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Opinions http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/opinions/ en-US hourly 1 <![CDATA[President Biden is failing on covid-19]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 03:50:52 EST <![CDATA[First came the TikTok school shooting ‘challenge.’ Then came the fear.]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:00:08 EST <![CDATA[On invading Ukraine, Putin approaches a point of no return]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 04:35:20 EST <![CDATA[The covid blame game focuses on the wrong thing]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 06:19:13 EST <![CDATA[The Supreme Court has a fresh chance to rein in police lawlessness]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 03:09:52 EST <![CDATA[A doctor’s advice for limiting holiday omicron risk]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:26:21 EST <![CDATA[The center right is collapsing globally. It has only two options for survival.]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:24:10 EST <![CDATA[For Biden, going all in against the virus is the key to everything else]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:49:07 EST <![CDATA[Biden’s foreign policy: The tough guy vs. the pussycat]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 07:02:15 EST <![CDATA[A simple question about Build Back Better: What’s in it for West Virginia?]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:56:31 EST <![CDATA[Why this is still the most wonderful time of the year]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:49:21 EST <![CDATA[Carpenter and fiancee hesitant to bring child into troubled world]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:32:15 EST <![CDATA[The most dangerous conservative judges aren’t on the Supreme Court ]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:24:50 EST <![CDATA[What my Theranos blood test experience reveals about Silicon Valley and Elizabeth Holmes]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:12:58 EST <![CDATA[Biden was never going to be FDR. Believing he could be is one of his administration’s biggest problems.]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 04:40:49 EST <![CDATA[How much influence does Donald Trump still have? These five Republican primaries could tell us.]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 03:58:43 EST <![CDATA[I’ve never known a better editor than Fred Hiatt — or a better person]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2021 07:11:30 EST <![CDATA[A new generation of vaccines could turn covid-19 from a pandemic to just a problem]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 04:48:07 EST <![CDATA[On invading Ukraine, Putin approaches a point of no return]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 04:35:20 EST <![CDATA[How Ralph Northam rebounded from scandal to embrace racial equity]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:03:39 EST <![CDATA[21 good things that happened in 2021]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:41:10 EST <![CDATA[Pelosi said it’s fine for lawmakers to trade stocks. She’s wrong.]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 04:46:17 EST <![CDATA[YouTube stars work for China now]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 01:17:51 EST <![CDATA[Biden gets an early Christmas gift: Good economic news]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:37:33 EST <![CDATA[Never count out Fox News]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:47:06 EST <![CDATA[How the left forced Biden’s hand on student loans]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 04:22:23 EST <![CDATA[The center right is collapsing globally. It has only two options for survival.]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:24:10 EST <![CDATA[President Biden is failing on covid-19]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 03:50:52 EST <![CDATA[Democrats ran aground by trying to do too much at once]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 12:07:20 EST <![CDATA[Giving dollars, and dignity, to those in need]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:01:15 EST <![CDATA[First came the TikTok school shooting ‘challenge.’ Then came the fear.]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:00:08 EST <![CDATA[Women are more likely to die or be injured in car crashes. There’s a simple reason why.]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 03:13:25 EST <![CDATA[Holiday songs for 2021]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:00:31 EST <![CDATA[In dogged pursuit]]> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 05:34:25 EST <![CDATA[Cartoon by Marco De Angelis]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:35:48 EST <![CDATA[The Kremlin is trying to erase Russia’s collective memory. It won’t succeed.]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 05:01:27 EST <![CDATA[A new generation of vaccines could turn covid-19 from a pandemic to just a problem]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 04:48:07 EST <![CDATA[On invading Ukraine, Putin approaches a point of no return]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 04:35:20 EST <![CDATA[Brave Afghans who served with me and others are in danger. Our government can’t let them die.]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 03:41:04 EST <![CDATA[Peng Shuai’s new statements fit a pattern in China. The world mustn’t fall for it.]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:56:40 EST <![CDATA[One way to reform the House of Representatives? Expand it.]]> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 03:53:17 EST <![CDATA[Virginia politics has plenty of surprises and a heavy dose of cynicism]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:43:27 EST <![CDATA[Please, Virginia Supreme Court, prove me wrong on redistricting]]> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:00:39 EST <![CDATA[The rise of ghost guns in Maryland]]> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:00:31 EST <![CDATA[Youngkin’s withdrawal from a regional climate agreement would cost Virginians ]]> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:00:27 EST <![CDATA[Closing the gap on D.C.’s health inequities]]> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 10:00:14 EST <![CDATA[One way to reform the House of Representatives? Expand it.]]> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 03:53:17 EST <![CDATA[Sharing the city streets]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 05:02:54 EST <![CDATA[We need leadership — and to listen to leadership — to get out of the pandemic]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 05:02:24 EST <![CDATA[Why France’s energy choice is better]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 05:01:59 EST <![CDATA[Mr. Meadows’s dangerous choice]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 05:00:37 EST <![CDATA[We should work more on ‘Plan A’ with Iran before moving to ‘Plan B’]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:18:25 EST <![CDATA[Lawrence Summers’s honesty on the economy is courageous]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:17:29 EST <![CDATA[Understanding the full impact of climate change]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:16:40 EST <![CDATA[Are Democrats for working Americans or millionaires? ]]> Thu, 09 Dec 2021 03:45:27 EST <![CDATA[The Supreme Court opened the door to legal vigilantism in Texas. California will use the same tool to save lives.]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:55:47 EST <![CDATA[Los Angeles’s anger at its homeless is what’s driving Karen Bass to run for mayor]]> Sat, 18 Dec 2021 01:57:29 EST <![CDATA[A devastated Kentucky town is grateful for help but fears what will happen when the reporters are gone]]> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 08:16:01 EST <![CDATA[Quidditch’s new name might teach J.K. Rowling a surprising lesson]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 03:56:14 EST <![CDATA[Oliver Stone just can’t stop spreading lies about JFK’s assassination]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 01:12:44 EST <![CDATA[The coverage of Build Back Better’s failure is focused on the wrong culprits]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:02:13 EST <![CDATA['Citizen Ashe' traces the life and career of a tennis legend]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 06:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Sarah Palin’s anti-vax talk shows Republicans have become a death cult]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:39:05 EST <![CDATA[My heart is breaking over Broadway]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:05:41 EST

<![CDATA[It’s time to start requiring booster shots]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 01:29:15 EST <![CDATA[ERs are already strained on all fronts. They are not ready for an omicron surge.]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:07:36 EST <![CDATA[As the GOP sheds its moderates, a whirlwind approaches]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:58:44 EST <![CDATA[The U.S. is failing at rapid covid testing. This is a disgrace.]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 03:10:47 EST <![CDATA[bell hooks taught us Black women how to resist — and how to rest]]> Sat, 18 Dec 2021 01:22:24 EST

<![CDATA[Biden’s twin crises of the pandemic demand action, not anger]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:10:03 EST <![CDATA[An educator’s sick lesson plan: Directing third-graders to reenact the Holocaust]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:58:38 EST <![CDATA[Chile’s election produces a victory for the left. Democracy was a winner, too.]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 03:09:25 EST <![CDATA[Manchin might have killed Biden’s agenda — or opened the way to Build Back Better]]> Mon, 20 Dec 2021 02:39:02 EST

<![CDATA[Hypocrisy emerges in Gov.-elect Youngkin’s vow to withdraw from the regional climate compact]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:00:23 EST <![CDATA[Now is the time for D.C. to name a school for a Black woman teacher]]> Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:00:47 EST <![CDATA[In Virginia’s political transition, the one constant is change]]> Wed, 15 Dec 2021 01:21:50 EST <![CDATA[Abortion access shouldn’t depend on where you live]]> Tue, 14 Dec 2021 12:00:49 EST

<![CDATA[Thousands of incarcerated people deserve to come home. Here’s how prosecutors can help.]]> Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Rule of Six: A newly radicalized Supreme Court is poised to reshape the nation]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2021 06:30:50 EST <![CDATA[Have Democrats reached the limits of White appeasement politics?]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 07:59:41 EST <![CDATA[More countries are taking Americans hostage. The U.S. is losing its ability to stop it.]]> Mon, 08 Nov 2021 06:00:13 EST <![CDATA['Citizen Ashe' traces the life and career of a tennis legend]]> Tue, 21 Dec 2021 06:00:00 EST <![CDATA[A doctor’s advice for limiting holiday omicron risk]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 02:26:21 EST <![CDATA[Need a dose of humor in your day? Chat with Alexandra Petri. ]]> Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:00:31 EST <![CDATA[Ask Eugene Robinson about the latest news around the U.S. and world ]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 01:00:30 EST <![CDATA[Chat with Jennifer Rubin about her columns, politics, policy and more]]> Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:00:16 EST <![CDATA[Police reform is not enough. We need to rethink public safety.]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:10:43 EDT <![CDATA[Send a letter to the editor]]> <![CDATA[Contact the reader representative]]> <![CDATA[Submit an op-ed]]>