Tuesday 12 December 2017

Today's Opinions: John Kelly must be exhausted

 
Opinions
 
 
Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post
John Kelly must be exhausted
Trump's chief of staff has to stay on alert for "contraband newsprint" and other hijinks.
A reporter who stood up to far worse than journalists get from Trump
Simeon Booker put his life in danger for the profession.
 
The Trump administration's tax 'report' reads like fan fiction
A Treasury Department one-page document contains no actual analysis or data.
 
 
It's America's turn to 'fight on the beaches'
Many are looking for a leader who will choose decency and civic friendship above hatred and blame.
 
Don't expect debt payments from Puerto Rico any time soon
The island needs massive debt relief immediately.
 
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The Senate couldn't refuse to seat Roy Moore. But it could kick him out.
If he wins, after he takes the oath of office the Senate will have the authority to begin an ethics investigation.
 
The mounting attacks on Mueller are misguided and dangerous
Prosecutors should be judged on what they do as prosecutors, not on wild speculations based on their personal beliefs.
 
 
Editorial Cartoons
Republicans simplify Voodoo Economics for the 21st century The twelve days of Trumpmas
It's what they think of as direct democracy. Sing-a-long with Don.
 
 
The Post's View
Susan Collins is wrong about the tax bill and Obamacare
Revamping the individual mandate as part of the race to pass a GOP tax bill is unwise.
 
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Poland's autocratic counterrevolution draws nearer
Will Europe and the U.S. speak up after lawmakers vote to undercut their Supreme Court's independence and the government goes after a Polish television station?
 
 
A Mexican journalist's life hangs in the balance
Denied asylum in the United States, deportation may mean death for Emilio Gutierrez.
 
 
Latest Blogs
Questions about the New Yorker's firing of Ryan Lizza
In contrast to most such instances, the New Yorker's statement didn't ride along with a story detailing just what Lizza had done to trigger the judgment of "improper sexual conduct."
 
Some good reasons to vote for Roy Moore
If you ignore everything he's ever said and done, he starts to seem pretty compelling!
 
 
"For at least six reasons, the motion [for emergency injunction against allegedly defamatory web sites] is DENIED"
Online criticism; alleged Hezbollah ties; "six [legal] actions on two continents"; and a judge's suggestion of sanctions for an unwarranted emergency injunction request.
Happy Hour Roundup
Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
 
 
Logos, ethos and pathos (not to be confused with Athos, Porthos and Aramis)
Logos is logic and pathos is emotion (compare "pathetic," or for that matter "pathos"); but what's ethos?
 
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