Opinion

Life under Israeli bombardment in Lebanon

Plus: We found an agency for Trump to destroy. Expand the senior volunteer force. Pardoning Hunter Biden.

By Amanda KatzDecember 2, 2024
Opinion

Let America’s dumpster fire be the only inferno this holiday

Plus: Curious culinary traditions. A diplomatic win. AI’s transformation of medicine.

By Drew GoinsNovember 27, 2024
Opinion

This Thanksgiving, we’re just glad we agree on the reality of the potato

Plus: An audio visit to the Justice Department. How RFK Jr. could destroy access to vaccines.

By Amanda KatzNovember 26, 2024
Opinion

How we’re celebrating a half-century of George Will

Plus: Biden should pardon Trump. Advice for Harris voters. Democratic gains on social issues.

By Amanda KatzNovember 25, 2024
Opinion

A concerned citizen’s guide to Trump’s threats to the Constitution

Plus: “Wicked” marketing. Matt Gaetz. Tractor lessons.

By Drew GoinsNovember 22, 2024
Opinion

Friendship could fix America. Some people are making it very hard.

Plus: Anti-anti-trans strategies. The coups of the Sahel. Nonprofit journalism.

By Drew GoinsNovember 21, 2024
Opinion

Assessing RFK Jr.’s health proposals

Plus: The battle over D.C. bike lanes says a lot about who the city is for.

By Amanda KatzNovember 20, 2024
Opinion

Congress should be one big slumber party

Plus: Blue state sanctuaries. Climate change. Trump the truth-teller.

By Drew GoinsNovember 19, 2024
Opinion

Can George Will’s merciless Matt Gaetz burn give a jolt to the Senate?

Plus: Democrats seeking solace should open a Quran. Artificial-intelligence triage.

By Drew GoinsNovember 18, 2024
Opinion

Are Trump’s Cabinet nominations more like a car crash or a reality show?

Our columnists debate the right metaphor. Plus: Slimming down the Marine Corps.

By Amanda KatzNovember 15, 2024
Opinion

A nation of meanness and kindness, seen from the Appalachian Trail

Plus: Blame the pandemic, not Biden, for inflation. And how to stop an extremist trifecta.

By Amanda KatzNovember 14, 2024
Opinion

How MAGA is Trump’s new team? Our columnists are watching.

Plus: Senate leadership. Elon Musk, learning math and dropping space junk. The January Seventh Test.

By Amanda KatzNovember 13, 2024
Opinion

Wanted: Senate majority leader. Must love recess appointments.

Plus: Fluoride in water isn’t an unalloyed good, and how the reality-based media can fight back.

By Amanda KatzNovember 12, 2024
Opinion

Veterans in D.C. get a federal holiday but not federal representation

Plus: What we’re thinking about Trump II on Day 6 of the election result. The threat of bioweapons.

By Amanda KatzNovember 11, 2024
Opinion

The best thing Trump can do for Biden’s economy is claim credit for it

Plus: What Democrats do now. Mitch McConnell calls it quits.

By Drew GoinsNovember 8, 2024
Opinion

What worries 13 columnists most about the next Trump term

Plus: Harris’s concession. The non-ideological factors behind the vote.

By Drew GoinsNovember 7, 2024
Opinion

How to understand the choice your country just made

Plus: Let the finger-pointing begin; addressing flaws in the Harris campaign — and our democracy.

By Drew GoinsNovember 6, 2024
Opinion

What’s at stake in this existential election’s final hours

It’s just freedom, prosperity and security — how big a deal could it be?

By Amanda KatzNovember 5, 2024
Opinion

It’s election eve, and we are on tenterhooks

Plus: Families divided. Guessing people’s votes. Pennsylvania and women hold the power. State legislatures.

By Amanda KatzNovember 4, 2024
Opinion

Think you have a hard choice next week? Read this.

Plus: Conservatives’ false hope for Trump’s presidency. RIP, Grizzly 399.

By Drew GoinsNovember 1, 2024