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The Republican crackup
The signposts in the Republican universe have been abruptly altered.Matt Miller
Laugh Lines
Jokes from TV comedy show monologues.NYT > Week in Review
Editorial: Border News
The border crackdown has been therapy for a nation spooked. But for solving the real problems of immigration, not so much. .NYT > Opinion
Op-Ed Contributor: Dr. King’s Newest Marcher
Why Glenn Beck is in sync with the ideals of the civil rights leader.By TAYLOR BRANCH
Op-Ed Columnist: Freedom’s Just Another Word
President Obama’s bloodless speech on the “end” of the Iraq war showed how the whitewashing of our recent past is well under way.
By FRANK RICH
Letter: The Kids Aren’t All Right
A reader responds to an article about policing for children living in retirement communities.NYT > Opinion
Editorial: Endorsements for New York
Our choices for some of the major primary races in the state.NYT > Opinion
Op-Ed Columnist: Religious Outlier
According to a new Gallup poll, richer countries in general are less religious. But that doesn’t seem to be true of the United States. .
By CHARLES M. BLOW
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Back Then: 1960
Almost exactly 50 years ago, Hurricane Donna devastated the Atlantic Coast.NYT > Week in Review
Fighting Words
The White House unveiled a redecorated Oval Office, to mixed reviews.NYT > Week in Review
Aquaculture: Taming the Wild Tuna
A domesticated version of the giant Atlantic bluefin means what, exactly, for the species?By PAUL GREENBERG
The Public Editor: In an Age of Voices, Moving Beyond the Facts
Some call it opinion. Some call it point of view. Either way, some readers wonder what it is doing in the news pages. .
By ARTHUR S. BRISBANE
Op-Ed Columnist: The Poodle Speaks
Tony Blair on W., Dick and the mess they made in Iraq.
By MAUREEN DOWD
Letter: Islands Under Threat
A reader responds to an editorial about the sovereignty of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.NYT > Opinion
Letters: The Divide Over the Islamic Center
Readers respond to a recent article.NYT > Opinion
Op-Ed Columnist: Of Janitors and Kings
Janitors in a Los Angeles office that is part of the JPMorgan Chase empire lose their jobs but find their voices of protest.
By BOB HERBERT
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Prime Number
The average temperature in New York City for June through August made it officially the hottest summer on record.
NYT > Week in Review
Ideas: God and Politics, Together Again
Ronald Reagan, the Rev. Jerry Falwell and his wife, Macel, in 1980.President Obama once looked as if he might be able to end the nation’s cultural polarization.By SAM TANENHAUS
Technology: Computers as Invisible as the Air
Computers may simply melt away like the Cheshire Cat, and become imbedded in all the objects that make up daily life.By JOHN MARKOFF
Op-Ed Columnist: America’s History of Fear
Hysteria about Islam is but a modern echo of past American worries about Catholics, Jews and others.
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Letters: Women, Power and the Palin Factor
Readers respond to an article about Sarah Palin’s attempts to co-opt the progressive feminist agenda.NYT > Opinion
Letters: The Joys and Risks of the Wilderness
Readers respond to an article about the Forest Service’s enforcement of the Wilderness Act.NYT > Opinion
Letter: A Fitness Plan That’s Not Just for the Military
A reader responds to a recent article.NYT > Opinion
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Grist: Yelling ‘Bedbug’ in a Crowded Festival
Bedbugs were not exactly the kind of free publicity the Toronto International Film Festival organizers had in mind.NYT > Week in Review
Editorial: Jobs and Politics
The latest jobs report was not as bad as economists had forecast. Unfortunately, exceeding low expectations and making progress are not the same thing. .NYT > Opinion
Op-Ed Contributor | Fiction: Back to School
A short story on the end of summer, and the beginning of an education.By PAUL MURRAY
Op-Ed Columnist: Superbroke, Superfrugal, Superpower?
America has gone from being the world’s superpower, with guns and butter for all, to being the frugal superpower. Get used to it. .
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Letters: The Struggling Economy, and the Political Struggle
Readers respond to articles about how to fix the weak United States economy.NYT > Opinion
Editorial: In Search of a Bedbug Solution
Government and industry need to expedite the search for better solutions to bedbugs.NYT > Opinion
Op-Ed Columnist: The Ungreat Debate
This week in Arizona, there was continued talk from the governor about nonexistent beheadings. And there were 16 seconds of silence. .
By GAIL COLLINS