Editorial
The Winter of Mr. Putin’s Discontent
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Russia is in bad shape, and that brought another tirade against the West from its president and a small dose of realism.
We were figuring out our own relationship, and we learned from our pet bunnies.
Russia is in bad shape, and that brought another tirade against the West from its president and a small dose of realism.
Why do studies suggest that the happiest age group is people ages 82 to 85? Comments
No, Obamacare wasn’t a mistake. Democrats should be celebrating that they did the right thing. Comments
When I joined the police department, I learned the culture of brutality. Comments
What snobs really think about the little gits and plebs.
Hint: It’s not to preserve a different way of seeing the world.
Eric Garner was the victim of bad policies and bad policing that ignored basics, like the anatomy of how people breathe. Comments
The European Commission leader must recuse himself on tax-evasion matters.
In the Netherlands, Black Pete is meant to be dark with chimney soot, but he looks like the caricature of a slave.
Obama has been insulted, lectured, yelled at and disrespected in public, by public figures, in a way that few if any American presidents have faced. Comments
A television star’s gentle comedy became an icon for the Hispanic middle class.
Will Nicolas Sarkozy make a successful comeback in France? Observers have their doubts about him — and about the country’s leaders in general.
In countries where mental health care is non-existent, effective counseling provided by peers has the potential to self-replicate.
What would it mean to face up to the fact that white societies don’t and might not ever value black lives?
Julian Assange, Tony Blair and Jim O’Neill find little to celebrate, and lots to be done. Plus, Margaret Atwood on the future of robotics, and Pharrell Williams on happiness.
To confront the challenges they face, Western societies in general and America in particular must recover their vigor and fairness.
As patterns of world trade change, which nations will emerge on top?
The destruction of privacy widens the existing power imbalance between the ruling factions and everyone else. Comments
Every technology we develop is an extension of one of our own senses or capabilities. Comments
In the dizzying atmosphere of glitz, celebrity and speculation at international art fairs, women are still mostly excluded.
The basic principle that the people should elect their government remains popular and obviously right, but its implementation seems to have gone awry.
As we have become more and more plugged in to our digital calorimeter, we have become more and more unplugged from our natural relationship with food.
As Nashville grows richer, it risks losing touch with its roots. Comments
Should a prosecutor independent of local district attorneys always be given responsibility when police are accused of excessive force?
The patch of dirt may have been covered in weeds and candy wrappers, but it was mine.
There is an urgent need to radically change the way the military deals with sexual harassment.
Representative Peter King said Mr. Garner would not have died if he had not been obese.
Ending the occupation won't be a capitulation, especially not for the young, who have had a political awakening. Comments
All legal action against the former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, has ended.
Public Editor's Journal
December 1, 2014, 2:57 PM