Tuesday's Opinions: Who’s worse for the nation — Trump or Pence?

'Free lunches' like the $15 minimum wage may hurt the people they're meant to help; Rex Tillerson is a huge disappointment   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Carlos Barria / Reuters   Richard Cohen Who's worse for the nation — Trump or Pence? Trump's saving grace is his incompetence. Pence doesn't have that virtue. Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Latest Columns   Catherine Rampell 'Free lunches' like the $15 minimum wage may hurt the people they're meant to help Democrats leaning to the left should be careful. Read more »     Michael Gerson Rex Tillerson is a huge disappointment A values-free approach hurts morale at the State Department — and international standing. Read more »     Dana Milbank Trump finally starts winning — by copying Obama Two recent foreign policy successes have a familiar ring to them. Read more »   Dorothy R. Novick Will Congress force me to deny health care to children once again? Congress must extend the Children's Health Insurance Program before it's too late. Read more »   Lally Weymouth New Saudi ambassador to the U.S. sees 'huge improvement' in relations under Trump Lally Weymouth speaks with Prince Khaled bin Salman. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Republicans ‘move on’ to tax reform, and yet it looks oddly familiar Trump’s working vacation They are trying door number two. The president takes a break from his troubles.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View The U.N. has placed more sanctions on North Korea. That's not enough. The vote is encouraging, but a strategy to denuclearize North Korea remains elusive. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   How to save our miracle drugs Several recent developments could help preserve the benefit of antibiotics for future generations. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   How did this school employee get away with allegedly abusing students for two years? As horrifying as the allegations are, it's also troubling to think a predator could have fooled the adults in charge of protecting children. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs Chicago files suit against Justice Department policy targeting sanctuary cities The City of Chicago is not an especially sympathetic plaintiff. But the challenged Justice Department policy is still a menace to federalism and separation of powers. By Ilya Somin  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Justice Thomas Rex Lee and Stephen Mouritsen guest-blogging about corpus linguistics and the law "Linguists have developed computer-aided means of answering [questions of ordinary meaning]. We propose to import those methods into the law of interpretation." By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more » Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions The Spanish Inquisition, a Bybee admonition, a dirty cert petition. By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Deputy AG announces new Forensic Science Working Group but still doesn’t grasp the extent of problem Rod Rosenstein thinks our adversarial justice system will filter out bad science. It hasn't in the past, and won't now. By Radley Balko  •  The Watch  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   CNN Trump propagandist becomes RNC Trump propagandist How similar she sounds in her new job. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Daily 202 PowerPost's must-read morning briefing for decision-makers. 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