giant has become an entrepreneurial one.

Alex Bores is trying to win a congressional seat to represent part of New York City. Here?s why A.I. executives are funding the effort to stop him.

Older Americans need incentives to give up accumulated housing, jobs and wealth.

If more people had gotten the vaccine, she might still be here.

The question of the central bank?s independence looms over the economy.

The columnist Michelle Goldberg normally doesn?t see much hope in the Trump era, but on ?The Opinions,? she says the cracks in MAGA?s media machine are real ? and explains what they could mean for Trump?s future.

The Iran war is just the latest setback in the past several years to low-income and lower-middle-income countries.

Trump wants to pay for the military, not child care. History shows that the armed services are at their best only when soldiers? kids are cared for.

Readers discuss Eric Swalwell and sexual abuse in Congress. Also: Waning MAGA pride; ice cream and a lap cat as distractions.

A.I. cannot meditate, fast or prostrate itself in prayer.

?Project Hail Mary? is just the latest overlong blockbuster.

Lina Khan and Doha Mekki on three court rulings that illustrate the power juries and local officials have to enforce antitrust laws.

As the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount Skydance hurtles toward board approval, David Zaslav is about to be more than an accidental mogul.

Nonstop political chaos is badly damaging our economy.

The jobs are coming back, despite President Trump?s tariffs and harsh immigration enforcement.

The new Title X guidance from the Trump administration mentions contraception only once.

Readers respond to an Opinion essay by Frank Bruni. Also: An arch near Arlington; cuts in mental health care; transformation in prison.

It didn?t work out too well for kings, either.

He couldn?t get out of political office fast enough.

As in Thucydides? time, the Trump administration?s war posture promises short-term gains but long-run disaster.

Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom ? as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of education.

Few people experience lucid dreams, yet those who do are able to appreciate as much asleep as the rest of us do awake.

The president loves the 19th century. But why?

It will always be saved.

The lesson for Republicans comes too late, but liberals can still learn from the end of Orbanism.

A higher authority finally tells Trump he?s no messiah.

What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.

Readers respond to a guest essay about the city?s recent efforts to reduce drug use and homelessness.

The old ladies that I know have a grace and stature that only long years of hoping and striving ? and living ? can bestow.

The war in Iran is taking a huge toll on Russia.

What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.

Our current tax system isn?t fair, and that is bad for social solidarity, argues the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein. The tax expert Ray Madoff joins him to discuss how a fairer system is a moral necessity.

How is it possible that a billionaire like Jeff Bezos has a lower tax rate than the average American? The tax expert Ray Madoff joins the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein to explain how the ultra-wealthy pay a disproportionately low amount of federal income taxes in comparison to their overall wealth.

Readers respond to a column by Ezra Klein. Also: Reflections on Pope Leo XIV; the healing power of nurses in the I.C.U.

Good politicians play the hand they?re dealt.

The tax expert Ray Madoff explains why the American tax system is broken, and how to make it fairer.

Critics of populists need to do more than thrive off the missteps of their opponents.

The tax expert Ray Madoff explains why the American tax system is broken, and how to make it fairer.

By holding off America?s more powerful military, Iran showed how Taiwan can deter or defeat China.

It?s time to fix a crucial but flawed tool that has allowed the government to violate Americans? constitutional rights.

Senators must assess whether Mr. Warsh would perform his duties as a public servant, or whether he would serve the interests of the president.

The profit motive was on trial. The verdict was scathing.

President Trump won?t be able to defy the courts if he loses his Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship, which he is likely to do, the conservative court watcher Sarah Isgur argues on ?Interesting Times.?

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