Opinion Today: More quick highlights from our writers

We’re featuring some of our favorite entries this week in The Point, Opinion’s newish blog. 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Our writers told you what they think about [measles outbreaks](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAyLzEzL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvbWVhc2xlcy1vdXRicmVhay12YWNjaW5lP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMjE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNTMzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTgzNzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW6y1zPZXL_fVFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), [President Biden’s investment in rural America](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAyLzEzL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvYmlkZW4tcnVyYWwtaW52ZXN0bWVudD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDIxNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTUzMzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU4Mzc2JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgplustcz2Vy_31RUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) and the possibility of [peace after the Israel-Hamas war.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAyLzEzL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvZnJpZWRtYW4tcGVhY2UtaW5pdGlhdGl2ZS1taWRlYXN0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMjE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNTMzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTgzNzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW6y1zPZXL_fVFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Thomas L. Friedman on the possibility of peace after the Israel-Hamas war →](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAyLzEzL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvZnJpZWRtYW4tcGVhY2UtaW5pdGlhdGl2ZS1taWRlYXN0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMjE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNTMzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTgzNzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW6y1zPZXL_fVFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Article Image](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0TzaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAyLzEzL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvZnJpZWRtYW4tcGVhY2UtaW5pdGlhdGl2ZS1taWRlYXN0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMjE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNTMzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTgzNzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW6y1zPZXL_fVFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Farah Stockman on Biden’s investment in rural America →](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAyLzEzL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvYmlkZW4tcnVyYWwtaW52ZXN0bWVudD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDIxNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTUzMzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU4Mzc2JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgplustcz2Vy_31RUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [A photograph of President Biden, standing at a podium, with an excavator draped in an American flag in the background.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAyLzEzL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvYmlkZW4tcnVyYWwtaW52ZXN0bWVudD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDIxNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTUzMzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU4Mzc2JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgplustcz2Vy_31RUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [Zeynep Tufekci on measles outbreaks →](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAyLzEzL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvbWVhc2xlcy1vdXRicmVhay12YWNjaW5lP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMjE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNTMzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTgzNzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW6y1zPZXL_fVFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [A black and white photograph of a hand picking up a syringe.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzAyLzEzL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvbWVhc2xlcy1vdXRicmVhay12YWNjaW5lP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMjE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNTMzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTgzNzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW6y1zPZXL_fVFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) Here’s what we’re focusing on today: Editors’ Picks [[A photo illustration of a letter from Elizabeth Gloucester to John Brown. The letter obscures the portrait of an unidentified Black woman from the 19th century.] Photo illustration by Alanna Fields for The New York Times The Lost Story of New York’s Most Powerful Black Woman In her remarkable life, Elizabeth Gloucester embodied a new model of Black, feminist capitalism. By Brent Staples](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMi8xNi9vcGluaW9uL2VsaXphYmV0aC1nbG91Y2VzdGVyLWJsYWNrLWhpc3RvcnkuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDIxNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTUzMzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU4Mzc2JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgplustcz2Vy_31RUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~)[Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-universal-0) ADVERTISEMENT [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0SXaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODUmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMjQwMjE2JnRlPTEmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDIxNlcDbnl0Qgplustcz2Vy_31RUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) More From Opinion [What Sourdough Taught Me, in the Pandemic and Beyond When the world around us stops making sense, I find comfort and clarity in bread By Lexie Smith](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wMi8xNi9vcGluaW9uL3NvdXJkb3VnaC1icmVhZC1zdGFydGVycy1wYW5kZW1pYy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMjE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNTMzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTgzNzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW6y1zPZXL_fVFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Two pairs of hands, both grasping a loaf of sourdough bread as if one is handing it to the other.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC8wMi8xNi9vcGluaW9uL3NvdXJkb3VnaC1icmVhZC1zdGFydGVycy1wYW5kZW1pYy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwMjE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExNTMzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTgzNzYmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmW6y1zPZXL_fVFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Jamelle Bouie Trump Owns Dobbs and Everything That Comes With It The challenge of this election is to remind the voting public that the former president is, in fact, a conservative Republican. 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By David Brooks](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMi8xNS9vcGluaW9uL2RlbW9jcmFjeS1nb29kLWV2aWwuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDIxNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTUzMzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU4Mzc2JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgplustcz2Vy_31RUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [A photograph of an American flag with shadows of people holding signs on it.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnseHLP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wMi8xNS9vcGluaW9uL2RlbW9jcmFjeS1nb29kLWV2aWwuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDIxNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTUzMzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU4Mzc2JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgplustcz2Vy_31RUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [Carlos Lozada If You Know How to Read It, Washington Is an Open Book Even supposedly terrible books can be illuminating and essential. 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