Opinions P.M.: Ivy League Republicans’ phony rebellion against the ‘elites’
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| | | | | | | Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions. | | | | | | (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Rich, Ivy-educated Republicans are as elite as anybody they rail against. By Dana Milbank ● Read more » | | | | Badly behaved officers are costing departments and taxpayers billions of dollars. Why aren't they being stopped? By Editorial Board ● Read more » | | | | They would be setting themselves up to be attacked by Democrats. By Henry Olsen ● Read more » | | | Editorial guest cartoons from Darrin Bell, Matt Davies, Al Goodwyn and Mike Luckovich By Darrin Bell, Matt Davies, Al Goodwyn and Mike Luckovich ● Read more » | | | | Her confirmation proves something we've always known: Elections matter. By Colbert I. King ● Read more » | | | | The GOP says if it takes back the House, it will crack down on the tech companies. Don't believe it. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | | President Biden has been correct to keep a distance from the young Saudi potentate, even as the crown prince hopes to use his oil reserves to pry respect from the president. By Editorial Board ● Read more » | | | Republicans can stop Trump from taking their party over the edge. Here's how. By Matt Bai ● Read more » | | | | Ginni Thomas's overwrought texts to Trump's chief of staff raise the increasingly legitimate question of whether her political agenda influences her husband. By Karen Tumulty ● Read more » | | | | Texts between Mark Meadows and Clarence Thomas's spouse have a deep and ugly pedigree. By Greg Sargent ● Read more » | | | | The attorney general does not have to take whatever position a D.C. agency wants him to take and should answer to the interests of the people. By Charlie Gerstein ● Read more » | | | President Biden has the chance to adopt a more practical and effective approach that could yield positive results. By Jason Rezaian ● Read more » | | | | No matter your politics, transparency in the decision-making process is the only mechanism to ensure consistency. By Brett Tolman ● Read more » | | | | By centering evidence-based harm reduction solutions, we will save lives. By Evan Douglas ● Read more » | | | | With leadership that strives for reasonable compromise, not ideological battles, we can begin to make some progress. By Liz Brent, Carter Dougherty, Dan Reed, Eric Saul, Abe Saffer and Gray Kimbrough ● Read more » | | | Rubin's Q&A with readers was at 12 p.m. ET on Friday. Read the transcript. Reader Q&A ● Read more » | | | | Suddenly the most sophisticated of weapons might be used by a moral primitive because of Russia's 10-thumbed mishandling of its conventional forces in Ukraine. By George F. Will ● Read more » | | | | Without access to menstrual products, incarcerated women have suffered dreadful health outcomes and sexual abuse by prison staff who use sex as a bartering tool. By Gabrielle A. Perry ● Read more » | | | | The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine weighs in on Vladimir Putin's war against the country, as well as Donald Trump's past attacks on her character. Podcast ● By James Hohmann ● Read more » | | | | Let's stop with the red meat, and ask questions that will elicit substantive answers. By Radley Balko ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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