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Killing Evil Doesn’t Make Us Evil
It wasn’t bad for college kids to feel good about their country. 
Comment
Reveling in a death can be an expression of unity, not vengeance.
Tomer Hanuka
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Mothers We Could Save
A Mother’s Day thought: One of the easiest ways to save women’s lives worldwide would be to support family planning programs. Instead, they’re being cut.
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
End of Mideast Wholesale
It is increasingly apparent the Arab uprisings are ushering in a new era where everyone is going to have to pay more for stability.
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When We Hated Mom
By STEPHANIE COONTZ
How feminism rescued the housewife from the 1950s. Comment
Op-Ed Contributor
Love and Junk Food
By BERT STRATTON
Visits to a favorite supermarket are like little pilgrimages of remembrance for my mother.
Editorial
Democrats, Seduced by Secret Dollars
What will the Democratic Party stand for if it follows Republicans in covering up campaign donors?
Opinionator | Disunion
Bluegrass Blues and Grays
By AARON ASTOR
Why did both sides in the Civil War consider Kentucky the key to victory?
Op-Ed Contributor
Physician, Heel Thyself
By THERESA BROWN
Why doctors need to stop bullying nurses and other hospital personnel.
Op-Ed Contributor
Watery Grave, Murky Law
By LEOR HALEVI
Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea and the history of Shariah.
Op-Ed Contributor
Bin Laden Was Dead Already
By GILLES KEPEL
Al Qaeda and Arab tyrants are both becoming obsolete.
Editorial
Standing Up for Florida’s Courts
Some Republican state senators in Florida bucked G.O.P. leaders to help Democrats block a court-packing plan from getting on next year’s ballot.
Editorial
The Goody Pile Survives Bad News
“NO salvaging, scavenging and/or picking of recyclables” reads the new sign at the Shelter Island town recycling center.
ARTHUR S. BRISBANE
The White House’s Bedtime Bombshell
Presses were rolling, but The Times was just gearing up. Comment
Op-Classic, 1993
Art and CUNY
The playwright Tony Kushner on plans for cutbacks at the City University of New York.
I.H.T. Op-Ed Contributor
Turkey’s Muzzled Muckrakers
By ANDREW FINKEL
Turkey holds a record number of journalists behind bars. But the most effective censor in Turkey today is the press itself.
Opinionator
The Week That Was
By DICK CAVETT
The assault on Bin Laden’s compound, and the reaction to it.
Opinionator | The Thread
A Matter of Degrees
By PETER CATAPANO
Did the city university board that moved to censure Tony Kushner for his views on Israel overstep its bounds?
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Bloggingheads: Better Off Dead?
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Glenn Greenwald, left, of Salon.com and David Frum of FrumForum debate the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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Thomas L. Friedman on Hama, Syria, 1982
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The Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman on what the 1982 massacre in the city of Hama can tell us about the situation in Syria now.
Op-Eds About Osama bin Laden
A sampling of Op-Eds about Osama bin Laden shows how perceptions of the man evolved as he transformed from an obscure fundamentalist to the embodiment of global terrorism and hatred for the United States.
Opinionator | Disunion
Lincoln, Douglass and the 'Double-Tongued Document'
By DAVID W. BLIGHT
How Frederick Douglass responded to the early months of Lincoln's presidency.
