Saturday's Opinions: Trump’s tantrums speak volumes

Jeff Sessions: Being soft on sentencing means more violent crime. It's time to get tough again.; Is this really the best we can do, America?; A racist vestige of the past that progressives are happy to leave in place; My daughter died at Sandy Hook. Megyn Kelly's interview with Alex Jones is an insult.; Everyone said Old Europe was dying. Sure doesn't look like it now.; The guns that don't make the news — one by deadly one; If women talked more, the Senate and Uber might not be so messed up; This was a bad week for men who just won't shut up; I used to play congressional baseball. Washington was a different world then.; Executing a severely mentally ill man would be an injustice; It's time to rename J.E.B. Stuart High School; Larry Hogan's silence on the Paris agreement is only his latest climate transgression; D.C. missed another opportunity to help ex-offenders; The real world doesn't care much for the 'news' inside the Beltway; Trump is right to leave Afghanistan troop levels up to the Pentagon; A crushing court decision for prison inmates and their families; How D.C. public schools redesigned what it means to be a teacher; Why is The Post's letters section dominated by men?; Happy Hour Roundup; How self-driving cars could determine the future of policing; What a 2020 GOP contender should be doing; Make Witch Hunts Great Again; Trump’s outburst of rage just sent the Russia scandal hurtling forward; Mueller is an honest man. Let him do an honest job.     Michael Reynolds / EPA   Ruth Marcus Trump's tantrums speak volumes What the president derides as a "phony witch hunt" is the legal system working as it should. Read more » Latest Columns Jeff Sessions Jeff Sessions: Being soft on sentencing means more violent crime. It's time to get tough again. The law demands I protect the lives of victims that are ruined by drug trafficking and violent crime infecting their communities. Read more »     Kathleen Parker Is this really the best we can do, America? We can each try to stem the madness with small gestures of kindness. Read more »     George F. Will A racist vestige of the past that progressives are happy to leave in place The Davis-Bacon Act is protectionism born of bigotry — and it makes building more expensive. Read more »   Nelba L. Márquez-Greene My daughter died at Sandy Hook. Megyn Kelly's interview with Alex Jones is an insult. Giving the conspiracy theorist a national platform on Father's Day only increases my family's pain. Read more »   Anne Applebaum Everyone said Old Europe was dying. Sure doesn't look like it now. But something is rotten in the Anglo-Saxon world, as the United States and Britain remain convinced of their own exceptionalism. Read more »   Colbert I. King The guns that don't make the news — one by deadly one Since Bryan Moles was arrested with guns in his car at Washington's Trump hotel, D.C. police recovered nearly 50 others, to no fanfare. Read more »   Christine Emba If women talked more, the Senate and Uber might not be so messed up Funny how emoting is rebuked only when it's done by women. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Aminatou Sow This was a bad week for men who just won't shut up Women are finally taking mansplainers and interrupters to task. Read more »   Mel Levine I used to play congressional baseball. Washington was a different world then. A loss of civil discourse and respectful disagreement has poisoned our politics. Read more »   Nicholas Cote Executing a severely mentally ill man would be an injustice Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe should commute William Morva's sentence. Read more »   Julia C. Morse It's time to rename J.E.B. Stuart High School The Fairfax County School Board will make a decision this week. Read more »   Krishanti Vignarajah Larry Hogan's silence on the Paris agreement is only his latest climate transgression This deficit of state leadership could not come at a worse time. Read more »   Kevin Smith and Kimberly A. Nelson D.C. missed another opportunity to help ex-offenders Council members failed to fund an innovative program to help former prisoners. Read more »   Hugh Hewitt The real world doesn't care much for the 'news' inside the Beltway Political hyperbole is absurd in the face of real tragedy. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Robert Mueller may be in for a surprise, or not Muzzling Justice You can see where this is going. The Post reports that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View Trump is right to leave Afghanistan troop levels up to the Pentagon It's a worthy corrective to President Barack Obama's approach. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   A crushing court decision for prison inmates and their families The Federal Communications Commission can't cap prison phone rates within states, so who will? By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   How D.C. public schools redesigned what it means to be a teacher A look at how far they've come in the past decade. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   "Free For All" Letters Why is The Post's letters section dominated by men? Nicole Burton's June 3 Free for All letter, "The male outlook," pointing out that 86 percent of the articles in the May 21 Outlook section were written by men, struck a chord with me. Her complaint al... Read more »   Latest Blogs Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   How self-driving cars could determine the future of policing Imagine a world with no traffic stops. By Orin Kerr  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   What a 2020 GOP contender should be doing Six guidelines for a Trump challenger. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Make Witch Hunts Great Again As witch hunts go, this is nothing. At least Joseph McCarthy had a fun list full of invisible names! By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   Trump’s outburst of rage just sent the Russia scandal hurtling forward This new Trump tweet suggests there could be a Saturday Night Massacre coming. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Mueller is an honest man. Let him do an honest job. If obstruction of justice is actually being investigated, I think it will be difficult to conclude Trump did anything illegal. 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