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Op-Ed Contributor

Opening the Church to the World

Taking stock of Vatican II’s legacy.

Olimpia Zagnoli
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Her ‘Crime’ Was Loving Schools

The Taliban in Pakistan clearly seem to understand the power of girls’ education. Does anyone else? comment icon Comment

GAIL COLLINS

Democrats at the Deep End

It’s such a tough time to be a Democrat. But at least they have Joe Biden stepping up to the challenge! comment icon Comment

Campaign Stops

Premature Desperation

President Obama's supporters should move away from the ledge and come back inside.

Editorial

Race-Conscious Admissions in Texas

The Fisher case is testing the Supreme Court’s fidelity to precedent and its faith in universities. comment icon Comment

Does the Law Support Inventors or Investors?
Room for Debate

Does the Law Support Inventors or Investors?

The protections for intellectual property were intended to encourage innovation. Now many fear they have become 'destructive weapons.'

Op-Ed Contributor

The Wrong Way to Help the Poor

We spend nearly $1 trillion a year for the needy. It isn’t working.

Op-Ed Contributor

An Un-Dangerous Mind

Some of the Guantánamo detainees, as we know, are dangerous men. Others, like Omar Khadr, are emphatically not.

Editorial

Malala Yousafzai’s Courage

A vicious Taliban campaign against girls’ education crystallized in the cowardly shooting of a 14-year-old girl who fearlessly promoted going to school.

Editorial

Ms. Merkel Goes to Athens

Ms. Merkel offered sympathy to Greeks for their economic suffering, yet insisted on more austerity and no end to the policies that created the calamity.

Opinionator | Things I Saw

Things I Saw - No. 36

The artist draws things he saw in California, Maryland and New York.

Taking Note

Romney's Confusing Abortion Comment

He seemed to distance himself from his "avidly pro-life" primaries stance. Then the campaign came to the rescue.

The Conversation

Getting Out the Veeps

Brooks and Collins on what Biden can do for President Obama and what it's like to debate with Paul Ryan.

Opinionator | Fixes

The ‘Avon Ladies’ of Africa

Door-to-door sales and franchising are being used by a group called Living Goods to get needed health products to people in Africa.

Opinionator | Disunion

The Fighting Bishop

Leonidas Polk's pious past couldn't keep him from being one of the South's worst generals.

Letters

How Gays Are Seen in the South

Readers disagree with an Op-Ed article saying that being openly gay is accepted there.

Taking Note

The Editorial Page Editor's Blog

The Lying Precedent

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Campaign Stops

Strong Opinions on the 2012 Election

Premature Desperation

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Public Editor's Journal

A Twitter Outburst and Another Chance for Andrew Goldman

Dot Earth

National Peace Award, and Now a Bullet, for Girl Who Pressed for Female Education

Mark Bittman

Anti-Soda Marketing Begins to Catch Up

Latitude

Reading the MorsiMeter

Paul Krugman

Deleveraging Shocks and the Multiplier (Sort of Wonkish)

Ross Douthat

The State of the Race

Frank Bruni

A Big Test for Gay Marriage

Nicholas D. Kristof

Information About Cancer? Suppress It!