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