Taking Note

  1. The Supreme Court Passes Up a Chance to Ban a Terrible Sentence

    A mandatory sentence of life without parole for simple possession of marijuana is clearly cruel and unusual.

  2. Voter Turnout: Always Dismal

    Americans don’t like the choices for the major parties’ nominations. Many of them don’t like voting at all.

  3. Reality vs. Ideology on Immigration at the Supreme Court

    The challengers to President Obama’s executive actions keep trying to obscure one fact: The United States can’t deport all the undocumented immigrants living here.

  4. Obamacare’s Striking Effect on America’s Least Fortunate

    The legislation has helped many of the least privileged people in the country get health insurance.

  5. Hillary Clinton Falters on the Path to $15

    Mrs. Clinton’s praise of New York’s minimum-wage law was self-serving.

  6. How Not to Reform Social Security
  7. Clinton and Sanders Show Their Exhaustion
  8. The Vermont Product Every New Yorker Is Packing
  9. How Donald Trump Tweets
  11. John Kasich Channels Ronald Reagan in New York Speech
  12. Questioning America’s Role in Yemen
  13. Bravo, Bruce: Springsteen’s Stand Against North Carolina Law
  14. G.E. Chief Executive Issues Ill-Advised Response to Bernie Sanders
  15. Don’t Cry for Merle Haggard. Cry for Country Music.
  16. Humans Take Up Air Horns To Confront ‘Gangster Turkeys’
  17. Donald Trump’s Trial-and-Error Campaign
  18. How Donald Trump Lost Wisconsin
  19. A Letter to John Kasich Regarding Donald Trump
  20. ‘My Reservations About Hillary Are Real’: Readers on ‘Bernie or Bust’
  21. California and New York Lead the Way Toward a Decent Wage