NotableHead Start’s standards, not its funding, are what matters. “At a time when children under 5 are the poorest age group in America, we cannot think small about children’s opportunity.” — Zayn Siddique, chief executive of the Clinton Policy Institute Embrace big-tent populism. “The big danger with populism is when it turns entirely adversarial. Today, in an ecosystem shaped by social media, competition for attention and polarization, this is a particular risk.” — Daron Acemoglu, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Trump is a threat, and the military is ignoring it. “Denial is one of the two approaches the nation’s senior military leaders seem to have taken to cope with Donald Trump’s presidency.” — Frank Kendall, a former secretary of the Air Force Spotlight
A World Order Ends. What Will Replace It?Our global problems are complex. A Times Opinion series considers the price of looking away. ICYMIThe U.S. Open can’t go on like this. “Some unsolicited economic advice for the U.S. Open: It should actively pursue a lower bottom line — less revenue with lower-cost tickets and bigger prizes with more profit-sharing for athletes.” — Natasha Sarin, a contributing Opinion writer More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “In Russia, Nobody Knows Where the Lines Are Anymore”
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