Saturday, 26 August 2017

Saturday's Opinions: I’ll show you my tax returns, Mr. President, if you show me yours

Trump goes back to his professional wrestling days; Give Robert Lee a raise; Trump is a novice protectionist; Rabbi groups are wrong to shun Trump; Trump's chilling contempt for future generations; Ukraine has finally removed all 1,320 Lenin statues. Our turn.; I'm a girl. I've been part of the Boy Scouts for years. It's time I become a member.; A monument more 'beautiful' than any Confederate statue; Nation-building is the only way out of Afghanistan; The statues are moving, and the names are changing; In Shepherd Park, we're making it up as we go along; At the grocery, reminiscing about building utopia; Trump charts a course to oblivion; The Afghanistan heroes who haven't even gotten a thank-you; Where, oh where, are all Trump's political appointees?; Karen Keys-Gamarra for Fairfax school board; Publishing transcripts of Trump's phone calls was childish; Would ruling against Trump in Twitter user blocking lawsuit also bar elected officials from including Bible verses in their political Twitter accounts?; Studies agree: Media gorged on Hillary Clinton email coverage; Hurricane Harvey’s path to ‘BREAKING NEWS’ immortality; Happy Hour Roundup; A class action that is ‘no better than a racket’; Federal court rejects EEOC wellness program rule
 
Opinions
 
 
Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images
I'll show you my tax returns, Mr. President, if you show me yours
For this candidate for public office, full financial disclosure is indeed a "big deal."
Read more »
Latest Columns
Trump goes back to his professional wrestling days
He seems to be harkening back to his professional wrestling days with his brawling news conferences and endless beefs.
Read more »
 
Give Robert Lee a raise
Amid the debate over Confederate statues, ESPN made a monumentally bad call.
Read more »
 
Trump is a novice protectionist
Proposed tariffs will punish U.S. consumers who are buying goods made across our borders.
Read more »
 
Rabbi groups are wrong to shun Trump
Rabbis tell us to speak truth to power, but they don't heed their own wisdom.
Read more »
 
Trump's chilling contempt for future generations
The dissonance between his attack on national monuments and his defense of Confederate statues shows Trump's soullessness.
Read more »
 
Ukraine has finally removed all 1,320 Lenin statues. Our turn.
People in the U.S. want to get rid of Confederate statues because they want to resist something real.
Read more »
 
I'm a girl. I've been part of the Boy Scouts for years. It's time I become a member.
The Girl Scouts just does not meet my needs.
Read more »
 
ADVERTISEMENT
 
A monument more 'beautiful' than any Confederate statue
The Thaddeus Stevens School, built for black children who "endured the pain," is blocks away from Trump's White House.
Read more »
 
Nation-building is the only way out of Afghanistan
Trump oversimplifies Afghanistan by thinking we just need to kill terrorists.
Read more »
 
The statues are moving, and the names are changing
What impact has lionizing the Confederacy had on the character of our commonwealth?
Read more »
 
In Shepherd Park, we're making it up as we go along
Trying, and sometimes stumbling, to create a diverse Eden.
Read more »
 
At the grocery, reminiscing about building utopia
Celebrating Columbia's birthday and the company that brought it to life.
Read more »
 
Trump charts a course to oblivion
On transgender rights, the president stands athwart history, shouting, "Go back."
Read more »
 
 
Editorial Cartoons
Racism doesn’t exist all by itself, it has support. Ann is away
Enough to make you sick. She'll return on Sept. 1.
 
ADVERTISEMENT
 
The Post’s View
The Afghanistan heroes who haven't even gotten a thank-you
Properly vetted Afghan translators and support personnel deserve America's gratitude — U.S. visas.
 
Where, oh where, are all Trump's political appointees?
The president has been slow to fill positions that are vital to running the government.
 
Karen Keys-Gamarra for Fairfax school board
The attorney and child advocate understands that simplistic solutions aren't the right response to the growing school system's needs.
 
 
"Free For All" Letters
Publishing transcripts of Trump's phone calls was childish
The Post's decision to publish the full transcripts of President Trump's telephone conversations with Mexican President ­Enrique Peña Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was deeply...
 
 
Latest Blogs
Would ruling against Trump in Twitter user blocking lawsuit also bar elected officials from including Bible verses in their political Twitter accounts?
That seems to be the implication of a Freedom From Religion Foundation complaint against Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
Studies agree: Media gorged on Hillary Clinton email coverage
The next time someone argues that the media was all-in for Clinton, cite these findings.
 
Hurricane Harvey’s path to ‘BREAKING NEWS’ immortality
Storm will be sticking around. Stay tuned for days of breaking news.
 
Happy Hour Roundup
Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
 
A class action that is ‘no better than a racket’
The class-action settlement in a suit over Subway foot long sandwiches comes up short.
Federal court rejects EEOC wellness program rule
The EEOC did not adequately address when incentives and penalties render program participation "involuntary."
Recommended for you
 
DemocracyPost
Opinions and commentary that illuminate the challenges facing democracy around the world.
Sign Up »
 
     
 
©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071
 
 
 

No comments:

Post a Comment