Friday's Opinions: The conservative mind has become diseased

In America, attacks on the press are turning literal; How Saudi Arabia played Donald Trump | Sponsored by Qualcomm   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Democratic National Committee   Michael Gerson The conservative mind has become diseased Conspiracy delusions figure prominently in the discrediting madness that has seized the movement. Read more » Latest Columns Joel Simon and Alexandra Ellerbeck In America, attacks on the press are turning literal It is crucial that Trump condemn the "body-slamming" incident in Montana. Read more »   Fareed Zakaria How Saudi Arabia played Donald Trump The administration's foreign policy puts Saudis, not Americans, first. Read more »     David Ignatius How the world can prepare for the 'day after' the Islamic State Policymakers should avoid a continuation of the sectarian catastrophe that has befallen Iraq and Syria. Read more »   Sheila Bair and Paul A. Volcker These rules could stop the next big financial crisis. Don't get rid of them. It would be a serious misstep to eliminate the regulatory tools necessary to end bailouts of Lehman-like financial firms in the future. Read more »   Pat Crawford and Wendi Gosliner Energy drinks are killing young people. It's time to stop that. Last month's caffeine overdose death of a 16-year-old should be our last. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT     Charles Krauthammer Why Middle East peace starts in Saudi Arabia The epic Sunni-Shiite war is at the center of the crisis shaking the Middle East today. Read more »   Jackson Diehl Trump got Egypt to free an American prisoner. Here's her story. Freed prisoner Aya Hijazi and Trump "talked about how he actually had made a difference." Read more »   Peter Orszag Don't blame the CBO for problems in the House health-care bill Proponents of repeal and replace keep colliding with the budget office and then rebuking it. Read more »   Hugh Hewitt Trump's budget betrays two critical campaign promises He's walking on a pledge to rebuild the Navy. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Trump figures he may be the first to actually pull this scam off I wanna hold your hand This could be his legacy. President Trump has a warm relationship with authoritarian leaders.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View Trump's foreign trip will have dangerous consequences. They've already begun. After Trump assured Bahrain that there would be no "strain" in their relationship, the country violently cracked down against opposition members. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Trump's budget completely misses the point The White House fiscal plan ignores the reality of the United States' predicament. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Did nine D.C. council members really need to go to Las Vegas? A record number of D.C. lawmakers attended the International Council of Shopping Centers' annual conference this past weekend. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs Laura Ingraham’s site attempts to sow confusion on Gianforte incident Says that Fox News's Alicia Acuna misstated Montana incident. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   BOOM PUNCH POW! AMERICA IS GREAT AGAIN! We need more dangerous spaces. By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   The trust underlying the American-British spy partnership is fraying Leaks about the Manchester bombing are only the latest in a string of American indiscretions that have infuriated British spymasters. By David Ignatius  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Thoughts on the appellate court decision against Trump’s revised travel ban A 10-3 decision of the 4th circuit rules that the ban is likely unconstitutional because it discriminates on the basis of religion. The ruling is an important victory for opponents of the travel ban. By Ilya Somin  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Fox News is developing an unhealthy relationship with vacation Sean Hannity needs the restorative powers of a break. Let him sleep. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more » Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. 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