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A ‘sucker’s deal’

The U.S. offer to Iran is absurdly asymmetric.

The Dems’ mistake

Changing filibuster rules was a bad move.

A bureaucratic problem

Why Americans hate their government.

Forced to go nuclear

Republicans drove Harry Reid to act.

The real John Kennedy

His conservatism is an inconvenient truth.

Lawmaker to lawbreaker

Rep. Trey Radel seems he’s sorry he got caught.

What we lost on Nov. 22

We mourn JFK, and so much more.

A path to democracy?

Egypt is trying to take steps in that direction.

The GOP strategy

The party is using fear against Obamacare.

Our rhetorical crimes

Some comparisons should never be made.

The Republican plan

Voter suppression and money are key.

Respectfully disagreeing

Liz Cheney deserves to be heard.

The ‘nuclear’ fallout

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  • The ‘nuclear’ fallout

    The ‘nuclear’ fallout

    The two parties should have compromised.

    Editorial Board

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  • Republicans are at fault

    Republicans are at fault

    Dems had to change the filibuster rules.

    James Downie

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  • C.S. Lewis, 50 years later

    C.S. Lewis, 50 years later

    His writings remain a joy to read.

    Michael Gerson

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  • A long crusade pays off

    A long crusade pays off

    A reflection about the Senate’s big news.

    Greg Sargent

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PostPartisan

New Obamacare marketing - “Sign-up and shut up or the IRS will be calling.“

Ed Rogers

The president’s “rebranding and remarketing” quest is nothing more than an effort to mask the truth about Obamacare: that Obamacare means more cancelled plans, less options, lower quality of health care, and broken promises.

The ‘nuclear option’ represents an awful way to run the country

Stephen Stromberg

Did frustrated mainstream Republicans help pull the trigger?

Jonathan Bernstein

Obama and Senate Democrats were right to go nuclear

Jonathan Capehart

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Opinions Blogs

Jonathan Bernstein

The Plum Line

Happy Hour Roundup

Jonathan Bernstein

Jennifer Rubin

Right Turn

The oldest hatred

Jennifer Rubin

Erik Wemple

Erik Wemple

Facebook declares party off the record

Erik Wemple

Alexandra Petri

ComPost

Commemoration Fatigue

Alexandra Petri

Joel Achenbach

Achenblog

NFL football: For me, the losing can wait

Joel Achenbach

Tom Toles

Thursday’s outtake

Tom Toles Cartoon

More Toles Cartoons and Blog Posts

Ann Telnaes Animation

Selfies

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Editorials

No Robin Hood

D.C. Council’s latest head-scratcher

The ‘nuclear’ fallout

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Outlook & Opinions

Living up to Gettysburg

Living up to Gettysburg

Drew Gilpin Faust

Are we honoring Lincoln’s message?

A climate wake-up call?

A climate wake-up call?

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Typhoon Haiyan is just one of many signs of a warming planet.

President Obama’s worst week

President Obama’s worst week

Chris Cillizza

Making apologies, and analogies, for the health-care law.

Two siblings at the center of American foreign policy

Two siblings at the center of American foreign policy

Gordon Goldstein

Stephen Kinzer’s “The Brothers” presents a devastating critique of Allen and John Foster Dulles.

Searching for Gettysburg

Searching for Gettysburg

Alexandra Petri

Does it matter if we remember what was said there more clearly than what happened?

A smarter way to help

A smarter way to help

Vijaya Ramachandran and Owen Barder

Transparency and biometric IDs can boost the Philippines aid effort.

On Iran, don’t wait for perfect

On Iran, don’t wait for perfect

Kenneth M. Pollack

A nuclear deal doesn’t have to be ideal — just the best option.

The secret government warrior next door

The secret government warrior next door

Micah Zenko

How Cold War planning changed the D.C. suburbs.

Five myths about JFK

(Mike Stilkey for The Washington Post)

Larry J. Sabato

From debates to secret documents.

PostOpinions Writers

Local Blog Network

Is DCPS ready to outsource middle schools to charters?

Natalie Wexler

Chancellor Kaya Henderson takes a strange detour from her usual can-do optimism.

Va. gets (another) mental health wake-up call

Peter Galuszka

A small step toward taller D.C. buildings

David Alpert

Ken Cuccinelli vs. Mark Warner in 2014?

Norman Leahy

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Letters to the Editor

More Letters

Challenging everything you think you know.

Book Reviews

‘1913: The Year Before the Storm,’ details key year for modernism

The men who made a nation indivisible

Stilwell and the Chinese experience in China

A media mogul named Murdoch and his crazy antics

Hello — anybody out there in the universe?

Nora Ephron reflects

Two siblings at the center of American foreign policy

The secret government warrior next door

Biography: ‘Sydney and Violet,’ by Stephen Klaidman

How to use journalists to maximum effect

The National Gallery’s evolution, and the man behind it

The rise and fall of America’s rise and fall

Who was Ben Franklin’s sister Jane?

Once upon a time, the speaker and president could agree

Do many worldwide want to eliminate Israel and the Jews?

The author of ‘Bel Canto’ chooses herself as her subject