Thursday's Opinions: America keeps on failing in Afghanistan

What Trump should know about the Cuban Missile Crisis; Why the GOP might kill the filibuster after all   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Win Mcnamee / Getty Images Ronald E. Neumann America keeps on failing in Afghanistan Or did we never really try? Read more » Latest Columns Michael Dobbs What Trump should know about the Cuban Missile Crisis Lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read more »   Charles Lane Why the GOP might kill the filibuster after all Sen. Mitch McConnell considers what's at stake with the filibuster. Read more »     Dana Milbank The Trump cleanup patrol just had its biggest job yet Despite the president's dire warning to North Korea, Tillerson insists there's nothing to see here. Read more »   Marie Hicks Memo to the Google memo writer: Women were foundational to the field of computing Women helped found the tech sector, despite rampant discrimination. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT     E.J. Dionne Jr. Once again, Trump has done all he can to divide us His threats to North Korea do more than increase our risk. Read more »     Robert J. Samuelson What will Trump do about the debt ceiling? And a harder question: How would the world react? Read more »   Marc A. Thiessen Trump's immigration vision isn't the Reagan way Reagan knew that immigrants, no matter their skill level, make America great. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Trump and Pruitt find their desire to save the planet runs hot and cold The Wildcard A new report hits close to home. Playing with people's lives.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View Trump ignores his own commission's advice on opioids With his emphasis on law enforcement, the president takes a wrong turn. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Ideology trumps crime-fighting at Sessions's Justice Department By hounding "sanctuary" localities, the feds impede local law enforcement. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   China and Russia go further in squelching Internet freedom Their moves against virtual private networks show their leaders fear the free flow of information. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs Can Trump unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea without congressional authorization? The Constitution says no. But it's possible he might get away with it anyway. By Ilya Somin  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Techdirt gets more than $250,000 to better cover free-speech issues Help is coming from, among other groups, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, Automattic, the Charles Koch Foundation, Craig Newmark's CraigConnects, and Union Square Ventures. By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   L.A. billboard icon Angelyne = Renee Goldberg? The original, and long-secret, identity of "the enigmatic L.A. billboard diva who has been a pop culture icon of self-creation and self-marketing since the early 1980s." By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more » New York Times guilty of large screw-up on climate-change story How far behind can the tweeter in chief be? By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Schoolyard bullies Trump and Kim Jong Un need a timeout. Where are the diplomats? We may have to (gasp) rely on the common sense of Kim to avoid an unimaginable outcome. By Richard Cohen  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Health 202 Your daily guide to Washington's health-care debate. 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