You’re reading the David French newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Reflections on law and culture, war and peace, and the deeper trends that define and divide America. Get it with a Times subscription.The war in Gaza has reached a predictable …
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West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate
It turned out to be easy to undermine West Point. All it took was an executive order from President Trump and a memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dictating what could and couldn’t be taught in the military and its educational institutions. In …
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How Three Democrats Who Saved the Party Before Would Do It Again
Listen to and follow ‘The Opinions’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadio In the late 1980s, the Democratic Party was trying to figure out how to how to remake itself after having lost four of the five previous presidential …
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What I Learned in China: Obedience Gets You Nowhere
In 2014, the Chinese writer known as Murong Xuecun announced in an essay in The New York Times that he was returning to China to turn himself in to the police. Two weeks earlier, the authorities had arrested three of Mr. Murong’s friends in Beijing …
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Why Does the Met Gala Get a Better Tax Deal Than a Soup Kitchen?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, a walk-in closet filled with old dresses, isn’t my idea of a good cause. But that’s OK. There are plenty of charities that won’t be getting checks from me. What does stick in my craw is that the Met …
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Clarence O. Smith, a Founder of Essence Magazine, Is Dead at 92
As president, he helped persuade companies like Estée Lauder and Ford to advertise in the pages of the first mass-circulation magazine directed at Black women.
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon Believes the French Left Has a Lesson for America
You’re reading the David Wallace-Wells newsletter, for Times subscribers only. The best-selling science writer and essayist explores climate change, technology, the future of the planet and how we live on it. Try it for 4 weeks.Last summer, nervous …
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On the Chopping Block: Arts and Humanities
More from our inbox: Trump’s Threat of Tariffs on Films Made AbroadA group of officials at the National Endowment for the Arts are resigning. Credit…Graeme Sloan/Sipa via Associated PressTo the Editor: Re “Trump Seeks to Eliminate the National …
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Jim Dent, Long-Driving Golfer on PGA and Senior Tours, Dies at 85
Honing his skills on segregated courses, he became one of the few Black golfers in the pro ranks, following the lead of Charlie Sifford, Pete Brown and Lee Elder.
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