Thursday's Opinions: A hurricane of conservative hypocrisy

America's most important exports are under attack; Yale saves fragile students from a carving of a musket   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Mary Altaffer / AP   E.J. Dionne Jr. A hurricane of conservative hypocrisy One of the barriers to sensible politics is the opportunism that so often infects our debates. Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Latest Columns Charles Lane America's most important exports are under attack Political stability and the rule of law depend on much more than raising the debt ceiling. Read more »     George F. Will Yale saves fragile students from a carving of a musket The descent of institutions of learning into ludicrousness is symptomatic of larger social distempers. Read more »   Sunshine Bodey My son has autism. Discrimination almost cost him his life. Autism shouldn't keep someone from getting an organ transplant. Read more »     Dana Milbank Republicans slip into a 'predictable spiral' Surging is the tide of amnesia. Read more »     Robert J. Samuelson China's invisible influence The world's second-largest economy has fostered three major global trends, according to a new report. Read more »   Marc A. Thiessen Yes, antifa is the moral equivalent of neo-Nazis 'Anti-fascists,' like neo-Nazis, are adherents of an ideology that cost millions of lives. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes 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 After Harvey, flood insurance needs reform As it happens, well-to-do people benefit disproportionately from this government program. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Will the divider in chief strike again? Rescinding the deportation shield for "dreamers" would be a cruel blow. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Fixing the 'grocery gap' D.C.'s ongoing failure to improve food access for Wards 7 and 8 demands new strategies. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs The New York Times still owes Sarah Palin an apology The newspaper's actions fell short of defamation, but it wronged the former Alaska governor. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Promoting good science without censorship Federal agencies should use conduct regulations and government speech to incentivize research rather than relying heavily on advertising restrictions. By Jane Bambauer  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Sean Hannity gets it right On at least one topic, that is. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   The Trump-Russia story survives, even as evidence of collusion fades The previously gathering storm of Russian collusion seems to be breaking up into a few unconnected showers that won't soak President Trump. By Ed Rogers  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   The ‘he can’t be trusted to fairly grade [group X] students’ argument for firing professors based on their speech If accepted, it would deter speech on a vast range of subjects -- of course race, sex and sexual orientation, but also religion and political beliefs. By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  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