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"Romney likes to present himself as the righteous, stiff-spined defender of bipartisan principles," writes @GailCollins. "It is possible some of this backbone has to do with the fact that he is a very wealthy 73-year-old with a very safe Senate seat."https://nyti.ms/2HorVch 

In Spain during the pandemic, experts’ recommendations have been subject to political opportunism, writes @DavidJimenezTW. Measures were implemented too late and, characteristic of Spain’s ruling class, blame has been spread to avoid responsibility.https://nyti.ms/33P8JvW 

We want to hear from you: "What do you think about the way Supreme Court justices are now chosen, and how the court functions? What changes, if any, would you like to see?" #NYTLettershttps://nyti.ms/362LLUI 

One week after the election, the Supreme Court will hear yet another case about whether the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. "The lawsuit poses an existential threat to the nation’s health care system," write @ASlavitt and @nicholas_bagley.https://nyti.ms/33V4kaU 

"It was remarkable to have an 87-year-old woman whose trademarks included a combination of fierce intelligence, stubborn longevity and physical strength emerge as not just an American icon but also a fitness icon," writes @lindsaycrousehttps://nyti.ms/2G3qZJT 

"For the second time in five years, a sitting Supreme Court justice has died," @JenSeniorNY writes. "And for the second time in five years, Senator Mitch McConnell has befouled the process to replace that justice."https://nyti.ms/3hXsd6L 

Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians have gathered in protest to make it clear they’ve had enough of President Alexander Lukashenko. Could Svetlana Tikhanovskaya bring an end to his tyrannical rule?https://nyti.ms/33QHBwF 

John F. Kennedy's success, and the acceptance of Catholics in middle class America, set the stage for white Catholics’ indifference — even opposition — to the potential election of America’s second Catholic president, Joe Biden, @ebruenig writeshttps://nyti.ms/3mLitjj 

How to recover from the grief caused by the pandemic? "The word 'healing' is derived from the word ‘whole,'" writes @DrAmithaMD. "Healing then is a return to wholeness — not a return to sameness."https://nyti.ms/2HuIq6V 

Spanish politicians aren't motivated to strive for excellence, writes @DavidJimenezTW, "because they know that Spaniards vote for their parties with a loyalty comparable to what they feel for their favorite soccer teams"https://nyti.ms/2FUMhtn 

"Which Senate Republican do you find most irritating?" @gailcollins asks https://nyti.ms/3cs3CWq 

President Trump's suburban strategy “would work better if the president was not Trump,” @joelkotkin told @edsallhttps://nyti.ms/304FhAX 

When it comes to unabashed power grabs, Trump and McConnell are "conjoined twins, connected by their contempt for fools who get hung up on hypocrisy and prattle about fairness," @FrankBruni writeshttps://nyti.ms/361AjZJ 

"Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death could not have come at a worse time for the millions of Americans who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act," say @ASlavitt and @nicholas_bagleyhttps://nyti.ms/361mkD5 

"President Trump’s support for a dangerous Supreme Court case offers a simple, clear way to explain to voters that Republicans are lying when they say they support protections for people with pre-existing conditions," write @ASlavitt and @nicholas_bagleyhttps://nyti.ms/2G5nEK1 

"On Covid-19, for Trump, it’s jobs or masks, opening school or masks, social distancing or Big Ten football, science or church. Everything is black or white. And so is the result," writes @tomfriedman. https://nyti.ms/2RRGJlF 

Unlike today, broadcast news in the 1960s and early ’70s "had little room for cheap punditry and outrage in search of profits," says @fmanjoohttps://nyti.ms/3cpmbdE 

The Trump administration’s move to cut the census short is nothing more than an election season plot of a nervous president, write Gus Wezerek and @EconAndrewhttps://nyti.ms/3kFIEpW