Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the September 29, 2025, edition of Opinion Today
Peace Still a Distant Prospect for Israelis, Palestinians Benedict Vigers, Gallup In Gallup surveys conducted in June through August 2025, 21% of adults in Israel said they believe permanent peace between Israel and the State of Palestine would ever be achieved, nearly identical to the 23% of Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem expressing the same view. In both populations, roughly three times as many (63% in Israel, 65% in the West Bank and East Jerusalem) say permanent peace will never come to pass.
Albuquerque: Keller’s approval rating slips as he seeks third term as mayor Dan Boyd, Albuquerque Journal New York City Mayoral Election: September polls, excluding Eric Adams New York Times [unlocked]
The Race to Save America’s Democracy Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump swerves and swaggers on the world stage Karen Tumulty, Washington Post [unlocked] Make No Mistake About Where We Are David French, New York Times [unlocked] What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times Magazine [unlocked] The Right’s Post-Kirk Crackdown Has a Familiar Mob Logic Steven Pinker (Harvard), New York Times [unlocked] Why There Won’t Be a Charlie Kirk of the Left Ryan Burge and John Guida, New York Times [unlocked] You Can’t Expand the Tent by Shrinking It Adam Bonica, On Data and Democracy When the right broke, according to the right Seth Masket, Tusk Four takeaways from California’s first gubernatorial debate since Kamala Harris said she wasn’t running Julia Wick and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Georgia’s 2026 candidates still can’t escape fallout from Trump’s false 2020 election claims Jeff Amy, Associated Press Did Kamala Harris just destroy her 2028 chances? Is Gavin Newsom glad she did? Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times Intense and intentional training is helping Democratic women gain state lawmaking seats Isabella Volmert, Associated Press Beneath the GDP, a Recession Warning Mark Skousen (Chapman University), Wall Street Journal [unlocked]
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Floyd Abrams: Comey, Kimmel, & Trump’s Limitless Enemies List
Impolitic with John HeilemannTa-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
The Ezra Klein ShowAre young men’s political attacks fueled more by beliefs or by personal struggles?
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