The Content of the G.O.P.’s Character

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

Did Russia Influence the 2016 U.S. Election?

Donald Trump has repeatedly said there was “no collusion.”

By PATRICK CHAPPATTE

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.

LETTER

On Closing Public Schools

An education expert writes that closing underperforming public schools offers an opportunity.

LETTERS

When Is Parole a Good Idea, and When Not?

Criminal justice experts discuss parole in terms of recidivism and human rights.

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

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

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

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.