Affordable in home care | starts at $28 per hr

New York Times 8-15-2017

Laura Breiling
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

The Ways Tech Companies Alienate Women

The STEM talent pipeline is important. But what about the qualified female candidates right across the table?  Comments

EDITORIAL

How Mr. Trump Could Face Up to White Supremacists

Saying “racism is evil” is only a start. Comments

DAVID BROOKS

How to Roll Back Fanaticism

Modesty is the most powerful answer. It means having the courage to see the world as complicated and progress as a product of balancing competing truths. Comments

BRET STEPHENS

Trump, Obama and the Politics of Evasion

We must call out evil in all its forms by name. Comments

OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS

China’s Intellectual Property Theft Must Stop

Trump is right to crack down on a $600 billion drain on the American economy.

STEVEN RATTNER

How Donald Trump Is Driving Up Health Insurance Premiums

Insurance rates are projected to rise significantly next year because of uncertainty created by the president.

OP-DOCS

A Conversation With Native Americans on Race

Native Americans challenge their invisibility in society. Comments

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

What Jewish Children Learned From Charlottesville

I thought this generation was free of the anti-Semitism I knew. On Saturday, that changed.

LETTERS

When C.E.O.s Stand Up to Trump, or Don’t

Readers discuss the executives who quit a presidential panel because of President Trump’s initial tepid response to white supremacists.

LETTER

A Big Bill After Visiting the E.R.?

A former health care administrator comments on for-profit health care companies.

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Can Anyone Stop Iran From Taking Over Iraq?

Armed militias, backed by Tehran, look set to dominate and intimidate Iraqi politics for years to come.

RED CENTURY

Why Women Had Better Sex Under Socialism

Yes, there was repression behind the Iron Curtain. But it wasn’t sexual.

Superfans in The Front Row

Shoving right up to the band.

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Conversions From Islam in Europe and Beyond

Conversions from Islam tend not to follow the theological model of transformation inherited from Christianity.

FIXES

When Families Lead Themselves Out of Poverty

For the poor to find a way forward, they need confidence in their own abilities.  Comments

VIETNAM ’67

Summer of Love, Summer of War

San Francisco Bay was the heart of the counterculture. It was also the heart of the American effort in Vietnam.  Comments

EDITORIAL

Three Young Voices Versus a Superpower

Three activists may become Hong Kong’s first political prisoners, crushing hopes that China will let democracy survive there.

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

How Pakistan Abandoned Jinnah’s Ideals

The founder’s vision of a civilian-led democracy with no state religion was betrayed by successive military rulers.

LETTERS

The Open Wounds of Charlottesville

Readers discuss the riot and President Trump’s failure to quickly condemn the violence.

LETTER

Low-Skilled Immigrants?

A reader disagrees with changing the legal immigration system to reduce the supply of “low skilled” workers.

LETTER

Preventing Running Injuries

A reader suggests ways for runners to reduce the risk of injuries.

The four features below have received nominations for the 2017 News and Documentary Emmy Awards.

OP-DOCS

‘The Voter Suppression Trail’

Find out if your vote can survive the great, flawed adventure of American democracy.

OP-DOCS

The Click Effect

Dive under the sea and listen to the language of dolphins and whales in virtual reality.

OP-DOCS

4.1 Miles

In this short documentary, nominated for an Academy award, a coast guard captain on a Greek island is charged with saving thousands of refugees.  Comments

PAMELA DRUCKERMAN

‘If I Sleep for an Hour, 30 People Will Die’

A World War II hero saved the lives of rebels and refugees. Now it’s our turn.

LETTER

Canary in the Coal Mine

The problem with the industry is not a regulatory one, a reader writes.

PATRICK CHAPPATTE

On Trump and White Nationalism

A shadow of one’s own.

OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS

Guam, America’s Forgotten Front Line

North Korea knows the island territory is critical to the United States. Too bad most Americans don’t.

FRANK BRUNI

President Trump Cannot Redeem Himself

His new words on Charlottesville — muted and late — weren’t enough. Comments

LETTER

The Voices of Women in the Courtroom

Readers offer further suggestions for increasing the participation of female lawyers.

LETTER

Juveniles and Solitary Confinement

A psychiatrist says the abolition of punitive isolation for young offenders is long overdue.

LETTER

A Mother’s Challenges

A lawyer and mother points out the challenges she faced during and after pregnancy.

LETTERS

Christianity and Politics in America

An Op-Ed article discussing “the slide toward secularism” draws responses from readers.

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Why the Nazis Came to Charlottesville

And why I was wrong not to confront them.  Comments

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Gandhi Won’t Leave India

Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy faces the challenge of neglect, obfuscation and co-option in contemporary India.

Vietnam ’67: A Newsletter About the War

Patrick Christain/Getty Images

Examining America’s long war in Southeast Asia through the course of a single year.

Exit mobile version