Today's Editorials
Mr. Obama’s Offer to Republicans
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The president said what he heard from voters Tuesday was to “get stuff done,” and he pointed out areas where he thinks agreement could be reached. Comments
The demand of beaches and industries is leading to a worldwide shortage.
The president said what he heard from voters Tuesday was to “get stuff done,” and he pointed out areas where he thinks agreement could be reached. Comments
Now Republicans must demonstrate that they are capable of solutions, and not just sullenness. They have to pass actual legislation. Comments
The West needs a new policy to resist, restrain and retain Russia. Comments
There are some positive ways to interpret the midterms. You just have to look for them. Comments
We painlessly inherited democracy, but by allowing political dysfunction to set in, we’ve botched it. Comments
The news is better in America and Africa. But the disease has a way of bouncing back.
Backing Palestine’s accession to the I.C.C. would deter war crimes on both sides.
In Washington State, voters approved a ballot measure that tries to limit mass killings. Comments
Mistakes by East German officials and rising opposition by large numbers of everyday citizens led to the opening. Comments
No. It’s an epidemic of overdiagnosis.
Is not fearing that the police will kill your child for no reason a privilege or a right?
They were a repudiation of a broken political system.
I could save the birds, or at least try. I could do nothing for my father.
World governments and the international press are ignoring another humanitarian crisis coming to a full boil in Africa.
Brooks and Collins on the full extent of the Election Day devastation of Democrats, including some who weren’t on the ballot.
Miranda July’s app aims to shake up your life, or at least some of your conversations. Does it deliver?
What compromises, if any, are realistic for President Obama and the new Congress to make?
In November 1864, Confederate agents came dangerously close to setting fire to Manhattan.
New research finds that our happiness takes a hit when our party loses, but we don’t necessarily get a bump when it wins. And this may have implications for how candidates woo us.
The Oslo plan for a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is finished. We need a new model. Comments
Ramping up sanctions while there’s a chance of a deal would only hurt America and its allies.
If Japan and America cannot conclude a trade deal, China will set the terms for the region’s economic future.
Republicans look set to cash in on voter anger.
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