Saturday, 18 November 2017

Today's Opinions: We’re at cyberwar. And the enemy is us.

 
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We're at cyberwar. And the enemy is us.
What are we to do when an adversary has figured out how to use our strengths against our national interest?
So what should happen to Al Franken?
We've underreacted for so long, but we now may be at risk of the opposite.
 
 
Welcome to the year of the groper
The challenge is not to overwhelm ourselves with trivial pursuits and blind leads.
 
2018's most important, expensive and strange election
Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to break up an alliance that hurts states nationwide.
 
 
Zimbabwe's coup can't just end with another strongman
More authoritarianism will only lead to the same dead end.
 
 
Editorial Cartoons
Our trading partners had Trump coming and going Speaker Ryan does a Mnuchin
Flattery will get him anywhere. House Republicans are very excited about passing their tax bill, and the Senate now is hoping to do the same.
 
 
The Post's View
Puerto Rico is still in the dark
The general in charge of military recovery departs the island, leaving behind painful questions.
 
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Tillerson is right to call for justice for the Rohingya. He's naive to think Burma will deliver.
His concern for human rights is welcome, but his faith in a Burma-led investigation is unwise.
 
 
The Gillespie campaign's real 'malpractice'
Racial dog whistles are morally repugnant. (And by the way, they don't work.)
 
 
"Free for All" Letters
Why comparing shooting deaths to car deaths doesn't work
David Von Drehle presented a false premise in his Nov. 8 op-ed, "Bridging the gun-control divide." He tried to compare the ridiculous notion of a car being blamed for a drunken-driving accident to t...
 
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More on libertarian skepticism about democracy – a rejoinder to Will Wilkinson
Will Wilkinson has responded to my critique of his essay attacking libertarian skepticism about democracy. This post is my rejoinder.
 
Four thoughts on the briefing in Carpenter v. United States
The Supreme Court's big Fourth Amendment case will be argued Nov. 29.
 
I oppose destroying men's careers over creepy sex behavior. Except this guy's.
Values used to be for other people!
 
 
'The Trump Show,' Season 1, Week 43: "Speaks a thousand words"
Donald Trump is too dumb and impulsive to be the star of a conspiracy thriller. "The Trump Show" is something far more subversive and interesting.
 
 
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