Opinion Columnists

This time with actual presidents.

The White House desperately tries to take word salad off the menu.

In both Trump cases the liberal dissenters are more originalist than the conservative majority.

The president just doesn’t see that it’s time to take the win.

These Palestinians say Arabs and Jews can live in peace.

Trump’s refusal to quit in 2016 won’t work for the incumbent in 2024.

To make sense of a decaying America, Thomas L. Friedman talks to a trusted friend about the mangrove tree.

The American republic feels fragile.

Why subordinates or the “deep state” can’t substitute for a vacuum at the top.

Does Biden run? Does he step aside? His recurring considerations are family, legacy and, yes, his age.