Opinions
Opinions
D.C. has a CFO for a reason. The council would be wise to remember it.
Since the days of the control board, the fiscal watchdog has helped keep city finances sound.
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Trump promises tax cuts and fewer rules. CEOs shouldn’t fall for it.
To the former president, democracy is negotiable.
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What’s in a name? Everything, if it honors treason and slavery.
A school board said renaming schools after Confederates was honoring the community’s heritage. Readers had other ideas.
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What divestment from Israel can, and can’t, accomplish
Is divestment a secondary tactic? Or a way to make colleges live up to their values?
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How impressive is your Cannes superyacht?
If you can still see the light of the sun, it’s not big enough.
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Cartoon by Dana Summer
Dana Summers cartoon on Anthony Blinken’s trip to Ukraine.
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Trump’s courtroom enablers
Ann Telnaes cartoon on GOP figures attending the Donald Trump trial.
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Trump’s promises to oil executives ought to be illegal
Plus, Democrats can benefit from both presidential debates and Maryland’s Democratic Senate primary.
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Harrison Butker doesn’t only kick footballs
The NFL should have defended the Kansas City kicker’s right to speak his mind.
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At campus protests, ‘DO NOT TALK TO THE MEDIA’!
Student protest organizations have rules against speaking to the media.
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On Gaza, Biden is right and Netanyahu is wrong
With Israeli officials and generals turning on the prime minister, the country must adjust course.
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You won’t hear much about campaign finance reform in 2024. Good.
The progressive dream of controlling political speech by controlling political money has vanished.
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Readers critique The Post: Whitewashed hogwash
Here are this week's Free for All letters.
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‘Salacious’ and other words that don’t quite mean what people think
Certain words — “coruscating,” “pulchritude,” “bemused” — don’t mean what many people think they do.
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Why are both Biden and the GOP sabotaging clean-energy technologies?
Leaders of both parties are all too willing to turn away solutions to climate change.
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Tariffs against China hamstring the transition to a clean energy future
The new tariffs against Chinese clean energy imports will slow progress against climate change and provide next to nothing in return.
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Robert Kagan on his latest novel 'Rebellion,' and why a country led by Trump would be 'frightening'
Historian and Washington Post editor at large Robert Kagan joins The Post’s Jonathan Capehart for a conversation about the stakes in the 2024 presidential election, the historical parallels to this moment in American politics and what he calls the “anti-liberal rebellion.” Conversation recorded on Thursday, May 16, 2024.
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One thing Trump will never flip on? Commas.
Plus: A kid renames her Papa “Mommy.” Maryland Democrats’ Senate primary.
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The Checkup With Dr. Wen: Who should — and shouldn’t — use hormone therapy for menopause?
What menopausal women should consider when deciding if they should start hormone therapy.
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This Alabama AG won’t stop at the state line to prosecute abortion
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is Exhibit A in why leaving abortion to the states is a nightmare.
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How Biden’s campaign hopes to reinvigorate Black voters
The president’s advisers are keenly aware of the need to reach former supporters who have since tuned out.
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Skip voting in November? Here’s everything wrong with that idea.
Readers count the ways they think George F. Will’s recent defense of skipping the ballot box missed the mark.
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What can be done to make the Biden-Trump debates worthwhile?
We’ve heard all kinds of ideas. Here are some we think would help.
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The central tenets of ‘Bridgerton’
A beginner’s guide to the “Bridgerton” universe.
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The meaning of Caitlin Clark
‘There’s always a brand of feminism at stake underneath these women’s sports.’
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Mike Johnson, the accidental speaker, is among the most consequential
Despite presiding over one of the smallest and most restive House majorities in history, he has passed a raft of critical legislation.
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Trump likes the Oxford comma? That’s stunning, strange and disorienting.
A major revelation in the hush money trial: How much work goes into Trump’s social media presence.
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Trump just agreed to a bad deal on debates
If Joe Biden wants to minimize potential debate damage, starting early and ending early is smart.
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