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Paul Krugman: Blame bad-news bias for inflation sentiment

Wages, even for lower-income workers, have risen faster than inflation, defying most assumptions.

 

What should parents do about a noisy child disturbing others in public?

Although there’s no single right answer, here are some guidelines parents might consider when out with their youngsters.

 

Bret Stephens: Why Zionists like me can thank campus protesters

Their stridency may have ‘sharpened the contradictions,’ but it drove more away from their arguments.

 

Charles Blow: Will young voters stick with Biden despite rift?

Campus protests look to peel away young voters for Biden, but time and reality may play in his favor.

Michalle Goldberg: Why senators need to stop anti-semitism act

The application of a standard against anti-semitism was meant as tool, not a basis for legislation.

Saunders: Voters need to elect fiscal watchdogs to Congress

Few in Washington, D.C., seem serious about the threat posed by the national debt. It’s time for a change.

Schwab: The Everett Clinic lost more than name in two sales

The original clinic’s physician-owners had their squabbles but always put patient care first.

Bret Stpehens and Gail Collins: Best and worst are yet to come

A left and right discussion of a dog shooter, protesters and hush-money allegations.

David French: Greene, MAGA crowd not as powerful as they think

Speaker Mike Johnson and some Republicans are finding they can stand against the party’s fringe.

Jamelle Bouie: Trump will require one thing of a running mate

Most presidential candidates seek to balance the ticket; for Trump it’s loyalty and a willingness to lie.

Nicholas Kristof: Biden must press Israel on Gaza relief

With northern Gaza in a ‘full-blown famine,’ the U.S. must use its leverage to reopen crossings to aid trucks.

From lilacs to peonies, pretty flowers make the perfect Mother’s Day gift

Carnations may be the official Mother’s Day flower, but many others will also make Mom smile. Here are a few bright ideas.

Tom Burke: Don’t know much about history? Better start reading

Reading — anything — matters, but especially before an election with history-making consequences.

David Brooks: Why past is prologue and protests help Trump

Today’s crowd-sourced protests muddle their message and goals and alienate the quiet disapprovers.

Jamelle Bouie: We pay price for upper-class state legislators

If we want more working-class representation, we need to make those positions more accessible.

Maureen Dowd: Consider the three faces of Donald Trump

Past, present and future are visibile in his countenance; an especially grim one on the cover of Time.

Paul Krugman: Still no stag and not much flation

The grumbling about inflation’s slow path to 2 percent isn’t worth steps that risk a recession.

David French: Only one candidate has a serious foreign policy

Voters will have to choose between a coherent strategy and a transactional temper tantrum.

Michelle Goldberg: When elections on line, GOP avoids abortion

Even among the MAGA faithful, Republicans are having second thoughts on how to respond to restrictions.

Paul Krugman: Digging into the persistence of Trump-stalgia

Most Americans are better off than they were four years ago; so why doesn’t it feel that way to them?