Opinion The New York Times logo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The New York Times’ Opinion section recently published a collection of eight pieces from different columnists entitled, “ I Was Wrong .” The publication’s description of this group of articles, published on July 21, explained that Times contributors “hold on to the idea that good-faith intellectual debate is possible, that we should all be able to rethink our positions on issues, from the most serious to the most trivial.” The newspaper further stated that the writers of these articles “can be models of how valuable it can be to admit when...