PAUL KRUGMAN
Nobody Understands Debt
The obsession with deficit reduction is wrongheaded and ill-informed. 
Comment
Victims of corruption and injustice have no faith in the law, and yet they bring complaints, dreaming that an upright official will emerge to right their wrongs.
Gary Taxali
FRANK BRUNI
Mitt, the Paisley Tiger
Mitt Romney likes to use the song “Eye of the Tiger” at his campaign events. But “Karma Chameleon” might be a better tune for him. Comment
Editorial
The Slush Funds of Iowa
New and unlimited reserves of cash from so-called independent groups are bankrolling a constant stream of negative political ads. Comment
The Loyal Opposition
In the Iowa Schoolyard: You're a Liberal! Am Not! Are Too!
By DAVID FIRESTONE
In the final hours before the Iowa caucus, Republican candidates use the ultimate insult.
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The Loyal Opposition
Rick Santorum at the Pizza Ranch: Don’t Vote for That Other Guy
By JULIET LAPIDOS
Rick Santorum's pitch to Iowans is an unsurprising litany of conservative bona fides.
Op-Ed Contributor
In Nigeria, Boko Haram Is Not the Problem
By JEAN HERSKOVITS
Designating Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist group will only inflame anti-Americanism among Nigerian Muslims.
Campaign Stops
The Distorted View from Capitol Hill
By THOMAS B. EDSALL
Living in Washington changes the way politicians see the problems they are supposed to help solve.
Editorial
Where the Real Jobs Are
The Keystone pipeline is bad energy policy and doesn’t do enough for the economy. President Obama should argue for alternative fuel sources and clean energy jobs. Comment
Op-Ed Contributor
How Iraq Can Define Its Destiny
By ALI A. ALLAWI
Iraq must create new structures that weave Middle Eastern countries closer together while accommodating the region’s ethnic and religious diversity.
Op-Ed Contributor
Overdosing on Extremism
By KEVIN A. SABET
Extremists on both sides of the drug-policy issue have taken over the conversation. We must give centrists a voice, or America’s drug problem will only get worse.
Opinionator | The Stone
On Modern Time
By ESPEN HAMMER
Even in this frenetic age, we can experience our lives beyond the limitations of the calendar and the clock.
Editorial
‘Essential Benefits’ and Health Reform
Flexibility on state requirements may lessen opposition, but a national standard where all Americans enjoy the same benefits is still best.
Editorial
Stigmatizing Food Stamps
The Bloomberg administration should drop the requirement that all applicants for food stamps be electronically fingerprinted, which leads too many New Yorkers to forgo help.
Editorial
Homeward Goes the Dust Bowl Balladeer
The news that Oklahoma is now ready to accept and celebrate Woody Guthrie as a native son with an exhibition and study center for his archives is long overdue.
An Imperfect Political Weather Vane
A heartland sampler of statistics is presented to reflect the Iowa caucuses’ vital, sublime and (some might even be tempted to say) ridiculous role in the democratic process.
On the Ground
Send in Questions for Melinda Gates
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
Readers are invited to send in questions to Melinda Gates (and to me) about maternal and child health, and women's empowerment, while she's on a trip to Bangladesh.
The Strip | Brian McFadden
Know Your Iowa Caucus Safety
Brian McFadden
Tips for surviving the Iowa Caucus.
The Loyal Opposition
From the Desk of Andrew Rosenthal
In the Iowa Schoolyard: You're a Liberal! Am Not! Are Too!
By DAVID FIRESTONE
January 2, 2012, 8:39 PM
Campaign Stops
Strong Opinions on the 2012 Election
The Distorted View from Capitol Hill
By THOMAS B. EDSALL
January 1, 2012, 9:00 PM
