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Stand and fight

Republicans need to put down the white flags.

A lost generation?

Bleak economy is slowing birth and marriage rates.

Watching Syria descend

How will the U.S., allies protect their interests?

Innovation of Brubeck

Jazz artist was a good man, a great musician.

The changing face of war

Why targeted killings are justifiable in today’s wars.

Obama the instigator

‘Fiscal cliff’ plans show he prefers to double-down.

Post-thought think tank

Why DeMint and Heritage are a perfect pair.

Unfair to Vincent Gray?

Mayor’s office complains about Post coverage.

‘Show us what you got’

Ron Machen must do more in corruption probes

Nothing but a power play

Obama’s designs are not economic but political.

End the war on terror

We can save billions — and our liberties.

An architect of freedom

Oscar Niemeyer leaves an incomparable legacy.

Egypt’s revolution marches on

(Nasser Nasser / AP)

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    Egypt’s revolution marches on

    Changes underway in Cairo will take time.

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  • Repairing America’s elections

    Repairing America’s elections

    Taking the misery out of casting ballots.

    Editorial Board

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  • Mali’s home to terrorism

    Mali’s home to terrorism

    The plan for neutralizing it is weak.

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  • Still questions for Kwame Brown

    Still questions for Kwame Brown

    Clouds around campaign finances remain.

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Opinions Blogs

Greg Sargent

The Plum Line

Obama drops the hammer on Michigan "right to work"...

Greg Sargent

Jennifer Rubin

Right Turn

Hate crimes are down

Jennifer Rubin

Erik Wemple

Erik Wemple

Will George Zimmerman regret Hannity interview?

Erik Wemple

Alexandra Petri

ComPost

Last-minute Christmas shopping and the ‘fiscal...

Alexandra Petri

Ed Rogers

The Insiders

Can Boehner mentor Obama?

Ed Rogers

Joel Achenbach

Achenblog

An epic football game

Joel Achenbach

Tom Toles

Tom Toles

This afternoon is longer

Tom Toles

Dan Malouff

All Opinions Are Local

Paint D.C.’s cabs red

Dan Malouff

PostPartisan

PostScript: Searching for a generation

Rachel Manteuffel

Readers respond to Robert Samuelson's column on faltering economic prospects for young adults.

Mr. President, forget a budget deal "legacy"

Jonathan Bernstein

From ambivalence to acceptance of marriage equality

Jonathan Capehart

Supreme Court takes up DOMA

Jonathan Capehart

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Tom Toles Cartoon

More Toles Cartoons and Blog Posts

Ann Telnaes Animation

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Editorials

Mali’s home to terrorism

Repairing America’s elections

Still questions for Kwame Brown

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PostOpinions Writers

Challenging everything you think you know.

Book Reviews

‘From the Ruins of Empire’

A Marine’s heroic story

The admiral who made the modern Navy

Lifelong activist and intellectual

Drawn into a circle of poetry giants

A Small Town Near Auschwitz

Treason at the CIA

The John Lennon letters

Football at its most outrageous

China and its foreign friends

Wine’s journey through history

The long-playing saga of Columbia Records

The mother behind the author

Henry James’s bridge to modernism

Spanish lessons for modern America

Unwrapping America’s cheese culture

Outlook & Opinions

Feeling typecast, Madame Secretary?

Feeling typecast, Madame Secretary?

Anne-Marie Slaughter

The risks of gender politics.

Morsi’s White House enablers

Morsi’s White House enablers

David Ignatius

Their unblinking support is terribly shortsighted.

Allow the military to prevent suicide

Allow the military to prevent suicide

Dennis J. Reimer and Peter W. Chiarelli

Commanders should be able to talk to troubled soldiers.

One Afghanistan raid, two stories

One Afghanistan raid, two stories

Anna Husarska

Were insurgents killed? Or a family?

What gets shoppers into stores?

What gets shoppers into stores?

Jonathan O’Connell

Selling an experience as well as goods.

Fix our voting system

Fix our voting system

Mark Warner and Gerald E. Connolly

Election Day difficulties demand reforms.

The story her editors killed in 1941

The story her editors killed in 1941

Elizabeth P. McIntosh

A reporter’s account of the fear and destruction after Pearl Harbor.

The appeal of St. Dorothy

The appeal of St. Dorothy

Michael Gerson

A woman of many facets is a good candidate for sainthood.

Stop guessing what a bill will do

Stop guessing what a bill will do

Dylan Matthews

The case for testing policy proposals.

No to a new law against leaks

No to a new law against leaks

Leonard Downie Jr.

The benefits of secrets coming out.

5 myths about the unemployed

5 myths about the unemployed

Rick McGahey and Teresa Ghilarducci

The real effects of jobless benefits, immigration and regulation.

A chief justice’s crusade

A chief justice’s crusade

Jeff Shesol

Book review: “The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist” by John A. Jenkins

Patrick B. Pexton

Patrick B. Pexton

Unfair to Vincent Gray?

Mayor’s office complains about Post coverage.

Patrick B. Pexton

Patrick B. Pexton

The future of Style

The Post must revitalize the short-staffed section.

Patrick B. Pexton

Patrick B. Pexton

A man and his dead child

One front-page photo holds part of the “truth.”

Ombudsman Archive

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Opinions Videos

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama’s many smiles

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama’s many smiles

University of Arkansas political science professor Patrick Stewart analyzes the meaning behind the many smiles of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.
Nationals make ‘The Rough Rider’ a hapless loser

Nationals make ‘The Rough Rider’ a hapless loser

In the long history of organized sports, no team or individual at the collegiate or professional level has ever lost 500 times in a row. But if one current streak continues, history of the wrong kind will be made midway through the fourth inning at Nationals Park on Aug. 18, when the world will witness perhaps the first competitor in a professional sports arena to lose for the 500th consecutive time.
Bars, not playgrounds

Bars, not playgrounds

Video: City’s rapid growth highlights development plan’s shortcomings.
When loans hurt more than they help (2:07)

When loans hurt more than they help (2:07)

Microcredit expert David Roodman discusses why providing loans to the world's poor isn't always in their best interest.
The ads Mitt Romney should run

The ads Mitt Romney should run

Democratic strategist Tad Devine gives examples of the types of TV advertisements that could help GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
Congress achieves worst year in Washington

Congress achieves worst year in Washington

The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza named Congress winner of "The Worst Year in Washington" award after a 2011 full of empty promises and inaction.
Rep. Weiner, Obama and D.C. sports hoping for a better 2012

Rep. Weiner, Obama and D.C. sports hoping for a better 2012

There weren't too many bright spots in 2011 for Rep. Anthony Weiner, President Barack Obama or D.C. sports, all named winners of The Fix's "Bad Year in Washington" by Chris Cillizza.
Washington's winners in 2011

Washington's winners in 2011

The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza explains why Newt Gingrich and the Clinton family had such great years.
Why District filmgoers deserve better

Why District filmgoers deserve better

The Washington Post's Ned Martel discusses the unique traits of the D.C. moviegoers and why the nation's capital should be on the forefront of film releases.
The Insiders

The Insiders

Veteran Democratic strategist Carter Eskew and veteran Republican strategist Ed Rogers launch a conversation about Election 2012.
To see - or be seen? The hipster-frames story

To see - or be seen? The hipster-frames story

The Washington Post's Ned Martel tries on some of the big and chunky frames that are showing up on the faces of celebrities and Washington insiders.
China’s wrong track

China’s wrong track

Is the nation’s high-speed rail really a model for the U.S. transportation system? Based on his travels in China, Washington Post editorial writer Charles Lane thinks not.