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Goldberg: Musk. world’s richest troll, targets U.K. officials

Most interested in directing others’ ire, Musk makes false accusations about a decades’ old scandal.

 

Harrop: Delayed, congestion pricing at last Begins in New York

Rather than a tax on working class, the fee will aid pedestrians and those who rely on the subway.

 

Saunders: Carter was the nation’s finest former president

No matter his record in office, Carter outside the White House was a man of decency and heart.

 

Schwab: Consider the body’s amazing ability to heal itself

The process of healing can look disturbing and drain one of energy. Does that sound familiar?

Brooks: The compelling internal debate inside MAGA world

That debate between the future and past now centers on visas for skilled immigrant workers.

Harrop: Make America Healthy Again? I’d skip the raw milk

Hidden among some common sense, the tenets of MAHA ‘go wild’ on nutritional science.

Lozada: Carter’s life was one trust exercise after another

Whether it brought success or not, Jimmy Carter sought the respect of others and of himself.

Friedman: What if Reagan had kept Carter’s rooftop solar panels?

If Reagan had built on Carter’s commitment to renewable energy we might have cut years from our clean power goals.

Harrop: Attention news media, Greenland is a Trump red herring

Trump has no designs on Greenland, Panama or Canada. He was diverting attention from a bad couple of weeks.

Kristof: Chance to make a difference in final moments of 2024

Consider donations to charities vetted by The New York Times, helping people across the country and world.

Former President Jimmy Carter in Plains, Ga., Dec. 11, 1996. (Suzanne DeChillo / The New York Times)

Kristof: Carter’s life work more successful than is credited

Inside and outside the presidency, Jimmy Carter succeeded in improving lives worldwide.

Former President Jimmy Carter in Plains, Ga., Dec. 11, 1996. (Suzanne DeChillo / The New York Times)

Harrop: A refreshing display of spine by 38 House Republicans

The GOP members who forced a debt-ceiling increase off the spending bill declared which team they’re on.

Kristof: Lively, Pelicot seek to switch shame where it belongs

The victims of harassment and rape don’t seek attention, but use it to end other victims’ shame and torment.

Schwab: What to get world’s richest man? His very own country.

Elon Musk, with his block of a deal in Congress, telegraphs his intent for the next four year.

Saunders: The quiet-quitting of President Joe Biden

In his administration’s waning days, Biden seems content to let events happen around him.

Douthat: Religion has been in decline, yet things are changing

A regeneration may come not from old religious establishments but from a more personal space.

French: How can Christian pride, cruelty stand against Christ?

It’s easy to believe that our actions are justified when we tell ourselves that right is on our side.

Blow: Democrats, feel no guilt over pausing from politics

The quiet you hear from Trump’s opponents is the storing of energy for the political battles to come.

Paul: 10 life lessons for kids (and adults) in kids’ classics

As long as you’re reading to a child — and you should be — you might as well get something out of it.

Schwab: Behold ’the obsequious instruments of his pleasure’

Entrusted by the Founders with the duty to advise, the next Senate holds democracy in its craven grip.