Saturday's Opinions: Trump wants the forgotten men and women to stay forgotten

Trump's budget logic: Help single moms by building the wall; Questions for Judge Gorsuch; A DNA test upended everything I knew about my identity. Now who am I?; How labeling my organization a hate group shuts down public debate; Russia is Trump's Watergate. Will he react like Nixon?; How Trump should respond to the Cork Wine Bar lawsuit; A new window into the extraordinary life of Sally Hemings; Montgomery County decides to hide, instead of confront, its ugly history; Why Dominion's electric rate freeze in Virginia is good for residents; Is Gorsuch an originalist? Not so fast.; So far, Trump has been mercifully incompetent; Neil Gorsuch is the kind of judge our framers envisioned; The governor's race that could define the Democratic Party's future; Admit it: We love grousing about the other side's double standards; Trump's new travel order is self-defeating— and maybe legal, too; Trump has a chance to correct Obama's mistake on Venezuela; The D.C. Council should not try to derail the city's school voucher program; Gory, glorious details on the life of the ultimate war correspondent; Open Thread; The battle within Fox News; Happy Hour Roundup; Trump on challenged surveillance claim: Hey, check with Fox News; Dear Fox News et al.: How does it feel to be taken very, very seriously?; How the White House made me Real News     Michael Reynolds / Bloomberg   Ruth Marcus Trump wants the forgotten men and women to stay forgotten His health-care plan and budget proposal are targeting the people who voted for him. Read more » Latest Columns   Kathleen Parker Trump's budget logic: Help single moms by building the wall The president has a peculiar definition of "great." Read more »     George F. Will Questions for Judge Gorsuch Do you think judges should decide which liberties to protect or neglect? Read more »   Kati Marton A DNA test upended everything I knew about my identity. Now who am I? The results raised questions about my family once again, years after the Holocaust. Read more »   Mark Krikorian How labeling my organization a hate group shuts down public debate The Southern Poverty Law Center's blacklist is about limiting public debate. Read more »   Colbert I. King Russia is Trump's Watergate. Will he react like Nixon? A ghost is hanging over the new presidency. Read more »   Nicholas W. Allard How Trump should respond to the Cork Wine Bar lawsuit The president could set an ethical example by expanding his D.C. dining options. Read more »   Sally Cabot Gunning A new window into the extraordinary life of Sally Hemings Opening her room at Monticello will force us to acknowledge her mark on our history beyond the role she's thus far been assigned. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Gene Meyer Montgomery County decides to hide, instead of confront, its ugly history For the second time, revisionism and reconstruction march hand in hand. Read more »   Mark Webb Why Dominion's electric rate freeze in Virginia is good for residents Regulatory uncertainty should not mean higher bills for customers. Read more »   David M. Dorsen Is Gorsuch an originalist? Not so fast. A recent speech suggests so; his book suggests not. Read more »     Dana Milbank So far, Trump has been mercifully incompetent He once said we were "led by very, very stupid people." He's finally right! Read more »   Deanell Reece Tacha and Robert Henry Neil Gorsuch is the kind of judge our framers envisioned His respect for an independent judiciary is exactly what we need. Read more »   John Podesta The governor's race that could define the Democratic Party's future One candidate in Virginia has a blueprint for resisting Trump. Read more »   Barton Swaim Admit it: We love grousing about the other side's double standards Imagine if a Republican (or a Democrat) had said that. The horror! Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Trump’s budget makes sense if you include magical thinking Trump’s budget cuts what makes us civilized Close your eyes and wish very hard. Trump's budget plan cuts funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting while giving a bit increase to military spending.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View Trump's new travel order is self-defeating— and maybe legal, too The courts have a long history of deferring to presidents on immigration. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Trump has a chance to correct Obama's mistake on Venezuela Time to support its suspension from the Organization of American States. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   The D.C. Council should not try to derail the city's school voucher program The federal program helps the students who need it the most. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   "Free For All" Letters Gory, glorious details on the life of the ultimate war correspondent John Kelly's Feb. 28 Metro column, "Aboard a torpedoed ocean liner was this reporter's idea of somewhere to be," about one of the most colorful characters in the annals of journalism, Floyd Gibbons,... Read more »   Latest Blogs Open Thread All yours. By Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   The battle within Fox News The Trump White House is exposing a standards-deprived operation at Fox News. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Trump on challenged surveillance claim: Hey, check with Fox News Yesterday, Fox News was a reliable source; today, maybe not so much — check with them! By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Dear Fox News et al.: How does it feel to be taken very, very seriously? Fox News, IJ Review, Breitbart and others: They're finding a wider audience these days. And wider scrutiny. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   How the White House made me Real News You might wonder why the White House would cite my piece. But you need look no further than the headline. By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  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. 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. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071