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‘I Was a Childless Cat Lady’: Women Respond to JD Vance
Women decry his 2021 comment about “miserable” childless women. Also: Clearing homeless encampments; food and gas prices; wildfire names.
Women decry his 2021 comment about “miserable” childless women. Also: Clearing homeless encampments; food and gas prices; wildfire names.
On Trump’s comments to Christian voters and claims about his demeaning those with disabilities. Also: Retirement; coming out; youths in need; driver data.
Responses to a Science Times article. Also: The joys of a foreign language; Donald Trump’s platform changes; a Long Island militia; understanding sloths.
Readers express their gratitude and frustration.
Readers offer an array of suggestions to the presumptive Democratic nominee. Also: Secret Service women; evangelicals and MAGA.
Readers react to Bret Stephens’s criticisms of Kamala Harris. Also: Gail Collins’s loss; barring felons from office; no taxes on tips?
Readers object to Republican actions against migrants. Also: “Unpromising” students; romance fiction; sleep and longevity; scaffolding in New York.
Readers offer both Democrats and Republicans as well as a retired general as possibilities. Also: A quick race; Trump’s age; Biden and Netanyahu.
Readers differ on whether she is the best Democratic candidate and praise President Biden for putting patriotism over pride.
An early sampling of reactions to the president’s announcement.
Responses to a column by Bret Stephens. Also: Pharmacy benefit managers; the Supreme Court; a potential second Trump term and the environment.
Readers discuss a guest essay about the shortage of pediatricians and what to do about it.
Readers offer suggestions if President Biden ends his campaign. Also: The Republican convention and the election stakes; JD Vance’s positions.
Readers discuss growing pressure for him to step aside and an essay by Bernie Sanders supporting him. Also: God and Trump; a raised fist; the First Amendment.
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Readers discuss a column by David Brooks about the former president’s appeal. Also: Robert Menendez’s conviction; Joe Biden’s dignity; spirituality in America.
Readers discuss his credentials, his devotion to the ex-president and how the choice might affect the race.
Readers strongly disagree with Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision.
Readers discuss heated rhetoric, lax gun laws, a security failure and more. Also: Tips for college; seeking common ground in a dialogue.
Responses to the assassination attempt against the former president. Also: Abortion and the Supreme Court; children’s online behavior; body image; driving apps.
Readers discuss veterinary costs, stray vs. domestic dogs, cat behavior and grieving loss.
Readers offer varying assessments and call on Donald Trump to hold one as well. Also: Steve Bannon’s chilling answer about U.S. Jews; Gettysburg’s meaning.
Readers discuss the actor’s guest essay about seeing the president’s decline at a fund-raiser he hosted.
Readers discuss his idea for picking an alternative to President Biden and offer suggestions of their own.
Readers react to an editorial urging party leaders to do so. Also: The debate over sex testing at the Olympics.
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Readers lament and support the president’s refusal to heed calls to step aside. Also: Televised therapy; Supreme Court rulings.
Readers discuss a column by Pamela Paul. Also: Criticism of The Times’s Biden-Trump coverage; why voting matters; helping migrants in New York.
Readers take issue with advice in a guide to party etiquette. Also: Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump; occupational therapy for older New Yorkers.
Readers aren’t mollified by the president’s answers to questions from George Stephanopoulos.
Readers discuss an article about how the Gaza war has been divisive at a hospital and medical school.
Calls for the president to withdraw from the race. Also: C.E.O.s and Trump; a Trump donor; antisemitism; Netanyahu and Congress; an H.I.V. medication.
Readers’ suggestions include Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Chuck Schumer, Joe Manchin, Al Gore and Andy Beshear.
Lawyers and other readers discuss the landmark Supreme Court decision. Also: A ruling on corruption; doctors and abortion bans; religion in public schools.
Readers discuss some of the major decisions at the end of the court’s term.
Readers offer a range of views after an editorial that called on the president to leave the race after his poor debate performance.
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Readers discuss a column by Nicholas Kristof.
Readers are disturbed by “problematic performances” by both candidates, and some urge the president to bow out.
Readers discuss the congressman’s defeat. Also: Donald Trump’s Deep State; anti-obesity drugs; A.I. and our data; choosing baby names.
Readers discuss Thursday’s face-off. Also: Putin and Trump; science denialism; hiking in hot weather; justice in pregnancy; the Ten Commandments.
Responses to an essay about facility fees added by hospital-affiliated practices. Also: The border; North Korea’s weapons; Justin Timberlake’s arrest.
Responses to a guest essay by Vivek H. Murthy, the surgeon general. Also: A debate suggestion; the real choice in the election; stepmothers.
Responses to an essay about Jan. 6 and memory. Also: Donald Trump’s V.P. factors; an age limit for presidents; Ukraine peace talks; avoiding parenthood.
Readers discuss a column by David Brooks about “The Sins of the Educated Class.”
Readers make their wishes known about the debate. Also: The Ten Commandments in public classrooms; asylum seekers; Black women’s health; Justice Alito’s wife.
Responses to Ross Douthat’s interview with Senator Vance. Also: Clarence Thomas and the Supreme Court’s reputation; hair loss; a perplexing headline.
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Readers pay tribute to the beloved Giants great, who died on Tuesday.
Readers recount their experiences coping with the disease. Also: A mother’s dementia; the B.D.S. movement; dangers of factory farms.
Readers discuss preparations by progressive activists and others. Also: A nuclear threat; geoengineering; Gaza protests in Belgium; a tribe’s whale hunt.
Responses to an essay about “no promise” graduates. Also: Justice Alito and “godliness”; Sudan’s tragedy; whistle-blower protections; dreading election night.
Readers respond to a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: An arms competition with China; A.D.H.D. medication; Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric.
Older readers offer a range of perspectives in response to a column by Charles M. Blow.
Responses to a column by David French and his former church. Also: An extremist Supreme Court; a “failing candidacy”; help after prison.
Responses to a guest essay asserting that the pandemic likely began with a lab leak. Also: President Biden’s image problems; “junk fees” in restaurants.
Readers discuss a woman’s conversations with Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts under false pretenses.
Readers discuss addiction, call for compassion and praise how the president has supported his son.
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Responses to an article about a generation tugged in different directions. Also: Gun trafficking to Mexico; a strong leader; Joe Biden’s tall tales.
Responses to the military raid and the carnage in Gaza. Also: A Trump assessment; John Roberts’s legacy; abandoned oil wells; a grief memorial.
Responses to a Science Times article about the evolution of music across cultures. Also: Accepting election results; honoring the dead; fear of crime.
Readers discuss a column by Pamela Paul about college protesters’ job prospects and future careers.
Readers agree with his argument but criticize his complicity in G.O.P. policies. Also: D-Day at 80; Republican “law and order”; universities’ voices; A.I. as C.E.O.
Readers discuss various options for sentencing the former president. Also: The congestion-pricing reversal; immigration policy; fossil-free insurance.
Readers offer their analyses in response to various Opinion writers. Also: Foster children; free school meals.
Two psychiatrists respond to a Science Times article. Also: Dr. Fauci’s grilling in the House; a shortage of immigration lawyers; presidential rankings.
Readers counter his supporters’ criticism of the verdict and cite his history of fraudulent behavior. Also: A plea for shorter campaigns; inaction on guns; Elon Musk.
Readers, including Christie Brinkley, discuss the dangers. Also: About apostrophes; oversight of legislative initiatives; congestion pricing.
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Readers discuss reports of a decline in deaths in the U.S. but a rise in Baltimore.
Readers offer a range of reactions and reflections.
Readers discuss the flag controversy involving the justice’s wife. Also: Math for all, not just the few; medical consent; Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and history.
Responses to an essay about the role of liberal arts in higher education. Also: Tim Scott; political violence; saving Marilyn Monroe’s house; FAFSA.
Readers discuss two opinion pieces about Donald Trump’s plans if elected. Also: Gaza’s ruined hospitals; Florida’s climate law; a G.O.P. double standard; pregnancy calories.
Readers are skeptical of the decision’s argument that the redistricting was not race-based. Also: Questions for Republicans; purebred dogs; chatbot therapy; criticism of Israel.
Readers discuss Peter Coy’s proposal to reduce benefits. Also: Singapore’s view; an Ithaca man’s tragic death; MSNBC’s role in our democracy.
Readers discuss a guest essay about removing children from troubled homes.
Readers offer their analysis of why she said she would vote for him. Also: Blaming the wife; maligning Justice Juan Merchan; a caregiver’s story.
Readers discuss a column by Ezra Klein. Also: Benjamin Netanyahu’s fate; Madonna at 65; a pediatrics group on gender-affirming care.
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Readers react to several articles about the upside-down flag flown at the justice’s home. Also: The taco court case; G.O.P. denial of benefits; Equinox and equity.
Readers discuss a guest essay responding to critics of the protests. Also: Faith, family and the G.O.P.; deep dish pizza.
Readers disagree about a guest essay by Megan K. Stack. Also: Big politics in politics; “journey” as metaphor; helping the mentally ill and homeless.
Readers discuss a guest essay about Ozempic. Also: Donald Trump as husband; the Republican Party and Latino voters; animal-to-human transplants.
Readers offer suggestions and personal stories in response to two guest essays.
Readers fear “tyranny,” dread election night and offer Trump-Induced Anxiety therapy. Also: Justice Alito’s upside-down flag; debate rules; marriage penalties.
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