Friday's Opinions: Firing Mueller would be an insult to the Founding Fathers

Trump finds himself exactly where he doesn't want to be; When there's a quarrel in the Middle East, 'let Rex handle it'   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images Kenneth W. Starr Firing Mueller would be an insult to the Founding Fathers The special counsel fulfills an essential role of democracy. Read more » Latest Columns   Eugene Robinson Trump finds himself exactly where he doesn't want to be News that the president is being investigated for obstruction of justice kicks the pressure up a notch. Read more »     David Ignatius When there's a quarrel in the Middle East, 'let Rex handle it' Secretary of State Tillerson is leading the effort to find a solution to the anti-Qatar blockade. Read more »   Michael A. Needham Trump says the House health-care bill is 'mean.' He's wrong. House Republicans' attempt to undo Obamacare's perverse incentives is compassionate. Read more »   Fareed Zakaria The country is frighteningly polarized. This is why. When hot-button issues are rooted in gender, race or ethnicity, there's no room for compromise. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Frederick J. Ryan Jr. 100 years after Katharine Graham's birth, The Post holds on to her fearlessness The Washington Post faces different challenges from those Mrs. Graham encountered, but the values that guide our decision-making remain the same. Read more »     Catherine Rampell Don't count on millennials to save the West Young voters seem to idolize left-wing candidates not so much for their leftiness but for their populism. Read more »     Michael Gerson America is riding a carousel of hate How will we get off? Read more »   Andrei Lankov The inconvenient truth about North Korea and China Nothing short of war will get the Kim regime to give up its nukes. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes We come together in moments of tragedy A Trump Cabinet meeting Brief though they are. Trump's Cabinet members slobbered all over themselves pumping up the president's ego.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View Trump promised to do 'a big number on Dodd-Frank.' That looks unlikely. Both the Treasury's new proposal and current legislation on financial regulatory reform fall short. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Trump needs to be more transparent — no matter what the courts say about emoluments New lawsuits attempt to address the financial questions raised by Trump's election. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   FIFA has a human rights problem of its own making A new report finds wage issues, poor labor standards and even deaths at the sites of the 2018 World Cup. 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 »   Why a third emoluments lawsuit? Members of Congress file their own lawsuit. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Third party rights and the Carpenter cell-site case If the Supreme Court holds that customers have Fourth Amendment rights in cell-site records, how do you deal with the different Fourth Amendment rights of the providers in the same information? By Orin Kerr  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Blaming political violence on someone other than the perpetrator? Reconsider. You don't have to blame Sarah Palin for a political assassination or "Oldboy" for a mass shooting to recognize that when something's gone wrong in our culture. By Alyssa Rosenberg  •  Act Four  •  Read more »   Tillerson unites D’s and R’s — they all ridicule his testimony Tillerson is bashed by both parties. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Why Mitch McConnell’s secrecy gambit on his health-care bill could backfire What if he's just concentrating all the opposition into one brief, intense period? By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Must Reads Compelling, ambitious stories you can't afford to miss, delivered every Saturday morning. 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