DAVID BROOKS
The Technocratic Nightmare
The European Union is an attempt to build an economic and legal superstructure without a linguistic, cultural, historic and civic base. No wonder it’s in crisis. 
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Criswell Lappin
Op-Ed Contributor
At Penn State, a Bitter Reckoning
By MICHAEL BÉRUBÉ
There is a sense in which the Paternos’ academic legacy makes the Penn State scandal more complicated, insofar as their reputation for academic integrity was well earned.
PAUL KRUGMAN
Failure Is Good
The supercommittee is supposed to reach an agreement on budget cuts by Wednesday. Barring a miracle, it will fail to do so. But, in this case, that is good news! Comment
Editorial
John Liu’s Credibility
The New York City comptroller needs to shut down his fund-raising operation and open up his books as required by city law. Comment
Room for Debate
Should Candidates Have to Pass a Civics Test?
The federal government requires applicants for certain civil service jobs to take a written exam. The same holds true for the foreign service.
Roger Cohen is off today.
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Disenfranchise No More
By RICHARD L. HASEN
Congress needs to act to protect minority voting rights.
Opinionator | Disunion
Lincoln and the Mormons
By TED WIDMER
In 1861, Lincoln needed as many allies as he could find. Could he count on the Mormons?
Opinionator | Fixes
Thinking Outside the Bus
By LISA MARGONELLI
When public transportation finds the people who need to use it, and gets them where they want to go, it can grow organically.
Latitude
FARC Forever?
By TOBY MUSE
The leader of Colombia's most fearsome guerrilla group is dead, but the movement will live on and fight on.
Editorial
Politics and Clean Air
The evidence is growing that President Obama’s misguided decision to reject stricter national standards for smog was mainly political.
Editorial
Exceptional Court Coverage
C-Span should be allowed to televise the oral arguments of the landmark case challenging the health care law. It’s too important.
Editorial | Appreciations
Ricky Wyatt
By LAWRENCE DOWNES
A federal class-action lawsuit that used his name challenged the abuse and neglect of patients in public psychiatric hospitals and established standards of adequate care.
The Loyal Opposition
They Have Standing
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL
Proposition 8's sponsors have standing to defend the law. That's a good thing.
VIDEO
Bloggingheads: Are We the 99%?
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Michelle Goldberg, left, of The Daily Beast and Conn Carroll of The Washington Examiner debate whether Americans agree with Occupy Wall Street.
Opinionator
Reasonable Expectations
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
The Supreme Court will explore the permissible limits of government watchfulness over our daily lives.
Campaign Stops
Professor of Profits
By TIMOTHY EGAN
The latest Newt Gingrich story encapsulates why Washington is broken.
The Loyal Opposition
From the Desk of Andrew Rosenthal
They Have Standing
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL
November 17, 2011, 5:06 PM
Campaign Stops
Strong Opinions on the 2012 Election
Disenfranchise No More
By RICHARD L. HASEN
November 17, 2011, 8:25 PM
