Tuesday's Opinions: A (probably futile) plea for sanity in the Senate

Bringing peace to the Mideast is Kushner's second-toughest job; Fox serves up a fetid reminder that when you're a star, you can still do anything | Sponsored by Morgan Stanley   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images   Ruth Marcus A (probably futile) plea for sanity in the Senate Using the "nuclear option" to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court would be toxic. Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Latest Columns   Eugene Robinson Bringing peace to the Mideast is Kushner's second-toughest job He's the busiest operator in the White House, and the hardest to fire. Read more »     Michael Gerson Fox serves up a fetid reminder that when you're a star, you can still do anything Scandals remind us that the bad old days aren't part of the past yet. Read more »     Catherine Rampell Trump's court needs a fool The notoriously thin-skinned president would do well to have someone whose sole job it is to tell the truth. Read more »     Dana Milbank The one thing these senators can agree on: They're about to do something very bad The "nuclear option" isn't in either party's interest, but both sides of the aisle are ready to blow things up. Read more »     Richard Cohen Serving a president who feels no one else's pain Despite Nikki Haley's efforts to speak up for human rights, U.S. foreign policy is a mess thanks to Trump. Read more »   Marc A. Thiessen Do Democrats really want to provoke an unprecedented showdown over Gorsuch? The choice is theirs. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes When World’s Greatest Dealmaker Trump says this, don’t give him a hand It’s okay — Pence’s wife is there His reputation trails along behind him. The vice president cast the tiebreaking vote to allow states to withhold funds from family-planning clinics that provide abortions.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View The Senate is on the brink of an historic mistake The Senate is on the brink of making a hstoric mistake that would erode both its standing and that of the judiciary. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   New CBO numbers offer a dose of reality on tax reform The Congressional Budget Office's latest projections should complicate the coming debate on tax reform. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   External pressure, not empty talk, can rescue Venezuela International condemnation helped force the Maduro regime to back off from a ruling that stripped the legislature of its power. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs Trump administration punts on whether it will allow immigrant spouses to continue working For all the claims from this administration that it's "pro-business," the amount of policy uncertainty Trump has been generating -- on taxes, health care, trade and now immigration -- is inexcusably anti-business. By Catherine Rampell  •  Rampage  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   The Daily Spicer: Barely comprehensible mainstream media criticism edition The Daily Spicer resolves to monitor future Spicer media criticism for internal logic, coherence and comprehensibility. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   The Democrats’ best argument for filibustering Gorsuch The argument for the filibuster is best made on the merits. By Sarah Posner  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Republicans’ 2018 doomsday scenario What if the GOP doesn't turn things around by 2018? By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s ethics quagmire "Scandal follows ‎conflict of interest like night follows day." By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   DemocracyPost Opinions and commentary that illuminate the challenges facing democracy around the world. 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