ARTICLES
Iran, Turkey's New Ally?
With his government assailed by corruption and a stuttering economy, Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, needs a major foreign policy boost. Iran might supply it.
December 30, 2013, Monday
Radical Pope, Traditional Values
Pope Francis has surprised some with his outspoken views on inequality and injustice, but his message is also a return to traditional Catholic social teaching.
December 30, 2013, MondayState Feminists vs. 343 Bastards
In Europe, activists are creating a schism between those who see prostitution as a form of male oppression and those who see it as a possible means of female empowerment.
December 30, 2013, Monday
Nationalism in Japan
Was Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni shrine a sign of things to come in 2014?
December 29, 2013, Sunday
If You’re ’Appy and You Know It
Optimism remains authentically American. It's a good lesson for a class of French children.
December 29, 2013, Sunday
Follow Me, Follow My Mom
Once, my mother thought I was oversharing by putting my name on the zine I published from my bedroom. Now she’s all over Twitter.
December 28, 2013, Saturday
Life Under Russia’s ‘Gay Propaganda’ Ban
There have been only a few prosecutions, but the anti-homosexual law has begun to bite in other ways.
December 28, 2013, SaturdayThe Filth in Erdogan's Closet
The corruption probe in Turkey isn't a foreign plot. It's a triumph for transparency.
December 28, 2013, Saturday
A New Year’s Prediction
Prospects for an end to the war in Syria in 2014 look dim.
December 28, 2013, Saturday
Life on the Edge
We are on the cusp of the year, where the past and future intersect.
December 27, 2013, Friday
Don’t Trash Colombia’s Democracy
For political reasons, and under an absurd pretext, one man wants me out as mayor of Bogotá.
December 27, 2013, FridayMoldova, the 51st State?
We do, in fact, have something to offer: We don't make a fuss.
December 27, 2013, Friday
Answers to the Year in Questions
Find out which film opened for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, who had an anniversary and other trivia.
December 27, 2013, Friday
China Must Purge Mao's Ghost
Looking backward will lead the country away from what it needs today: real political reform.
December 26, 2013, ThursdaySave South Sudan From Itself
A political fight within the leadership is mutating into a tribal war.
December 26, 2013, Thursday
‘Daredevil on a Snowmobile’
This Op-Doc celebrates the achievements of Caleb Moore, a competitive snowmobiler who was the first athlete to fatally crash at the X Games.
December 24, 2013, Tuesday
A Christmas Manners Quiz
Answers for those tricky situations we all face at this time of year.
December 24, 2013, TuesdayHow to Overhaul the Gas Tax
Rather than raising the gas tax to pay for road and bridge repair, we should consider a levy based on distance traveled and vehicle weight.
December 24, 2013, Tuesday
‘Christmas Icon Reform’
Santa has gone too soft on kids, argues this animated Op-Doc, prompting the need for more frightening holiday icons like the German Krampus.
December 24, 2013, TuesdayThe Mideast’s Unlikely Allies
Israel and the Gulf states are strategic partners. They need to start acting like it.
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‘Focus’
The filmmaker Jeff Scher presents an abstract celebration of the New York City Marathon.
‘The Silent Majority’: Directors’ Statement
In the first video of the Op-Docs series, a film by Penny Lane and Brian L. Frye revisits Nixon’s speech from Nov. 3, 1969.
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9/11: A Decade Later
For the tenth anniversary of 9/11, Op-Ed contributors reflect on what they wrote after the attacks.
A Month of ...
“A Month of...” is a series about life’s minor notes and quotidian details.
The Journey to Europe
The cartoonist Patrick Chappatte journeys to La Chebba, a Tunisian port town, where an exodus is about to start.
Op-Eds About Osama bin Laden
A sampling of Op-Eds about Osama bin Laden shows how perceptions of the man evolved as he transformed from an obscure fundamentalist to the embodiment of global terrorism and hatred for the United States.
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