(Translated by https://www.hiragana.jp/)
Editorials, Columns, Op-Ed, Letters, Opinionator and More Opinion - The New York Times
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20150503035504/http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html
Edition: U.S. / Global

The Sunday Review

Christian Robinson
Opinion

What Black Moms Know

Ignore the experts. Remember how to trust yourself. comment icon Comments

Editorial

Stumbling Into a Wider War

Further expansion of the campaign against ISIS and other militant groups must be debated rigorously and openly by Washington and its coalition partners. comment icon Comments

Op-Ed Columnist

From ‘Hamlet’ to Hillary

The line from college to career isn’t always straight. Just ask a top Clinton strategist. comment icon Comments

ROSS DOUTHAT

Our Police Union Problem

Criticism of public sector unions has not always extended to the police, a group conservatives are often loath to criticize. comment icon Comments

MAUREEN DOWD

Stroke of Fate

A wife and mom faces an identity crisis after having a stroke only months after turning 40. comment icon Comments

NICHOLAS KRISTOF

‘Inequality Is a Choice’

The roots of inequality are complex, but our policy decisions play a significant role. comment icon Comments

Digital Subscriptions
International Opinion
The Public Editor
How-To
Submit an Op-Ed
Submit an Opinion Video
Submit a Letter
NYT Staff
Editorial Board
NYT Masthead
Editorial

Star-Crossed on a Hawaiian Mountaintop

Governor Ige must decide between protecting the legacy of the past and peering into the promise of the future.

Editorial

After the Mayhem, Politics as Usual

State lawmakers attempt to repeal gun safety laws enacted after the Colorado shooting.

Op-Ed | Timothy Egan

The End of California?

Ingenuity created an Eden, and ingenuity will save it, despite those who imagine the parched state is doomed. comment icon Comments

News Analysis

The Medical Bill Mystery

Why can’t receipts say what the charges are for?

Opinion

Baltimore Taught Me About Hope

On “The Wire,” the struggling city was our set, and a place I called home.

ALEX PEYSAKHOVICH and SETH STEPHENS-DAVIDOWITZ

How Not to Drown in Numbers

The key question isn’t “What did I measure?” but “What did I miss?”

DAVID L. KIRP

Another Chance for Teens

Summer jobs help troubled kids turn their lives around.

Gray Matter

American Dream? Or Mirage?

We vastly overestimate the amount of upward mobility in our society.

Opinion

Sorry, Etsy. That Handmade Scarf Won’t Save the World.

Online artisan markets may have chic offerings, but they’re not morally superior.

MANIL SURI

Mathematicians and Blue Crabs

Can a formula really predict a changing population?

SANDEEP JAUHAR

It’s Not Just About ‘Quality of Life’

Prolonging life is not always money well spent. comment icon Comments

MARGARET SULLIVAN

What to Keep Secret in a Secret War

The Times names names, but not all the time. And that opens the news report to criticism. comment icon Comments

Download

Mark Petersen

The chief earthquake forecaster on playing drums, building a weather station and the Mormon version of Ted Talks.

Opinionator | Couch

I Was Raised by Psychotherapists

Four of them, no less. And I have lived to tell the tale.

Sunday Dialogue

Divestment Campaigns

Should universities focus on “sustainable investments” rather than divestments?

The Strip

A Tale of Two Baltimores

May 3, 2015 -- By Brian McFadden

You can’t put a curfew on free speech.

Join Us on Facebook

The most compelling and talked-about opinions from around the world. Connect with columnists, readers and influential thinkers. Join the conversation around the day’s biggest issues.

Taking Note

The Editorial Page Editor's Blog

Who Is Tesla’s Home Battery For?

Read More »

Latest From the Opinion Blogs

Paul Krugman

Poverty Policy Truths

Dot Earth

Amid Katmandu’s Earthquake Wreckage, Hints of a Shift to Safer Construction

Public Editor's Journal

Everything I Know About Journalism in 395 Words

Ross Douthat

What To Do In Baltimore (And Elsewhere)

Nicholas Kristof

That Pesky Problem of Two Doors

Mark Bittman

What We’re Reading Now

Frank Bruni

You Will Be Hearing a Lot More About Marco Rubio

Joe Nocera

Joe on WNYC’s Money Talking