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Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Josh Barro, who writes the newsletter Very Serious, and Olivia Nuzzi, the Washington correspondent for New York magazine, [...]

The article focuses on the varied reactions of Times Opinion writers to Kamala Harris's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, highlighting its emotional impact, effective reintroduction of her candidacy, and the overall success of the convention.

The article assesses the performances of U.S. Senator J.D. Vance and Minnesota' Governor Tim Walz in a recent vice-presidential debate, highlighting Vance's ability to present a polished version of Trumpism while also examining the weaknesses in both candidates' rhetoric. Topics discussed include Vance's handling of immigration, his responses to questions about the 2020 election, and the contrasting approaches to policy presentation between Vance and Walz.

Byline: JOSH BARRO Where's the loyalty? Starbucks is changing its My Starbucks Rewards loyalty program so that rewards are tied to the amount of dollars spent instead of number of [...]

Where's the loyalty? Starbucks is changing its My Starbucks Rewards loyalty program so that rewards are tied to dollars spent instead of number of visits. To no one's surprise, some [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO If you want an insight into what Senator Marco Rubio's instincts on policy are, just look at what happened when he got his hands on another senator's [...]

Donald Trump's rise from joke candidate to likely Republican nominee surprised all the supposed experts, including me. But 2,000 miles from Washington, in the southwestern American desert, we should have [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO In the Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders is calling for a political revolution, saying his movement can sweep in policy changes that would seem impossible in traditional [...]

In the Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders is calling for a political revolution, saying his movement can sweep in policy changes that would seem impossible in traditional American politics. One [...]

When Steve Forbes ran for president in 1996 on a plan that called for no taxes on dividends and capital gains, Mitt Romney, then a private citizen, took out a [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO If you were Donald Trump, you would probably summarize the academic paper's finding as follows: China is beating us. A new working paper from the economists David [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDIf you were Donald Trump, you would probably summarize the academic paper's finding as follows: China is beating us. A new working paper from the economists David Autor, David [...]

Senator Bernie Sanders's health care plan is advancing a notion that has long been out of fashion in American politics: that the federal government should provide a new, expensive service [...]

So let us suppose, reader, that you have won Wednesday's $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot. Congratulations! You have some important decisions to make, such as what ailing magazine to acquire and [...]

Two members of California's state assembly are trying to give residents a tax break with a bill that would exempt tampons and sanitary napkins from the state's sales tax. There's [...]

Data released by the I.R.S. on Wednesday shows that tax rates on the income of America's 400 wealthiest taxpayers rose sharply to 22.9 percent in 2013, erasing a majority of [...]

Like Rand Paul before him, Ted Cruz is promoting a tax plan that relies heavily on a value-added tax, or VAT. And like Mr. Paul, Mr. Cruz is not calling [...]

At your dry cleaner, it probably says it right there on the coat hangers: ''We love Our Customers.'' But I have bad news: Your dry cleaner does not actually love [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO Mark Zuckerberg's announcement last week that he and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, would dedicate 99 percent of their wealth to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative drew a [...]

Mark Zuckerberg's announcement last week that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, would dedicate 99 percent of their wealth to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative drew a remarkable combination of adulation [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO Frequent customers of Starwood Hotels & Resorts are reacting emotionally to the news that Marriott International is acquiring Starwood, which owns the Westin, Sheraton and W hotel [...]

Frequent customers of Starwood Hotels & Resorts are reacting emotionally to the news that Marriott International is acquiring Starwood, which owns the Westin, Sheraton and W hotel chains. It seems [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO All the Republican presidential candidates say they want to make the tax code simpler. But no candidate has been more aggressive about simplicity than Carly Fiorina, who [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDI wrote last week about rising life expectancy: Children born today will most likely live on average to their late 80s, well above the current average life expectancy of [...]

All the Republican presidential candidates say they want to make the tax code simpler. But no candidate has been more aggressive about simplicity than Carly Fiorina, who says ''our tax [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO At the most recent Republican debate, candidates discussed two main questions about taxes: Should they be lower than they are now, or should they be way lower? [...]

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy at birth in the United States was 78.8 years in 2013 -- 76.4 years for men, 81.2 years for [...]

The Republican presidential candidates talked a lot about their tax plans at last week's debate, but most of the conversation was not very illuminating. Here are some details you may [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO In March, Senator Marco Rubio announced a tax plan that I called the 'Puppies and Rainbows' plan because it's full of things almost every Republican likes. Mr. [...]

In last week's Democratic Party debate, Bernie Sanders stuck up for the idea that Americans are prepared to elect a democratic socialist, which is how he describes himself. ''We're gonna [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO In the 1998 film 'There's Something About Mary,' there is a scene where Ben Stiller's character picks up a hitchhiking drifter. The drifter explains that he's really [...]

In the 1998 film ''There's Something About Mary,'' there is a scene where Ben Stiller's character picks up a hitchhiking drifter. The drifter explains that he's really a businessman, and [...]

Donald Trump's tax plan, released Monday, does not live up to the populist language he has offered on taxes all summer. When talking about taxes in this campaign, Donald Trump [...]

Byline: JOSH BARRO Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, an associate dean at the Yale School of Management and an expert on corporate leadership, has become a surprising bit player in the 2016 presidential [...]

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, an associate dean at the Yale School of Management and an expert on corporate leadership, has become a surprising bit player in the 2016 presidential campaign. At last [...]