@nytopinion.nytimes.com sr. staff editor. Listen to your friend Billy Zane.https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3muxiqt767k2fBonus gift link. "Gaza has no future as long as Hamas holds two million Palestinians hostage to its nihilistic agenda." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/opinion/gaza-hamas-palestinians.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.uNjY.JbIdcnZ38qAO&smid=bs-share07 Sep 2026 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxiqt767k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3muxhhndnwk2eToday's gift link. "It's remarkable that the livelihood of American ranchers is being shaped in private meetings between the president of the United States and a representative of Brazil's largest exporter of beef." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/opinion/trump-meat-import.html?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.qT6O.wfmUA7AR6ct3&smid=bs-share07 Sep 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxhhndnwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3muhljtrtd22sToday's gift link. "We can and should denounce double standards, but successful candidates must also navigate them." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/opinion/el-sayed-hasan-piker.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.jHwY.dYLANS6furhG&smid=bs-share01 Sep 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhljtrtd22shttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mu5pjne2qc23Today's gift link. "Mr. Warsh has so far been quiet on the wisdom of Mr. Bessent's buyback gambit, and whether it is encroaching on the Fed's fief or compromising the hard-fought credibility of Treasury markets." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/opinion/bessent-warsh-treasury-fed-bonds-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.81A.9V32.QaaBiw__OVLE&smid=bs-share28 Aug 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5pjne2qc23https://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mu3ne7zktc2mToday's gift link. "They should do the work." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/opinion/aoc-woke-1.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.GGRl.ka--kIg5n-tn&smid=bs-share27 Aug 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3ne7zktc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mtvrxwd5is2fToday's gift link. "China's ability to weather the Iran war's oil disruptions came as a surprise to many. It shouldn't have—this is exactly what the government has spent years preparing for." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/opinion/iran-china-energy-power.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8FA.tOPE.g2HzjA5UIRf3&smid=bs-share25 Aug 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvrxwd5is2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mtvruig4lc2y"Which would you rather have, a solar-powered home or explosive diarrhea?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/08/24/case-against-lettuce/25 Aug 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvruig4lc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mtlvg6nf6s2nToday's gift link. "The crisis in the United States is not the general corruption of both parties; it is the specific corruption of Trump and his enablers." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/resistance-10-was-not-crazy/688340/?gift=3qx5DAUwXOU-zo0uuMqXXXfJw3sQiSZFV_vdkHhZTlY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share21 Aug 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlvg6nf6s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mtjfrwpjv22z"Livestock inspection records show mustangs sold by the government soon ended up on trucks bound for slaughter plants in Canada." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/us/trump-wild-horses-legal-loophole-slaughter.html?unlocked_article_code=1.61A.X-hd.ozhXFHP9Mdk-&smid=bs-share20 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjfrwpjv22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mtjf5iqrn22kToday's gift link. "What has surged is the real yield, or the extra, inflation-adjusted compensation that investors demand to bear the risk of buying debt in a more volatile world. It's unsettling out there right now." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/opinion/bond-market-interest-rates-affordability.html?unlocked_article_code=1.61A.GRv1.DyAE_Sl-g6bz&smid=bs-share20 Aug 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjf5iqrn22khttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mthnprsrc22cToday's gift link. "The world isn't running out of oil. It is running out of places to turn that oil into fuel. Which means the price of refined products such as gasoline will remain high." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/opinion/gas-prices-crude-oil-diesel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6lA.LOHi.7x2Vsxl7BtpH&smid=bs-share19 Aug 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthnprsrc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mtebspp4wk2wBonus gift link. "Trump won the 2024 election after promising to 'immediately bring prices down, starting on Day 1.' He did not. That's what the burrito discourse is really about." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opinion/inflation-affordability-prices-burrito.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6VA.WeNn.Yea5SxOFh4zq&smid=bs-share18 Aug 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtebspp4wk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mtebeyhdrk2sToday's gift link. Trump's broken promises, in 11 charts. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/18/opinion/trump-economy-campaign-promises.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6VA.KyWh.ZNhX7x9tu68g&smid=url-share18 Aug 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtebeyhdrk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mtcec7td422yToday's gift link. "The biggest difference so far between the G.O.P. Tea Party and whatever is happening in the Democratic Party is that the Democrats haven't yet thrown away a winnable seat as a result of their intraparty convulsions." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opinion/el-sayed-ocasio-cortez-mamdani-sanders.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6FA.x6Ml.emJa6lW-VCGO&smid=bs-share17 Aug 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcec7td422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mssv7ufkqs2sToday's gift link. "Trump the policymaker repeatedly does more harm than good. He is trapped in a maelstrom of zero-sum thinking, profound narcissism and an unshakable faith in his instincts." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/opinion/trumps-tariffs-winners-losers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4lA.4Th6.nl7OvHu-ANtm&smid=bs-share11 Aug 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssv7ufkqs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3msj2v5rc2c2cCounterpoint. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/style/shorts-office-business-casual.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3lA.qg6T.y9PM4oHQAqY2&smid=bs-share07 Aug 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj2v5rc2c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3msbw3axfq22bToday's gift link. "What, uniquely, does writing do? It compels thought. It compels thinking in ways that silent contemplation or spoken language rarely can." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-writing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.21A.kalv.TMNlo6hYi-dp&smid=bs-share04 Aug 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbw3axfq22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mruxr6nqqs2uAs a committed shorts-wearer, I didn't want this to be persuasive, but it was. "That's why pilots wear uniforms. And you'd be turning right around on the jet bridge if you looked into the cockpit and spotted madras, bare legs and flip-flops." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/opinion/office-shorts-men.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.oemw.RFxi02OyfRso&smid=bs-share30 Jul 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruxr6nqqs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mrs2ewf3t22fToday's gift link. "Pious or secular, these beliefs come down to the same idea: Men are people, and women are things." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/masculinity-scam-manosphere-talarico/687999/?gift=3qx5DAUwXOU-zo0uuMqXXQJUXNg4HVyE1bEgYpOvv_U&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share29 Jul 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs2ewf3t22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mrqdcam5bc2kToday's gift link. "Anyone who cares about Israel's well-being shouldn't be silent about anti-Palestinian settler terrorism." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/opinion/israel-settlers-west-bank.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1FA.54Sw.yvdZic8JU0Eu&smid=bs-share28 Jul 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqdcam5bc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mr4bdvjqlk2hDouble-bonus gift link. "It would be a mistake, however, to dismiss Mr. Jackson as a bargain bin (or a Marden’s bargain, as they might say in Maine) version of Mr. Platner. Mr. Jackson might be the Graham Platner that Maine Democrats were always looking for." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opinion/troy-jackson-maine-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zFA.wA_m.gu8oAM3z_nBC&smid=bs-share20 Jul 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4bdvjqlk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/swerd.bsky.social/post/3mr3r3ytlwk2zBonus gift link. "He indulges in a favorite refrain that falls groaningly short of being a rallying cry: 'For so many North Carolina families, there's just too much month at the end of the money.'" https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opinion/roy-cooper-senate-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zFA.WZKR.fe-38uacW6d3&smid=bs-share20 Jul 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:jsqasxnh5ab5w2dnabe3usyo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3r3ytlwk2z