Thursday's Opinions: The president who could change Trump’s mind

Police officers are bypassing juries to face judges; Our dangerous, idiotic national conversation   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images Fred Hiatt The president who could change Trump's mind Macron is on a mission to persuade. Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Latest Columns Daniel Epps Police officers are bypassing juries to face judges That can lead to questionable outcomes such as the recent acquittal in St. Louis. Read more »     George F. Will Our dangerous, idiotic national conversation An overabundance of media leads to a scarcity of truth. Read more »     E.J. Dionne Jr. Trump shows 'America First' is utterly incoherent His U.N. speech was a demonstration of ignorance. Read more »   Steve Daines The American West is burning The public has been distracted by floods in the South, but wildfires need attention too. Read more »   Avik Roy Cassidy-Graham is attractive in theory. But it has a giant flaw. Creating laboratories of democracy is laudable, but the bill is tough on free-market reforms. Read more »   Marc A. Thiessen Why the left hated Trump's U.N. speech He recast his "America First" foreign policy as a call for global leadership. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Robert Mueller gets an advance version of the Trump defense Follow the tie Who could have foreseen? Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has requested records and email correspondence regarding James B. Comey and Michael Flynn.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View The White House's preposterous policy analysis on refugees The administration is covering up the benefits and highlighting the costs. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   The 'new' Saudi Arabia is still a dungeon Despite lofty rhetoric from the new crown prince, Saudi Arabia seems determined to remain hostile to free speech. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   D.C. moves toward a safer strategy for youth rehabilitation A bill before the council would provide much-needed changes to the law. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs 'The American War': After 3 films about war, what has Ken Burns learned? ‘Human nature doesn't change.’ Ken Burns and Lynn Novick talk about Episode 4 of "The Vietnam War," and those who never came home. By Alyssa Rosenberg  •  Act Four  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   ‘I’m very happy with my image’: Sean Spicer speaks And he says he's not trying to 'rehabilitate' anything, contrary to what the New York Times might tell you. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   The Google memo guy just showed everyone why he got fired James Damore asked Twitter users if they agreed with him that Ku Klux Klan titles such as "Grand Wizard" were cool. By Molly Roberts  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Happy New Year Open thread By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Lots of vulnerable House Republicans come from states that will lose under Cassidy-Graham Many of these Republicans probably would prefer not to have to cast this vote. By Sarah Posner and Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  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