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Panic over school choice and the ‘scary Christian’

May 11, 2019 at 3:51 a.m.

My childhood in western Michigan was rather ordinary, I suppose. Together with my Dutch-imported family, I'd gather on weekends at the local Christian Reformed Church, eating piles of imported Voortman...

Activists gather to make signs for demonstrations against the upcoming inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 11, 2017, in Washington, DC.

‘Women’s march’ morphs into intersectional torture chamber

May 11, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

It's almost impossible to throw a good old-fashioned protest march these days. Sure, it might seem simple: choose a cause, set up a website, and get a bunch of moderately...

The great ‘hillbilly’ scapegoat

May 11, 2019 at 3:49 a.m.

If you regularly read The New York Times, you are likely familiar with one of my favorite journalistic genres: the "profile of exotic Middle Americans in their natural habitat" think...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Hershey, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016.

Trump has liberals fearing … big government!

May 11, 2019 at 3:47 a.m.

Recently, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, composed a doozy of a tweet and blasted it out to more than half a million followers. "It's beginning to look at...

In this Dec. 6, 2016, photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally in Fayetteville, N.C.

Much of America looking forward to upcoming Trumpian adventures

May 11, 2019 at 3:46 a.m.

The Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high this week, continuing the string of stock market giddiness that has followed the election of Donald Trump to the White House....

A one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif.

Our brave new feminism: ‘Pay for my birth control’

May 11, 2019 at 3:45 a.m.

If you were an inquisitive space alien who decided to drift down to visit America in 2016 — as a tour guide, I probably wouldn't recommend this year in particular,...

Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump hold signs during an October campaign rally in Springfield, Ohio.

Post-Trump dispatches from Planet New York Times

May 11, 2019 at 3:43 a.m.

Over the final few weeks of his presidential campaign, at rallies all over the country, Donald Trump took up a new slogan: "Drain the swamp!" His audience, presumably tired of...

Hillary Clinton lost because she’s Hillary Clinton

May 11, 2019 at 3:42 a.m.

That didn't take long. Just hours after Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump — and hours after she left her disconsolate supporters at New York City's Jacob K....

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton masks owned by Ben and Melissa Arnold, of Marietta, Ohio.

One nation, united in wanting this nightmare of an election to end

May 11, 2019 at 3:41 a.m.

Here's the good news, America: Less than two weeks remain in what might be the most embarrassing election of all time, at least on our fruited plain. This presidential contest...

Protesters in opposition to Donald Trump's attitude towards women congregate near the intersection of Wabash Avenue and Wacker Drive in Chicago near Trump Tower on Oct. 18, 2016.

Buckle up for the ‘sexism’ tsunami

May 11, 2019 at 3:40 a.m.

Say what you will about Donald Trump's presidential campaign, it's done a heck of a job of feeding various ideological hobgoblins across the United States. Some will fade away after...

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