Here are four more recent and very thoughtful opinion pieces from the New York Times on the meaning of the 2016 presidential election.
Ross Douthat, October 16: In Defense of the Religious Right
David French, November 24: Is Criticism of Identity Politics Racist or Long Overdue?
Maureen Dowd, November 26: Election Therapy from my Basket of Deplorables
Jennifer Finney Boylen, December 2: Really, You’re Blaming Transgender People for Trump?
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