Let me start with Israel’s election, which comes first. Netanyahu is in a coalition with Jewish supremacists whom a former Israeli Mossad chief once described as worse than the Ku Klux Klan. If they are re-elected, they are very likely to complete their project of undermining both Israel’s independent attorney general and its Supreme Court. Annexation of the West Bank and Gaza and ethnically cleansing Palestinians from both places will come next. And Israel as a democracy will be gone. While I care about elections in Israel, I care much more about them in my own country. Trump is the most un-American president in my lifetime. No president has done more, and continues to do more, to unravel the post-World War II institutions and alliances that were built and sustained by his predecessors.

 

Two Nations. Two Democracies at Stake.

By Thomas L. Friedman

Opinion Columnist

The most popular areas of study are in the liberal arts. That’s no surprise because the liberal arts prepares students to pivot in many directions given shifting labor force needs.

 

This Is the Real Point of College

Michael S. Roth, the president of Wesleyan University, is the author of “The Student: A Short History” and “Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist’s Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses.”

The Trump administration is painting its foray into the Latin American country’s oil patch as about more than drilling. Investing in a little-known private operator will give the U.S. the chance, officials argue, to police the corruption that has long troubled the industry there. American oil executives say that plan sounds like trouble.

 

Why Big Oil Is Wary of Trump’s Foray Into Venezuela’s Oil Patch

Energy industry has long opposed government intervention; some executives are worried the U.S. is creating a giant with the ability to push them around

By 

Collin Eaton

 and 

Vera Bergengruen

Sept. 3, 2026 9:00 pm ET