Tag: nyt > opinion
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The first thing to know about the latest controversy over the Iran nuclear deal is that the Obama administration did not pay $400 million in “ransom” to secure the release of three American detainees. http://nyti.ms/2bCftnY
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Now is the summer of unrevealing revelations. After years of work, in one case seven years, the world has been treated to three reports on matters of great import that offer precious little new or useful information. http://nyti.ms/29iHFqF http://nyti.ms/29iHFqF http://bit.ly/29zV7vG
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James Comey, the director of the F.B.I., may have relieved Hillary Clinton of a legal burden on Tuesday, but he left her with a substantial political one. While announcing that the bureau would not recommend criminal charges against Mrs. http://nyti.ms/29ie8hT http://nyti.ms/29ie8hT http://bit.ly/29m1q3I
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The world is once again stunned and grieving over a brutal terrorist attack. This time it was in Turkey, where three suicide bombers killed at least 41 people and wounded more than 200 others at the international airport in Istanbul. http://nyti.ms/296OHTL
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http://nyti.ms/28J3KOH Do you remember what happened when the Berlin Wall fell? Until that moment, nobody realized just how decadent Communism had become. It had tanks, guns, and nukes, but nobody really believed in its ideology anymore; its officials and enforcers were mere careerists, who folded at the first shock. http://nyti.ms/28J3KOH
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http://nyti.ms/1XwBRAx House Speaker Paul Ryan presented his economic agenda last week, but it does not deal with the country’s problems with jobs, wages, investment, trade, inequality or other pressing economic issues. http://nyti.ms/1XwBRAx
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http://nyti.ms/26a5FEX Balancing child-rearing and work outside the home may be more challenging than ever. So much of Ms. Shulevitz’s article resonated with the women I know. http://nyti.ms/26a5FEX
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http://nyti.ms/21sSEmk TULSA, Okla. — IN 1996, President Bill Clinton signed a controversial compromise bill for welfare reform, promising to “end welfare as we know it.” I was sympathetic to that goal at the time, but I’ve decided that I was wrong. http://nyti.ms/21sSEmk
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http://nyti.ms/1Y1zl6c SO now we know. It took the killings in Orlando, Fla., last weekend and Donald J. Trump’s reaction to them to prove what he’s been trying to tell us all along. He really is unique in American politics and maybe even the modern history of the Western world. http://nyti.ms/1Y1zl6c
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http://nyti.ms/1Upr5sp Credit Ben Wiseman http://nyti.ms/1Upr5sp
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http://nyti.ms/1W5vkvs Bernie is doing his long — very, very, very long — goodbye; Trump appears to be flaming out. So, time to revisit some macroeconomics. Brad DeLong has an excellent presentation on the sad history of belief in the confidence fairy and its dire effects on policy. http://nyti.ms/1W5vkvs
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http://nyti.ms/23gDcLS To the Editor:Re “Is the Sanders Agenda Out of Date?” (Op-Ed, June 16):Mark Schmitt argues that Bernie Sanders’s agenda won’t shape the future of progressivism in America because his proposals are out of line with the thinking of new progressives, who are focu http://nyti.ms/23gDcLS