The Way Out
The training effort in Afghanistan remains one of the “most significant challenges” there today. NATO needs to deliver on its commitments for military trainers.
Editorials
Luck and Vigilance
The near disaster in Times Square is another reminder of why New York deserves more federal antiterrorism financing and why citizens can’t let down their guard.
What’s in a Name?
Regardless of what a megamerger of Continental and United will mean to the airline industry, it needs to make the lives of harried travelers better.
The Supreme Court’s Doors
A pair of bills would mandate the televising of Supreme Court arguments. If the justices will not open their doors, Congress should.
Editorial Series
Letters
Victor Kerlow
The Shudders From Times Square (4 Letters)
Multimedia
Bloggingheads: Is Obama a Socialist?
David Frum, left, of FrumForum and Jonah Goldberg of National Review debate whether the president is a socialist.
Columnists
DAVID BROOKS
The Limits of Policy
The influence of governmental policy is largely a matter of its effect on cultural fabric and social bonds.
OLIVIA JUDSON
Enhancing the Placebo
Seeking some understanding about how hope, fear and trust factor into medicine.
ROGER COHEN
The Banality of Good
What was it like in wartime Germany to watch your Jewish neighbors trooping head bowed to the nearby train station for transport to extinction?
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Op-Ed Contributors
Owen Freeman
The Terrorist Next Door
By MICHAEL A. SHEEHAN
How local police and the F.B.I. can keep events like the Times Square bomb from getting worse.
Opinionator
When Is a Cross a Cross?
By STANLEY FISH
A recent Supreme Court decision reveals the strange reasoning that "saves" religion by emptying it of its content.
All-Nighters
Miles to Go
By TERA MOODY
Will insomnia help or hinder a world-class marathon runner in her quest for the Olympics?
Group Think
By STEVEN STROGATZ
Group theory, one of the most versatile parts of math, bridges the arts and sciences.
Dreams, Let Up on Us!
By DICK CAVETT
If we are the “authors” of our dreams, how come we don’t know what’s going to happen in them?
The Thread
Charlie Crist to G.O.P.: Drop Dead
By TOBIN HARSHAW
Was the Florida governor's decision to go independent a reflection of political principle or shameless self-preservation?
Continental Picture Show
Iowa Bird Story
By ALEC SOTH
Alec Soth attempts to take a worthy photograph for a 114-year-old woman in Iowa.
Today's Highlights
Bloggingheads
Is Obama a Socialist?
David Frum and Jonah Goldberg discuss whether conservative pundits who claim that President Obama is a socialist deserve an audience.
Stanley Fish
When Is a Cross a Cross?
A recent Supreme Court decision reveals the strange reasoning that "saves" religion by emptying it of its content.
May 4, 2010
A Valdez Reporter on Gushing Gulf Oil
May 3, 2010
Review of U.N. Climate Panel Begins
May 3, 2010
In Gulf, 'Sheen Forecast' Along With Weather
From the Archive
Op-Classic, 2006: Beyond Propaganda
Despite the promise made in its ads, BP didn’t go “beyond petroleum,” wrote John Kenney.
Freakonomics
Freakonomics on NYTimes.com
Authors Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner and guest contributors blog about the hidden side of the economy.
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