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LETTER
Twisted Priorities
In Florida, you need a prescription to buy certain drugs, and to be over 21 to buy alcohol, but want to buy a semiautomatic? No problem.
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VIETNAM ’67
Learning From the Hue Massacre
Vietnamese communists and their allies killed thousands of civilians during the Tet offensive. But that atrocity has been largely forgotten.
By OLGA DROR
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Did Russia Influence the 2016 U.S. Election?
Donald Trump has repeatedly said there was “no collusion.”
By PATRICK CHAPPATTE
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LETTERS
As Hungary Turns to Strongman Rule
Readers, including a former member of the Hungarian Parliament, discuss the move to autocratic government under Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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LETTER
On Closing Public Schools
An education expert writes that closing underperforming public schools offers an opportunity.
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LETTERS
When Is Parole a Good Idea, and When Not?
Criminal justice experts discuss parole in terms of recidivism and human rights.
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CONTRIBUTING OP-ED WRITER
Nashville’s Mayor Has Stumbled. Who Will Cast the First Stone?
Megan Barry’s affair with a subordinate has her opponents outraged. The rest of us aren’t sure what to think.
By MARGARET RENKL
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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Coal’s Continuing Decline
New signs that, despite President Trump’s campaign promise, this fossil fuel won’t be back.
By JEFF NESBIT
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OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS
How Does Trump Stack Up Against the Best — and Worst — Presidents?
How scholars of politics rate the presidents — including the current one.
By BRANDON ROTTINGHAUS and JUSTIN S. VAUGHN
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LETTER
Don’t Boycott Bermuda
A gay rights activist says a boycott to protest the repeal of marriage equality would actually harm the L.G.B.T.Q. community in Bermuda.
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