Opinion
Milbank: Better to feign ignorance than comment on Trump?
Even his coming retirement hasn’t freed House Speaker Paul Ryan from his self-imposed gag rule.
Opinion
Thiessen: Yes, Secretary Clinton, your emails
The report on Clinton’s emails shows hostile actors gained access to classified material.
Opinion
Snohomish city plan for Second Street would harm residents
Snohomish Mayor John Kartak applied for a state grant to design a major makeover of Second Street, currently…
Opinion
Harrop: Women’s dignity counts for nothing in Trump World
Which is why Rudy Giuliani makes assumptions about what Melania thinks of Trump’s alleged affair.
Opinion
Gerson: Poor reading of Bible can’t defend cruelty at border
Trump officials would be wise to read what the Bible says about those who cause a child to…
Opinion
Milbank: The Grand Old Party has become the Cult of Trump
In justifying cruelty with a Bible quote, Republicans check off a characteristic on the cult list.
Opinion
Saunders: Two words you didn’t hear: verifiable, irreversible
Trump and Kim may trust each other, but stronger language needs to back their handshake deal.
Opinion
Parker: There has to be a better way at the border
The ‘solution’ of separating child and parent takes a toll on those detained but also on our humanity.
Opinion
Robinson: Taking children from parents is what dictators do
The White House isn’t even hiding the fact that the purpose of this inhumanity is to instill fear.
Opinion
Schwab: ‘President Putin on the line for you, Mr. President’
Before it could be ripped up, we got the transcript of the latest call between Trump and Putin.
Opinion
Thiessen: It’s too early to criticize Trump’s diplomatic effort
President Trump won’t make the same mistakes with a North Korea deal that Obama made with Iran.
Opinion
Milbank: What passes for concern in a Dickensian America
Fearful of Trump’s base, some in GOP manage a weak display of compassion on addiction, immigration.
Opinion
Ignatius: ‘Velvet revolution’ makes Armenia a nation of smiles
It’s tossed its authoritarian leader but faces challenges from Russia and a history of corruption.
Business
What would Singletary do in these financial quandaries?
I do my best to provide informed answers based on my experience and reporting.
Business
On presidential legacies and the economy
How they deal with the economy they inherit can give us a sense of their strengths and shortcomings.
Opinion
Harrop: The economic argument for protecting public lands
If Trump and Co. can’t see beauty in public lands, maybe they’ll see value in the recreation industry.
Opinion
Milbank: Obama’s ‘coddling’ is now Trumpian diplomacy
We know what Republicans would have said if Obama made Trump’s deal with Kim. They told us.
Opinion
Ignatius: In deal with Trump, Kim artfully gives up little
Trump wanted the summit so badly, Kim won legitimacy in trade for his own unanchored promises.
Opinion
Rampell: Republicans take coward’s way out on health care law
Rather than pass a law, the GOP is using a backdoor to end protections for pre-existing conditions.
Opinion
Milbank: At last, a president who opposes Canada’s tyranny
If Canada and its cronies aren’t going to put America first, Trump should form a new G-8.