Today's Opinions: The Republican tax plan’s five worst dangers

Republicans: Enrage your colleagues; The original Trump campaign tax plan is the right one

Robert E. Rubin The Republican tax plan's five worst dangers It would make the deficit far worse and touch off forces that could undermine American policy and stability. Read more »    E.J. Dionne Jr. Republicans: Enrage your colleagues Say "no" to a tax bill that would impose real sacrifice on your constituents. Read more »   Stephen Moore The original Trump campaign tax plan is the right one This cap would effectively eliminate all deductions for the rich. Read more »      Ruth Marcus 'Fiddler on the Roof' explains the GOP tax bill. Here's how. Don't let Republican games of fiscal-responsibility foolery fool you, too. Read more »      Dana Milbank 'Bernie Bernstein' wants the world to know his name In his latest venture, the so-called journalist has been soliciting dirt in Alabama on Roy Moore. Read more »   Nicholas Bagley The GOP is trading 13 million people's health care for corporate tax cuts Is this really who we are as a nation? Read more »   Fred Yang Geoff Garin Ralph Northam's win tells Democrats they shouldn't fear the gun lobby Time to rethink this long-held political axiom. Read more »   John Podesta Trump wants to upend 230 years of constitutional principle What was a typically Trumpian damage-control strategy has taken a more sinister turn. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT T. R. Reid Don't just cut the corporate tax rate. Eliminate it. Democrats could propose this while also not adding a penny to the deficit. Read more »   Howard Gillman    Erwin Chemerinsky Professors are losing their freedom of expression It's not just guest speakers who are being shut down on campus. Read more »      Marc A. Thiessen Trump should make sure Roy Moore drops out And Republicans should be outraged at the man who helped him win the primary: Steve Bannon. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Republicans have made their tax plan really simple, and their voters are going to get it When Roy Moore loses White House support But still might not see it coming. Trump has a history of getting rid of people who receive more air time than him.   The Post's View What happens in Zimbabwe without Mugabe in power? The question is whether his apparent removal can pull a once-prospering country from the ditch into which Mugabe drove it. By Editorial Board  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Don't be relieved only five people died in California. Be enraged. Any number makes for a needless tragedy, but that lesson seems to have yet to register with Congress. By Editorial Board  •   Read more »   Republicans turn their irresponsible tax bill into monumentally unwise social policy Eliminating Obamacare's individual mandate would raise premiums and lead to millions more Americans lacking health insurance. By Editorial Board  •   Read more »   Latest Blogs Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •   The Plum Line   •   Read more »   Letting your gun's serial number corrode is not a crime So says a Pennsylvania court. By Eugene Volokh  •   The Volokh Conspiracy   •   Read more » If Hollywood stars really want to fight harassment, here's how they can start The nature of Hollywood can make actors vulnerable. But it also gives the biggest stars leverage. They ought to use it. By Alyssa Rosenberg  •   Act Four   •   Read more »   GOP's tax cuts will likely lead Trump to break another big promise Remember how Trump promised he would never support cuts to Medicare? Maybe not so much. By Helaine Olen  •   The Plum Line   •   Read more »   Democrats are trying to reckon with Bill Clinton's alleged sex crimes. It's not going well. Democrats don't deserve credit today for refusing to be hypocrites. They already are. By Molly Roberts  •   PostPartisan   •   Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the DemocracyPost newsletter Opinions and commentary that illuminate the challenges facing democracy around the world. Sign Up  »         Share Opinions:    Twitter     Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Opinions or because it is included in your subscription. 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