Times Commentary
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More in Times Commentary, page 69
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Opinion: This is about so much more than Lisa Cook
The core constitutional claim behind President Donald Trump's effort to oust Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors is the same claim he makes to justify nearly all of his attempts to seize power.
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Opinion: Take the shot: The country’s future hangs on public health support
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met last week at a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Opinion: The cruel arithmetic of Trump’s immigration crackdown
As summer 2025 winds down, the Trump administration's deportation machine is operating at full throttle — removing over one million people in six months and fulfilling a campaign promise to launch the "largest deportation operation in American history."
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Opinion: Recent shootings connected by the internet’s darkest corners
A 16-year-old gunman shot two students at his Denver-area high school on Sept. 10 before killing himself, a terrible act of violence that received fleeting attention due to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah at nearly the same time.
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Opinion: How Erika Kirk memorialized her late husband
Imagine your most cherished political figure was also your cultural north star and pastoral life coach. Now imagine he was felled by an assassin's bullet. Then imagine there were millions of you.
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Opinion: Trump’s attack on justice: Ousted prosecutor Erik Siebert was right to refuse a phony indictment of Tish James
Donald Trump's destructive onslaught against the fair administration of justice and his politicization of prosecutorial power continues. That is what dictators do, which is one of the reasons Trump so admires them.
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Opinion: Why Jimmy Kimmel’s forced hiatus isn’t just another cancel culture rampage
Too many people in this country think that free speech comes with no consequences.
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Opinion: Who was Charlie Kirk?
Was Charlie Kirk a martyr?
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Opinion: Trump’s economic magic trick is coming undone
The essence of President Donald Trump's pitch to the American people last year was simple: They could have it both ways.
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Opinion: The right now embraces cancel culture
In the days since Charlie Kirk's killing, conservatives have embraced a phenomenon they previously called toxic: cancel culture.
