Tag Archives: Opinion

THE NEW YORK TIMES – TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2025

France Criticizes E.U.’s Trade Deal With Trump

Some French cabinet members have aired their sharp disapproval of the agreement with the United States. The prime minister called it “a dark day.”

Manhattan Gunman’s Note Referred to N.F.L. and Brain Trauma, Police Say

The shooting occurred in a Midtown tower that has offices of the National Football League. Mayor Eric Adams said that a note found on the gunman mentioned the N.F.L.

At Slain Officer’s Home, His Bangladeshi Community Mourns

Trump Is Winning His Trade War. What Will That Mean for the Economy?

President Trump’s vision for reshaping global trade is falling into place, an experiment that economists say could still produce damaging results.

I.M.F. Raises Global Growth Outlook as U.S. Looks to Avert Trade Wars

The International Monetary Fund warned that trade tension continued to be a risk for the global economy.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – AUGUST 4, 2025 PREVIEW

People sit in the shade on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Chiaroscuro at the Met” – The art of shade.

What to Do When the Supreme Court Rules the Wrong Way

The blows have been coming weekly, as Trump tries to ransack the Constitution. Yet recent Court history shows that what feels like the end can be a beginning. By Amy Davidson Sorkin

“No Tax on Tips” Is an Industry Plant

Trump’s “populist” policy is backed by the National Restaurant Association—probably because it won’t stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage. By Eyal Press

Israel’s Zones of Denial

Amid national euphoria over the bombing of Iran—and the largely ignored devastation in Gaza—a question lurks: What is the country becoming? By David Remnick

THE NEW YORK TIMES – MONDAY, JULY 28, 2025

Trump Cites Hunger in Gaza as He Meets With Starmer

President Trump said that children in Gaza “look very hungry,” indicating disagreement with Israeli officials. He was holding talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain.

‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza

After a long silence, prominent Israelis and activists are increasingly raising alarms about potential war crimes being carried out by the government.

Europe Accepts a Trump Trade Deal With Other Worries in Mind

The framework agreement with President Trump will likely not do much for economic growth on either side. But it avoids fissures on foreign policy issues.

Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Halt Fighting That Has Killed Dozens

The ceasefire will start at midnight on Monday after U.S.-backed talks in Malaysia. The border war killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2025

No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals

Amid Israeli restrictions on food, hunger is spreading across Gaza. Doctors and nurses lack the resources to stem the surge.

Israel Says It Has Paused Some Military Activity in Gaza as Anger Grows Over Hunger

Trump to Meet With Top E.U. Official as Threat of Trade War Looms

Right-Wing Influencers Say Ghislaine Maxwell Is Key to Unlocking Epstein Case

THE NEW YORK TIMES – SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2025

No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say

Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population.

The DailyAudioHow Seeking Food Has Become Deadly in Gaza

Competing Conspiracy Theories Consume Trump’s Washington

President Trump is trying to divert attention from the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theory with one about Barack Obama and treason.

A Clash Over a Promotion Puts Hegseth at Odds With His Generals

Suspicions about leaks and a mistrust of senior military officers have defined much of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first six months on the job.

In Russia, Corruption Cases Following Battlefield Failures

Officials in three of the five Russian regions bordering Ukraine have been accused of embezzling funds for border defenses.

NATIONAL REVIEW – SEPTEMBER 2025

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NATIONAL REVIEW (July 25, 2025): The latest issue features ‘A New Arsenal of Democracy’ – Defense Industry Special Issue

Tucker Carlson’s Dark Turn

He can’t stop talking about the Jews

Jon Stewart’s F-Bomb Chorus

The minstrelsy of late-night-TV activism. Armond White

What We’re Selling to Ukraine

A perusal of recent U.S. arms sales to Ukraine, approved by the Pentagon office that keeps track of American weapons and supply stockpiles. Jim Geraghty

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025

Columbia Walked a Tightrope to $200 Million Settlement With Trump

Talks in Washington. An expert on negotiation. The university chose cooperation with President Trump over litigation, a strategy both pilloried and praised.

Ahead of Shutdown Deadline, Democrats Face a Dilemma on Spending

Democrats are leery of supporting Republican spending measures after the White House forced through clawbacks of funding already approved by Congress.

Gabbard’s Attacks on Barack Obama Put the Attorney General in a Tough Spot

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, gave the Justice Department little warning before demanding an investigation of the former president.

The Conservative Crusade That’s About So Much More Than Epstein

The long history of the right’s obsession with child trafficking means it won’t be easy for Trump to make this story disappear.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025

Severe Hunger Grips Gaza, Where People Are Dying of Starvation

Growing numbers of people are starving in the war-torn Palestinian enclave, and the doctors treating them are working on empty stomachs.

In Jeffrey Epstein, Democrats Find Unlikely Weapon Against the G.O.P.

Democrats have come to realize that certain conspiracy theories, many of them fueled by President Trump and his allies, might work for them, too.

Attorney General Told Trump His Name Appeared in Epstein Files

Pam Bondi informed President Trump in the spring that his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to people with knowledge of the exchange.

Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump Administration

Columbia is the first to reach a negotiated settlement over antisemitism claims in the administration’s quest to bring elite universities to heel.

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT – JULY 25, 2025 PREVIEW

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features All change is for the worse? Pessimists will find evidence in Joad Raymond Wren’s The Great Exchange: Making the news in early modern Europe, reviewed for the TLS by Noel Malcolm.

The news that was fit to print

Where newspapers came from By Noel Malcolm

Light of the right

A cultural conservative who paved the way for Ronald Reagan By Christopher J. Scalia

Through bushes and briars

Ancient rural skills in a modern world By Norma Clarke

Away from it all

Restfully contemplative holiday reading By Irina Dumitrescu