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Loading the Climate Dice

By PAUL KRUGMAN

Yes, weather fluctuates, and that variability is making climate change even harder to fight.

July 22, 2012, Sunday

The Launching Pad

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Making America into the place everyone wants to go to create their start-up, their social movement — that is what the presidential campaign should really be about.

July 21, 2012, Saturday

At the Olympics, Women’s Time to Shine

By FRANK BRUNI

In London, men have no monopoly on guts and glory. Girl power gets its sweaty, sinewy due.

July 21, 2012, Saturday

Head for the Cliff

By BILL KELLER

President Obama has real leverage before the fiscal cliff. Does he dare to use it?

July 21, 2012, Saturday

Paterno Sacked Off His Pedestal

By MAUREEN DOWD

“Faust” comes to Beaver Stadium: A saint in cleats sells his soul to the devil.

July 21, 2012, Saturday

The Way We Fear Now

By ROSS DOUTHAT

We are confronting villains who lack political motivations, who are nihilists, who “just want to watch the world burn.”

July 21, 2012, Saturday

Financial Scandal Scorecard

By JOE NOCERA

Have you been keeping up with the latest financial scandals? There’s a lot to sort through. Fraud, money laundering, rate-rigging. We’ve got it all.

July 20, 2012, Friday

Mourning and Mulling

By CHARLES M. BLOW

As America heals from the tragedy in Aurora, Colo., we will be called to question our values and laws, especially our gun laws.

July 20, 2012, Friday

Guns and the Slog

By GAIL COLLINS

If anyone, gun control advocates know what it’s like to go from one tragedy to the next in order to push for sensible laws.

July 20, 2012, Friday

Pathos of the Plutocrat

By PAUL KRUGMAN

The very rich don’t just have more money. They expect a level of deference the Average Joe never experiences. And that has become a major factor in America’s politics.

July 19, 2012, Thursday

Where Obama Shines

By DAVID BROOKS

In a world characterized more by anxiety than overt conflict, President Obama’s situation-specific foreign policy strategy has been nimble and effective.

July 19, 2012, Thursday

Veeps Wielding Pens

By GAIL COLLINS

With Mitt Romney deep in the process of choosing a running mate for the Republican ticket, it’s time for a meeting of the vice-presidential book club.

July 18, 2012, Wednesday

Who’s on America’s Side?

By MAUREEN DOWD

Mitt Romney’s banking on harsh attacks to help him in his White House bid, but, unfortunately, it’s a Swiss account.

July 17, 2012, Tuesday

Individualism in Overdrive

By FRANK BRUNI

Putting a starter pistol in your luggage is a gimmick that values personal advantage over the public good.

July 16, 2012, Monday

The Capitalism Debate

By DAVID BROOKS

The argument between President Obama and Mitt Romney has turned into a broader attack on the logic of global capitalism. Romney must now define his capitalist vision.

July 16, 2012, Monday

Throw the Book at Penn State

By JOE NOCERA

It’s time for the N.C.A.A. to step up and deliver an appropriately harsh punishment for Penn State’s football program after the Sandusky scandal.

July 16, 2012, Monday

Five Obamacare Myths

By BILL KELLER

The slogans and scare stories have taken over the discussion. The Affordable Care Act is humane, fiscally viable and Democrats should be out there defending it.

July 15, 2012, Sunday

Policy and the Personal

By PAUL KRUGMAN

There’s a lot of tut-tutting about the focus on Mitt Romney’s personal history. But it’s not a diversion; it’s a way to bring real policy issues to the forefront.

July 15, 2012, Sunday