Opinion
Parker: Trump using good news to counter media’s focus on bad
If you’re sensing some serenity in Trump it may be because he knows the power of perception.
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Robinson: Lawyer’s tape of Trump makes one thing clear
Whether cash or check was to be used to squelch a story isn’t the issue. That it sounded…
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Schwab: 400 pages in black and white and yet Trump & Co. persist
The Carter Page warrant shows clear justification for surveillance. Unless you’re on the couch, too.
Business
Small business could benefit from a skunk works
Solving problems and developing new products can be done much faster outside the usual bureaucracy.
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Ignatius: Goal of Russia’s sloppy spycraft not intel but chaos
Putin’s goal isn’t to steal secrets but to destabilize America’s political system.
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Thiessen: Trump’s tariffs may be greatest free-trade tool ever
The deal’s still to be worked out, but Trump got the E.U. to consider eliminating all trade barriers.
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Gerson: For which moral blind spots will we own apologies?
Mass incarceration? Easy availability of psychoactive drugs? Abuse of genetics? There are others.
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Parker: Trump is not Putin’s poodle; breed is better than that
Contrary to belief, poodles are brave, fearless, intelligent and the opposite of subservient.
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Harrop: Democrats should move to the center — of the country
Democrats far from the oceans seem more attuned to ordinary voters and less indulgent of activists.
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Will: Protectionism shows how unpersuasive evidence is
Blocking ports to produce wealth — as tariffs do — works as well as pulling sunbeams from cucumbers.
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Dionne: Trump and his administration use new lies to bury old
In denying reality, Trump believes lies can sow enough confusion to keep the truth from taking hold.
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Editorial: Wagoner, Lewis for 39th District posts
Republican Keith Wagoner and Democrat Ivan Lewis would represent the rural district well.
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Ignatius: Trump, ‘the solo golfer’ ignoring his own advisers
Newt Gingrich sees a problem: ‘The world is far too complicated for one person to control everything.’
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Thiessen: Now Democrats are the Russia hawks? What took them?
But before they blast Democrats as hypocrites, Republicans must take care not to become apologists.
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Robinson: GOP won’t rein in Trump; voters will have to
A Democratic majority in the House, if not the Senate, can hold Trump accountable for a change.
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Harrop: Trump’s ‘shooting’ victims aren’t on Fifth Avenue
They’re down on the farm and factory floor, and their sacrifices in the trade war won’t pay off.
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Burke: How Trump really measures against other presidents
The president has invited comparisons to his stance against Russia. Let’s take a look, shall we?
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Milbank: The departed, Trump assures us, look down upon him
And they’re smiling and approve of how he runs the country. It’s just too bad they can’t vote.
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Parker: She fought to fly, now fights to serve in Congress
Ashley Nickloes is a long-shot in Tennessee but she faced tougher roads as an officer and mom.
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Robinson: What Trump calls the ‘deep state’ may save the nation
Our foreign policy public servants may be the only ones who can save us from Trump’s collision.