Saturday's Opinions: Memo to GOP: Forget 2016. Start thinking 2018 and 2020.

What about police misconduct in your city? That's confidential.; The pursuit of capital punishment for Dylann Roof is a step backward; The GOP's Trumpian deflation; Nate Parker, acquitted on a rape charge, owes us more than words; Can progress on climate change keep up with its quickening pace?; Politics is cutting the heart out of Public Ivies; I meditated on Trump. He's a mean, scary, hurtful person.; Becoming a better neighbor to wildlife; Virginia remains in play; A narrow view won't ease congestion; The singular danger of Trump; The looming deficit problem; Republicans can't pretend not to know what fuels the Trump campaign; Happy Hour Roundup; Who is the real ‘racist,’ Clinton or Trump? This doesn’t seem like a fair fight.; Other presidential first date movies; This is the worst presidential campaign in modern history; A practical solution to keep the Trans-Pacific Partnership alive; The crisis of morality at Fox News     Gerald Herbert / AP Tom C. Korologos and Richard V. Allen Memo to GOP: Forget 2016. Start thinking 2018 and 2020. Republicans recovered from Goldwater after 1964. They can bounce back from Trump. Read more » Latest Columns Jeffrey D. Stein What about police misconduct in your city? That's confidential. Transparency benefits the many officers who do their jobs correctly and helps police departments spot bad apples. Read more »   Wade Henderson The pursuit of capital punishment for Dylann Roof is a step backward The death penalty in the South should be abolished, not "equally" applied to whites and blacks. Read more »     Kathleen Parker The GOP's Trumpian deflation His "softening" position on immigration turns his candidacy into a laughing matter. Read more »   Alyssa Rosenberg Nate Parker, acquitted on a rape charge, owes us more than words The writer, director and star of 'The Birth of a Nation' should put money where his mouth is. Read more »   Tom Steyer Can progress on climate change keep up with its quickening pace? Even cautious scientists are debating whether the previously accepted climate timelines are overly conservative. Read more »   Charles R. Pruitt Politics is cutting the heart out of Public Ivies State universities used to be a source of pride that transcended partisan affiliations, but increasingly, they are becoming policy battlegrounds. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Colbert I. King I meditated on Trump. He's a mean, scary, hurtful person. What I learned from pondering a week's worth of devotionals. Read more »   Julia Schaefer GomeZ Becoming a better neighbor to wildlife Ducklings can't swim for long periods, so let's build our city to help them. Read more »   Mark Rozell Virginia remains in play We may be seeing an update of the Wilder effect. Read more »   PATRICK wOJAHN A narrow view won't ease congestion A cars-first (or only) approach is wrong for our region. Read more »     Dana Milbank The singular danger of Trump He stands opposed to the civic values we teach children. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes For Republicans, Zika is spelled with many Z’s Men: Stop telling women what to wear For them, reality never bites. The French burkini ban evokes similarities with the morality police in Iran and Saudi Arabia.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View The looming deficit problem Modest reforms and reasonable tax increases would set the country on a much better path. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Republicans can't pretend not to know what fuels the Trump campaign It's not a dog whistle if we can all hear the bigotry. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Who is the real ‘racist,’ Clinton or Trump? This doesn’t seem like a fair fight. This particular playing field is not tilted in Trump's favor. By Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Other presidential first date movies There could be 44 of these. By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   This is the worst presidential campaign in modern history No matter what, our next president will be a flawed character. By Ed Rogers  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   A practical solution to keep the Trans-Pacific Partnership alive Getting off on the right foot in 2017. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   The crisis of morality at Fox News Ed Henry comes back, to a general-assignment role. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   In Theory Emerging ideas and the arguments behind the news. Sign Up »         Share Opinions:       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. 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