China to the Rescue? Not!

Op-Ed Columnist
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: December 21, 2008
The partnership between Chinese and American enterprises is about to undergo a radical restructuring as a result of the current economic crisis.

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The Great Unraveling

Op-Ed Columnist
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: December 17, 2008
Our banking crisis has made it increasingly clear that the U.S. and China are becoming two countries, one system. But they appear to be on very different historical trajectories.

Pan Am Dies, America Lives

Op-Ed Columnist
By ROGER COHEN
Published: December 18, 2008
The cost of saving the auto industry could be a loss of the vitality that has defined the U.S.

Can Africa Trade Its Way to Peace?

Op-Ed Contributor
By HERMAN J. COHEN
Published: December 16, 2008
If undertaken with enough will and persistence, an American-led mediation to create a common market in East Africa could end the war and transform the region.

While Detroit Slept

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: December 10, 2008
Someone is already developing an alternative to Detroit’s business model. I don’t know if it will work, but I do know that it can be done — and Detroit isn’t doing it.

They Hate Us — and India Is Us

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
By PATRICK FRENCH
Published: December 8, 2008
The attacks in Mumbai were committed not of social and political failings, but because India is everything the terrorists hate: democratic, multi-religious, and pro-American.

Calling All Pakistanis

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: December 3, 2008
Who in the Muslim world, who in Pakistan, is ready to take to the streets to protest the mass murders of real people, not cartoon characters, right next door in Mumbai, India?

Mr. Obama’s Team

EDITORIAL
Published: December 2, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama will need a strong team to help him with the challenges he will face. The choices announced on Monday are a strong start.

A Penny for My Thoughts?

Op-Ed Columnist
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: November 30, 2008
If an online newspaper in Pasadena, Calif., can outsource coverage to India, I wonder how long can it be before some guy in Bangalore is writing my column about President Obama.

Obama’s Iraq Inheritance

Op-Ed Columnist
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: November 30, 2008
For the first time, there is a chance that a reasonably stable democratizing government, though no doubt corrupt in places, can take root in the Iraqi political space.

Once Considered Invincible, Chávez Takes a Blow

News Analysis
By SIMON ROMERO
Published: November 25, 2008
Across Venezuela, many of President Hugo Chávez’s supporters deserted him in regional elections.

Mr. Obama’s Economic Advisers

Editorial
Published: November 25, 2008
Unless Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers recognize their past mistakes, there is little hope that they can provide the sound economic judgment and leadership that the country needs.

Admit We Don’t Know

Op-Ed Columnist
By WILLIAM KRISTOL
Published: November 24, 2008
The markets are spiraling down, and our leading experts don't have much of a clue as to what to do.

Clinton Is Said to Accept Secretary of State Position

U.S. / POLITICS
By PETER BAKER and HELENE COOPER
Published: November 22, 2008
Two confidants said Hillary Rodham Clinton would give up her Senate seat and accept the nomination for secretary of state after talks with the president-elect.

The Lame-Duck Economy

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: November 21, 2008
The prospects for the economy look much grimmer now than they did a week or two ago. Yet economic policy, rather than responding to the threat, seems to have gone on vacation.

Getting to Yes

Editorial
Published: November 19, 2008
If Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. wants to persist in withholding bailout funds for foreclosure relief, he will have to come up with a new set of justifications.

Madam Secretary?

Op-Ed Columnist
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: November 19, 2008
Is Barack Obama considering Hillary Clinton for secretary of state in order to get her off his back or as a prelude to protecting her back?

Two for the Price of Two

Op-Ed Columnist
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: November 19, 2008
If Hillary Clinton gets to be the Mistress of Foggy Bottom, Bill Clinton’s guilt over his primary tirades would be alleviated.

Honesty About Ethanol

EDITORIAL
Published: November 18, 2008
For the sake of the planet, not a particular industry, the E.P.A. must give an unbiased, accurate accounting of ethanol emissions.

Fighting the Financial Crisis, One Challenge at a Time

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
By HENRY M. PAULSON Jr.
Published: November 18, 2008
If we have learned anything throughout this year, we have learned that this financial crisis is unpredictable and difficult to counteract.

Saving Detroit From Itself

EDITORIAL
Published: November 15, 2008
It makes no sense to give Detroit’s automakers billions if they don’t make sweeping changes in the way they do business.

Bailout to Nowhere

Op-Ed Columnist
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: November 14, 2008
The biggest threat to a healthy economy is the politically powerful capitalists who use their influence to create a stagnant corporate welfare state.

Boxers, Briefs or Silks?

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: November 12, 2008
Sarah Palin is now trying to unmake her McCain campaign makeover and morph from uptown cloistered girl back to down-home accessible girl.

How to Fix a Flat

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: November 12, 2008
Somebody ought to call Steve Jobs and ask him if he’d like to run a car company for a year. It wouldn’t take him long to come up with the G.M. iCar.

On ne sortira pas du G20 avec une réforme ficelée

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Darkness at Dusk

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: November 11, 2008
The battle lines between the Traditionalists and the Reformers have already been drawn in the fight over the future of conservatism.

Obama and the War on Brains

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: November 9, 2008
When Barack Obama goes to Washington, I’m hopeful that his fertile mind will set a new tone for our country.

The Tracks of Our Tears

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: November 9, 2008
It’s cool that President-elect Cool has gotten everybody chatting, even if it’s awkward small talk. And it’s fun, after so many years of unyielding barriers, to feel sentimental.

Show Me the Money

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: November 9, 2008
To everyone overseas, I’m glad you all feel that America “is back.” If you want Barack Obama to succeed, though, don’t just show us the love, show us the money.

Take a Bow, America

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By BOB HERBERT
Published: November 8, 2008
We still have two wars to deal with and a severe economic crisis. But we should not lose sight of the profound significance of this week.

An Eternal Revolution

OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
By ORLANDO PATTERSON
Published: November 7, 2008
Barack Obama’s victory wasn’t a radical moment of change in American history but rather was the culmination of the founding fathers’ vision of our democracy.

Bring on the Puppy and the Rookie

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: November 6, 2008
Some people said that a President Obama would make the White House the Black House. Actually, Barack Obama has the chance to make the White House pristine again.

A Time to Reap for Foot Soldiers of Civil Rights

THE MOMENT
By KEVIN SACK
Published: November 5, 2008
For some African-Americans, the trip to the polls on Tuesday was the culmination of a lifelong journey.

Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls

U.S. / POLITICS
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: November 5, 2008
Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, as the country chose him as its first black chief executive.

The Measure of Democracy

OP-ED CONTRIBUTORS
By JOHN ASHBERY, AUGUST KLEINZAHLER, JOSHUA MEHIGAN, MARY JO BANG and J. D. McCLATCHY
Published: November 5, 2008
What’s left to say after this seemingly endless campaign? The Op-Ed editors asked five poets to answer that question in writing and on audio.

Finishing Our Work

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: November 5, 2008
Let every child and every citizen and every new immigrant know that from this day forward: Everything really is possible in America.

Beyond Election Day

Op-Ed Columnist
By BOB HERBERT
Published: November 4, 2008
As Americans go to the polls in what is probably the most important presidential election since World War II, what they really have to decide is what kind of country they want.

Rejoin the World

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: November 2, 2008
As president, George W. Bush’s cowboy diplomacy wrenched the United States out of the international community. We must rejoin the world.

Vote for ( )

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Published: November 2, 2008
The presidential candidates have broad ideas about how to restore the nation’s financial health. But what they are not saying is that we are all going to have to pay for it.

Who’s the Question Mark?

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: November 2, 2008
John McCain was a man of candor. But ever since Steve Schmidt became Mr. McCain’s campaign manager, the candidate has become a question mark.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By FRANK RICH
Published: November 2, 2008
Forty-one years after Sidney Poitier’s “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” racial politics in America have changed, but not completely.

Barack Obama for President

EDITORIAL
Barack Obama for President
Published: October 24, 2008
After nearly two years of a grueling and ugly campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has proved that he is the right choice to be the 44th president of the United States.

Rebranding the U.S. With Obama

OP-ED COLUMNIST
Rebranding the U.S. With Obama
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: October 23, 2008
In the western industrialized world, the idea of electing a member of a racial minority to the highest office seems an astonishing breakthrough.

Rebranding the U.S. With Obama

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: October 23, 2008
In the western industrialized world, the idea of electing a member of a racial minority to the highest office seems an astonishing breakthrough.

Powell’s Endorsement and His Legacy

By ELISABETH BUMILLER
Published: October 20, 2008
Colin L. Powell’s embrace of a Democrat was also an effort to reshape a legacy that he himself considers tainted by his service under President Bush.

Colin Powell Endorses Obama

by JEFF ZELENY
Published: October 19, 2008
WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama on Sunday captured a forceful endorsement from former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell

Barack Obama: Leadership

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Thinking About Obama

By DAVID BROOKS
Published: October 17, 2008
Through some deep, bottom-up process, Barack Obama has developed strategies for equanimity, and now he’s become a homeostasis machine

Buy American. I Am.

By WARREN E. BUFFETT
Published: October 16, 2008
THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher.

Towers of Debt

OP-ED COLUMNIST
By BOB HERBERT
Published: October 6, 2008
Towers of Debt - A Fool’s Paradise

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