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Helping Workers in Hard Times
Forcing companies that are receiving money from the stimulus package to file employment verification for all workers lacks common sense.
A Record of Sacrifice
If President Obama’s commitment to greater transparency in government has any meaning, he will quickly reverse a policy that dishonors dead solders.
More Annals of Global Greed Inc.
Halliburton’s $579 million settlement in a Nigerian bribery case is hardly encouraging and should compel tighter scrutiny of the company’s Iraq failures.
Editorial Notebook
Sow Those Seeds!
Perhaps in this moment of crisis it is time for another national home gardening movement.
The Public Editor
A Balancing Act on the Web
The internet has forced journalism to evolve — for better and for worse.
Letters
Multimedia
Bloggingheads: A Stimulus Victory?
David Corn, left, of Mother Jones and James Pinkerton of Fox News debate whether President Obama really got the stimulus bill he wanted.
Op-Art
The Sweet Smell of Semantics
Jason Logan illustrates updated meanings for the flowers you’ll be sending (or receiving) on Valentine’s Day.
A Quieter Brutality in Burma
Nicholas Kristof visits Myawaddy, Myanmar, traditionally known as Burma, where the government has grown more oppressive despite economic sanctions against the country.
Columnists
FRANK RICH
They Sure Showed That Obama
In the stimulus battle — just as in the presidential campaign — Barack Obama has once again outwitted the punditocracy and the opposition.
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Yes, They Could. So They Did.
In New Delhi, it was refreshing to meet idealistic young people who are not waiting for governments to act, but are starting their own projects and driving innovation.
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Our Greatest National Shame
America’s educational system that once created prosperity is now an embarrassment. That makes the stimulus package a landmark, for it takes steps toward reform.
MAUREEN DOWD
Oval Newlywed Game
It can’t be easy for President Obama, who has a highly defined superego, to be paired with Joe Biden, who is all id.
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Op-Ed Contributors
The Coming Swarm
The pattern of recent attacks in Mumbai and Kabul suggests that Americans should prepare for a large number of small simultaneous attacks across a region or even a single city.
Op-Chart
A Year in Iraq and Afghanistan
In 2008, violence declined in Iraq, while in Afghanistan it increased. Here’s a chart showing the date and type of every death of an American or allied soldier in both countries.
Op-Extra
Blogs
The Opinionator
Weekend Opinionator: Truth Commission or More Rendition?
Now that he’s in power, is President Obama seeing the virtue of George W. Bush’s counterterrorism programs?
100 Days
Get Out of the (White) House
President Obama, like F.D.R. and Reagan, doesn’t let the job dictate his schedule.
Proof
Country, Vodka and Sour Cream
An emigre from St. Petersburg in search of authentic Russian drinking finds himself in the cafes of Brighton Beach, where vodka and food are inseparable.
Columns
Talk Show
Writers Bloc: When Updike and Cheever Came to Visit
The author recalls a rare thrill of having two great writers, John Updike and John Cheever, as guests on the same show.
Domestic Disturbances
My Kind of Normal
What it means to be a mother who is not always perfectly normal.
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Op-Classic: Presidents’ Day Edition
In honor of the holiday, a selection of essays from past presidents.
Talk Show
When Updike and Cheever Came to Visit
Dick Cavett recalls a rare thrill of having two great writers as guests on the same show.
Bloggingheads: A Stimulus Victory?
From the Archive
Op-Classic: Presidents’ Day Edition
Over the years, presidents past, present and future have written for Op-Ed. In honor of the holiday, here are selections from the dozens of their essays that have appeared on the page.
Freakonomics
Freakonomics on NYTimes.com
The authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner bring their blog to The Times.
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- Editorial | Editorial Notebook: Sow Those Seeds!
- Op-Ed Contributor: The Coming Swarm
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