Opinion
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More in Opinion, page 73
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The Red Card
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for June 7, 2026.
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A Leopard and its Spots
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for July 7, 2026.
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Dear Abby: Lack of intimacy has put marriage on the ropes
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married 10 years. Before that we dated for several years.
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Times Opinion: A golden age of power and influence — for the Musks of America
Last month, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk added to his list of firsts when he became the world's first trillionaire.
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Times Opinion: How to be better stewards of the nation into our fourth century
Of all the wonders that American ingenuity has produced over its first 250 years, perhaps our deepest imprint on modern society was made in Detroit.
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Letters to the editors: America at 250 needs work; clean energy still viable and more
We're all aware of the 250th anniversary. We have been blessed in so many ways: economically, stable government, natural beauty and freedom of religion, speech and movement.
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Free Press Opinion: The Bezos-backed $25,000 EV that should worry Detroit
Slate Auto, the electric vehicle start-up backed by Jeff Bezos, is a grand experiment in whether austerity sells — and a warning for the U.S. auto sector.
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Torts
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for July 6, 2026.
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Subscriber Exclusive
Free Press Opinion: Things that can happen only in America
This weekend, from sea to shining sea, we celebrate our country's 250th birthday, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Times Opinion: Even in this dark present on America’s 250th, the past and a better future still worth celebrating
On July 5, 1852, when the barbaric institution of slavery still plagued this land, Frederick Douglass, a prominent Black abolitionist born a slave, delivered one of his most famous speeches: "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
