YANGON, Myanmar — Since the military seized power on Feb. 1, I have felt overwhelmed watching both the empowerment of a new generation of young protesters and a continuing failure of political leadership. I am torn between nostalgia and the urgent need for a concrete strategy. Thirty-three years have passed since the 8-8-88 Movement, a […]

YANGON, Myanmar — Since the military seized power on Feb. 1, I have felt overwhelmed watching both the empowerment of a new generation of young protesters and a continuing failure of political leadership. I am torn between nostalgia and the urgent need for a concrete strategy. Thirty-three years have passed since the 8-8-88 Movement, a […]

Kater al-Nada scanned the other fourth graders on the theater steps in the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem. Spotting her newfound friend Shachar, her face beamed. “Ta’ali ou’di Janbi,” Kater al-Nada mouthed in Arabic. “Come sit next to me.” Shachar, who knew five words of Arabic but not those uttered by Kater al-Nada, nodded. Shachar dropped […]

transcript Trump Attacked Our Government From the Inside. Should We Have Been Surprised? The only president to be impeached twice had been giving us clues all along as to how he would govern. “Who has heard the poem called ‘The Snake’?” [CHEERING] [MUSIC PLAYING] “So I have it. Does anybody want to hear it again?” […]

To the Editor: Re “Trump Acquitted” (nytimes.com, Feb. 13): Forty-three Republican senators put their political party and their careers ahead of the nation and voted to acquit former President Donald J. Trump in his second impeachment trial. These senators have given a green light to future presidents to say and do whatever they wish on […]

To the Editor: Re “A Letter to My Liberal Friends” (column, Feb. 2): Bret Stephens’s column is laudable in tone and presents an impressive list of high taxes and other government policies in California — his model for bad government by Democrats — that account, in his judgment, for the exodus of citizens for states […]

WASHINGTON — Every scene in “Lawrence of Arabia” is perfect, but there’s one I find especially haunting. Peter O’Toole’s Lawrence returns to Cairo after successfully leading the Arabs in battle against the Ottoman Empire and tells a military superior that he does not want to go back. Slumping in his Bedouin robes, looking pained, he […]

(Reuters) – Securities custody and clearing firm Apex Clearing Corp is in talks with blank-check firm Northern Star Investment Corp II to be taken public, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Northern Star is backed by Jon Ledecky, who is the majority owner of the NHL team, New York Islanders. The deal is expected to value […]

Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. We look at the debate over coronavirus absolutism. In a public health emergency, absolutism is a very tempting response: People should cease all behavior that creates additional risk. That instinct led to calls for gay men to stop having sex during the AIDS […]

A few months ago, the economic analyst Noah Smith observed that scientific advance is like mining ore. You find a vein you think is promising. You take a risk and invest heavily. You explore it until it taps out. The problem has been that over the last few decades only a few veins have really […]