Opinion
Schwab: Difference between Trump and other GOP presidents?
Others may have sought similar policies, but who gives a thumbs-up posing with a newly orphaned child?
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Petri: McConnell now realizes Beto’s right; Senate not enough
After O’Rourke dug into his presidential campaign, it dawned on Mitch how he had wasted his career.
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McArdle: There’s a problem with mandating ‘yes means yes’
It reduces mutual sexual encounters to the terms of a legal contract and presents its own lack of…
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Gerson: A curse word is where evangelicals draw line on Trump?
Do we feel the violation of a religious rule more intensely than the violation of human dignity?
Opinion
Ignatius: Hong Kong can’t pretend we have its back; we don’t
Trump’s flippant remarks about ‘riots’ were wrong, but he’s right not to offer idle promises of support.
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Dionne: Can’t put America first without projecting our values
Trump’s refusal to stand with Hong Kong hasn’t won leverage with China in trade negotiations.
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McArdle: Solutions in hands of NRA, media, not government
Legal solutions to gun violence are limited. But gun owners and media can affect meaningful change.
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Will: Why is Chicago taking sides in an eatery turf war?
The city and Illinois courts are backing dubious rules that side with restaurants over food trucks.
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Ignatius: A winning — yet ignored — issue for Democrats: China
To compete with China, we’ll need a stonger U.S. Yet candidates haven’t challenged Trump on his failures.
Opinion
Rampell: What Scaramucci’s quick turn on Trump represents
That Trump lost his support — after Trump tweets — could be the start of an exodus by…
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Robinson: Cruelty not accidential; it’s Trump’s intention
Even for legal immigrants, Trump’s policies are intended to penalize and discourage nonwhites.
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Saunders: Democrats villifying Trump’s donors by naming them
Rep. Julian Castro tweeted the names of Trump donors in an attack on Trump’s immigration policies.
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Harrop: Boycotting Trump donors is about saving the nation
A New York developer and Trump donor is shocked by calls to boycott his businesses. Get used to…
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Petri: Simple operation allows you to ‘Build-a-Trump’ to order
Like the tax cuts, but his hatreds make you queasy? Just focus on what you support and ignore…
Business
Real estate could be a proving ground for ‘woke capitalism’
The sector is stubbornly local in nature: Problems are solved and deals are made face to face.
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Saunders: Trump trods on Swedish justice to pander for votes
After Sweden helped win a U.S. hostage’s release, Trump’s demand for a rapper’s release seems silly.
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Parker: Epstein’s fate couldn’t happen to a weirder guy
Because they don’t get much weirder; eugenics, cryogenics and a New Mexican ranch called Zorro.
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Petri: Search resumes for match to Trump’s intelligence
Trump doesn’t want a ‘yes’ man; he wants someone who can say no, when Trump wants to say…
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Robinson: Debates were interesting, just not satsifying
Biden may be vulnerable, but Democrats need to focus on Trump or leave the race and run for…
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McArdle: In Round 2 vs. Biden, Harris shows a glass jaw
The senator had few details on her health care plan, and her defenses of it were sometimes incoherent.