NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
The Breast Milk Cure
A miracle cure for childhood malnutrition is free and easily accessible, even in remote towns in Africa. Why is it rarely used? Comment
The Fourth Amendment is weaker than it was 50 years ago, and this should worry everyone.
Thomas Fuchs
TA-NEHISI COATES
The Haunting of Rick Perry
Should Gov. Rick Perry of Texas enter the 2012 presidential race, he would enjoy a strange and remarkable escort — the irrepressible ghost of Cameron Todd Willingham. Comment
Editorial
The Way Out?
President Obama outlined a sensible, if short on specifics, plan for drawing down our troops in Afghanistan. Comment
I.H.T. Magazine: Summer 2011
Shifting Power
Everything is changing, and at an astounding pace. But in which direction?
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Friday Swims
The sixth chapter in this illustrated series by Leanne Shapton captures time spent in the water.
Opinionator
Did My Brother Invent E-Mail With Tom Van Vleck? (Part Five)
By ERROL MORRIS
An interview with a pioneer of computer science, some speculation regarding the early hackers, and the series concludes.
Editorial
Budget Cutters v. the Law
In many states, courts have stepped in to preserve vital programs for the vulnerable.
Room For Debate
How to Spend the 'Peace Dividend'
Where will the money saved on Afghanistan and Iraq go: to pay down the debt, to finance more tax cuts or for public sector spending?
Opinionator | The Score
Finding the Score Within
By KEN UENO
How Jimi Hendrix and Bela Bartok saved a man’s life, and why he became a throat-singing composer.
Opinionator | The Stone
Medicare: Facts and Convictions
By GARY GUTTING
In debates of national importance, is there a way to move beyond intractable political disagreements?
Op-Ed Contributor
Three States Short of a Secure Community
By PETER H. SCHUCK
The three states that are withdrawing from a federal immigration program are weakening an essential immigration enforcement tool rather than working to improve it. Comment
Opinionator | Disunion
Mr. Marsh’s Italian Job
By ALBIN J. KOWALEWSKI
An American diplomat's mission to Italy reveals confusions over the Union's war aims.
Editorial
A Reasonable Public Union Deal
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s agreement with the biggest public employee union saved money and jobs. Other unions should begin negotiating for similar deals quickly.
Opinionator
No Food Safety in These Numbers
By MARK BITTMAN
Cutting the budgets for the Food and Drug Administration and the Women, Infants and Children Program puts us all at risk.
Editorial
Cloud Over the Court
Justice Thomas’s ties to a donor to a museum in his hometown shows why the Supreme Court must adopt the code of conduct that applies to the rest of the federal judiciary.