Opinion
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Times Opinion: Cities are turning budgets into tools for democracy
It's budget season, and advocates are once again mobilizing to steer public funds toward communities with the greatest needs — even as budgets are rushed through with little analysis of who benefits and who bears the cost.
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Times Opinion: Presidential scandals occur like clockwork every 50 years
Every 50 years, it's become traditional for the United States to celebrate the survival of its democracy for another half century, just as many Americans did last week.
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Free Press Opinion: Venezuelan earthquakes show why nation must move to democracy
In the days after two devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, not only has the destruction been evident, but so has the absence of a government ready to respond to a tragedy of this scale.
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Free Press Opinion: Graham Platner is not Democrats’ only problem
The troubles Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing (he may have withdrawn by the time you read this) are only a small part of his party's larger problem.
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Lost and Found
Lisa Benson's Free Press cartoon for July 9, 2026.
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Dear Abby: Computer repair leads to upsetting discovery
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my wife for three years. She asked me to fix her old computer.
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Times Opinion: A democracy, if we can keep it
"A republic, if you can keep it," Benjamin Franklin famously responded when asked by a Philadelphia socialite what it was that he and the other founders had wrought.
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Times Opinion: There’s a better way to make America more religious
Last month, the Texas State Board of Education adopted a required reading list that includes Bible stories and scriptures at every public-school grade level. In first grade, for example, students will learn about Jonah and the whale.
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Times Opinion: Lessons from the Graham Platner disaster
Hopefully, by the time you read this, Graham Platner will have dropped out of the Senate race in Maine. If he hasn't, he needs to, immediately.
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Free Press Opinion: Mamdani is ignoring 40 centuries of economic lessons
Last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a citywide freeze on rents.
