Opinions P.M.: Obama’s dangerous distortion of the terrorist threat

After the slaughter in Nice, are we safe anywhere?; Mike Pence: Running mate — or egg?; Pokemon Go, An Honest Review; Trump: You can fool a lot of the people a lot of the time; Lunch links: St. Louis County town settles ‘debtors prison’ lawsuit; Three ways for Democrats to react to the Pence pick; Syllogisms for the 2016 race; Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly redeems the phoner TV interview; The attack in Nice shouldn't have been a surprise; Mike Pence's hypocritical decision to run on Trump's ticket; On terrorism, Republicans reach for new heights of stupidity and moral repugnance; What’s wrong with America’s police forces? Absolutely everything, or nothing at all.; Mourning the loss of the GOP; If ‘Ghostbusters’ is a feminist victory, feminist pop culture is doomed;     Laurent Cipriani / AP After the slaughter in Nice, are we safe anywhere? With three major attacks in 18 months, my sense of safety about living in France has changed. By Joel Dreyfuss  •  Read more » Mike Pence: Running mate — or egg? Indiana Gov. Mike Pence can take some comfort from the 1968 campaign. By Sebastian Mallaby  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Pokemon Go, An Honest Review Pokemon Stop. By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   Obama's dangerous distortion of the terrorist threat Articulating the danger only in "existential" terms leads to a myopic, insular foreign policy. By Juan C. Zarate  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump: You can fool a lot of the people a lot of the time Believe it. By Tom Toles  •  Read more »   Lunch links: St. Louis County town settles ‘debtors prison’ lawsuit Plus: Criminalizing poverty in Virginia, black GOP senator speaks out on discrimination by police, using science to predict police shootings. By Radley Balko  •  The Watch  •  Read more » Three ways for Democrats to react to the Pence pick By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more » Syllogisms for the 2016 race Logic will keep us together. By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly redeems the phoner TV interview Despite criticism, a telephone chat on television works just fine. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   The attack in Nice shouldn't have been a surprise It seems to have been ripped out of the al-Qaeda playbook. By Marc A. Thiessen  •  Read more »   Mike Pence's hypocritical decision to run on Trump's ticket The Indiana governor is a proven conservative, making him an odd match for the ideologically flexible Trump. By Editorial Board  •  The Post's View  •  Read more »   On terrorism, Republicans reach for new heights of stupidity and moral repugnance The way to stop "lone wolf" attacks is loyalty tests and foreign invasions? Really? By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   What’s wrong with America’s police forces? Absolutely everything, or nothing at all. Review of "To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police" by Norm Stamper and "The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe" by Heather Mac Donald. By Carlos Lozada  •  Book Party  •  Read more »   Mourning the loss of the GOP It is time to move on. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   If ‘Ghostbusters’ is a feminist victory, feminist pop culture is doomed Paul Feig's disappointing "Ghostbusters" reboot shows just how reactive feminist criticism of Hollywood has become. By Alyssa Rosenberg  •  Act Four  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   In Theory Emerging ideas and the arguments behind the news. Sign Up »         Share Opinions P.M.:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Opinions. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071