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Schwab: Subject line of a friend’s email simply read, ‘Plans’

A fellow surgeon and friend confronts death with the calmness and dry humor he always exhibited.

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Petri: Join Joe on a stream-of-consciousness hot-air balloon

Biden anecdotes aren’t easy to follow but they paint a nice Norman Rockwell picture, don’t they?

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Harrop: Parents, think before you hit ‘share’ on your kid’s pic

Will your posts of your kids’ past haunt them as adults? And just who’s lurking on social media…

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Ignatius: The very model of a modern major Trump official

Gen. Joseph Dunford, retiring joint chiefs chairman, was a valued adviser who avoided chaos.

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McArdle: Why conservatives are split on how to fight the left

The choice for conservatives appears to be either losing gracefully or fighting to the bitter end?

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Milbank: While we were distracted, federal agencies gutted

As with other agencies, the Trump administration quietly moves to incapacitate a functioning BLM.

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Parker: Sanford’s challenge of Trump comes at wrong time

The right time might have been before the former governor fled the country for an extramarital tryst.

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Milbank: What was really ‘unbeknownst’ to us in Taliban treaty

What led Trump to believe a pact with an unrepentant enemy, signed near 9-11, would be a good…

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Ignatius: A win for diplomacy among U.S. allies in Syria

One challenge for the U.S. response in Syria is keeping the peace between Turkey and the Kurds.

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Harrop: Can we use good money donated by bad people?

It can depend on what was known at the time the money was accepted, but generally, yes.

Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, Sept. 10

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Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, Sept. 10

A sketchy look at the day in politics.

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Robinson: Responding to one disaster, preparing for the next

Along with hurricane relief, we also must address the climate change that has intensified storms.

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Ignatius: Trump can foster a good peace out of failed talks

A pact with the Taliban would have been a failure; here’s how Trump can reset the table for…

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Saunders: Trump should do for teacher what he did for rapper

His efforts to ‘#FreeRocky’ should now be repeated for a Pennsylvanian teacher jailed by Egypt.

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Burke: A ‘gun guy’s take on rights, a response to shootings

Regardless of individual beliefs on the issues, no one wants to see one more death of an innocent.

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Petri: Facebook has some dating suggestions for you

Not that you should be concerned, but we at Facebook know you pretty well. Let us show you…

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Milbank: For storytime, here’s ‘Donald and the Black Sharpie’

Donald was an imaginative little boy who could use his pen to draw the world as he wished…

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Harrop: Exciting, inspiring? Biden’s not, yet he leads polls

Warren and Sanders attract throngs to rallies, but Biden is seen as the best bet to end Trump’s…

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Rampell: Democrats need to fight Trump on his War on Children

The Trump administration has caged them and denied them benefits. That ought to be a campaign issue.

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Robinson: The tempest outlined with a Sharpie

In scheme of things, Dorian deserves more attention, but Trump’s map says so much about him.