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The Republican circus

The latest IRS hearing was a charade.

A stronger Constitution

It could limit the U.S.’s spending habit.

LBJ’s way

Current politicians can learn from him.

Support Ukraine

No matter what the reasoning.

Putin’s stolen playbook

He takes a page from anti-Soviet CIA operations.

Dissing Sen. Feinstein

Michael Hayden’s dig was indeed sexist.

Southern charm

I was condemning stereotypes.

Kiss it goodbye

The GOP made its ‘war on women’ worse.

A war against citizens

‘McCutcheon’ decision caters to billionaires.

An ‘emotional’ response

It’s the right take on the torture report.

A right to health care

The GOP needs to accept that fact.

Cure for political ills

Lawmakers might benefit from marijuana.

The day after an Iran deal

  • The day after an Iran deal

    The day after an Iran deal

    The U.S. could face an emboldened Iran.

    David H. Petraeus and Vance Serchuk

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  • Equal-pay demagoguery

    Equal-pay demagoguery

    Democrats’ rhetoric on the issue is revolting.

    Ruth Marcus

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  • O’Reilly calls Colbert a ‘deceiver’

    O’Reilly calls Colbert a ‘deceiver’

    Cable stars, duking it out.

    Erik Wemple

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  • Saving South Sudan

    Saving South Sudan

    The whole country is engulfed in chaos.

    Editorial Board

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Paul Waldman

The Plum Line

Happy Hour Roundup

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Jennifer Rubin

Right Turn

The defining moments for Bush and Obama

Jennifer Rubin

Radley Balko

The Watch

The myth of the impartial juror

Radley Balko

Catherine Rampell

Rampage

Senators: They’re just like us!

Catherine Rampell

Alyssa Rosenberg

Act Four

Epilogue

Alyssa Rosenberg

Erik Wemple

Erik Wemple

Yahoo Beauty editor doubles as cosmetic executive

Erik Wemple

Alexandra Petri

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Alexandra Petri

Tom Toles

Tom Toles

Busy Bees!

Tom Toles

Norman Leahy and Paul Goldman

All Opinions Are Local

400,000 ways for McAuliffe to win on Medicaid

Norman Leahy and Paul Goldman

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Joel Achenbach

PostPartisan

Derrick Gordon, Matt Dooley and the Jason Collins effect

Jonathan Capehart

More gay athletes follow the path Jason Collins set.

The Democrats’ Koch habit won’t help them in November

Ed Rogers

Paul Ryan’s poor ‘savings’ plan

Jonathan Capehart

The Rwandan genocide, twenty years later

David Ignatius

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Editorials

Saving South Sudan

A risk worth taking

A shooting in Pr. George’s

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Tom Toles Cartoon

A long wait to vote

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Letters to the Editor

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Outlook & Opinions

College football in 2020

College football in 2020

Donald H. Yee

How players’ unions will change the game — for the better.

5 myths about the Boston bombing

5 myths about the Boston bombing

Susan Zalkind

Could it have been prevented?

Boston’s attack and its marathon recovery

Boston’s attack and its marathon recovery

Lenny Bernstein

“Long Mile Home” is a harrowing story of the bombing and a touching portrait of a city.

More power for Afghan women

More power for Afghan women

Afghani Barakzai

How economic growth can aid women’s rights.

Bowser’s work isn’t done

Bowser’s work isn’t done

Jonetta Rose Barras

The general election race for mayor could be hotly contested.

Opting out? Wrong answer.

Opting out? Wrong answer.

Michelle Rhee

Michelle Rhee on the importance of standardized testing.

The torture of solitary

The torture of solitary

Mary E. Buser

A nation that prides itself on its human rights has lost its way.

Syrians are still suffering

Syrians are still suffering

Dima Wannous

Three years into the war, death and violence barely make the news.

Mayor Gray’s worst week

Mayor Gray’s worst week

Chris Cillizza

How a victory led to defeat.

‘How did you get my bike?’

‘How did you get my bike?’

Adele Levine

My perfect bike was stolen. When I found it I wanted answers.

Challenging everything you think you know.

PostOpinions Writers

Book Reviews

‘From Pompeii,’ by Ingrid D. Rowland

‘E.E. Cummings,’ by Susan Cheever

Panorama of the tormented Congo

Ward Just’s latest books might just be his best

Horrors that befell Marines at home in North Carolina

The mighty cocktail that leads to superhuman achievement

In search of the real John Wayne

Boston’s attack and its marathon recovery

The secret to the success of Twitter founder Biz Stone

‘A Broken Hallelujah,’ by Liel Leibovitz

‘Plato at the Googleplex,’ by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

The small-minded general who was an innovative genius

Are we forever destined for economic inequality?

Were the 1950s better than today?

The life of the Human Vacuum Cleaner

No, Billy Joel, only the good die old