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Op-Ed Contributor

Virtual Reality, Real Spies

If the break-and-enter tools are provided, human nature will do the rest.

Matt Rota
Editorial

Mr. Obama’s Disappointing Response

In his news conference, the president, yet again, offers little more than bland reassurances on the government’s runaway surveillance policy. comment icon Comment

DAVID BROOKS

The Tragic Situation

The complex and tragic nature of Israel’s situation deserves a robust and realistic moral assessment. comment icon Comment

PAUL KRUGMAN

Osborne and the Stooges

Who would have ever thought that Curly’s logic would one day become the rationale for defending disastrous austerity policies. comment icon Comment

Op-Ed Contributors

Kiev Isn’t Ready for Europe

In 20 years, no Ukrainian leader has managed to reform the country’s deeply corrupt politics and economy.

Op-Ed Contributor

The E.U. Needs Turkey

Only when Europe gets serious about accession will Turkish leaders get serious about reform.

MURONG XUECUN

The New Face of Chinese Propaganda

New Communist Party slogans draw from Confucian classics, Maoist rhetoric and Xi Jinping’s vision of “The Chinese Dream.” But many people are skeptical.

Patrick Chappatte

Santa Spotted in Night Sky

Patrick Chappatte

But this year it looks like he’s doing things a little differently.

Op-Ed Contributor

Having a Servant Is Not a Right

India’s outrage at the treatment of a diplomat who underpaid her housekeeper points up its complicity in an exploitative system.

Editorial

Release the Torture Reports

Official documents of interrogation abuses done in the aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, should be public. comment icon Comment

Editorial

Russian Amnesties

Unless followed by a strengthening of the rule of law, President Putin’s amnesties are an imperial gesture, not a sign that justice has been served.

Editorial

India’s Misplaced Outrage

Indians seem incensed that one of their diplomats was arrested, instead of being concerned about the treatment of a domestic worker.

Op-Docs and The Magazine

‘The Night Witch’

This animated Op-Doc explores the life of Nadezhda Popova, who became a World War II hero as part of a Soviet all-female bombing regiment. comment icon Comment

Has Snowden Been Vindicated?
Room for Debate

Has Snowden Been Vindicated?

Do criticisms of N.S.A. programs by a presidential panel and a federal judge show that Edward Snowden is a principled whistleblower?

Latitude

The People I Know Who Want to Burn Me Alive

The special creepiness of gay-bashing in Russia.

TIMOTHY EGAN

Good Poor, Bad Poor

In Congress, two actions have nothing to do with bringing spending into line, and everything to do with a view that the poor are morally inferior. comment icon Comment

Opinionator | Draft

Secrets and Contradictions

How to make readers want to know more about your characters.

Opinionator | The Stone

In Praise of Failure

There is a danger in our quest for a more perfect future — that failure will become obsolete.

Latitude

Views From Around the World

The People I Know Who Want to Burn Me Alive

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