Opinions P.M.: The 10 worst things Trump did in 2020

Movie theaters survived a century of change. We must save them from covid-19.; Stimulus money will keep flowing, whether it's needed or not; Why everyone says they favor compromise, but nobody does it; Nikki Haley's mind-numbing inanity; What Biden can do to help Arab democracy; To save their political skins, Republicans pretend to love big government; Miguel Cardona is an inspired choice to lead the nation's schools; Biden sounds like he has made a choice on China; France's ideological wars have found a new battleground: Universities; Lebanon was on life support. Now it's in free fall.; Our divided times are an opportunity for empathy. Really.; No Times Square New Year's crowd? No problem.; Cartoon by John Darkow; Here is why the stimulus check should be bigger; Dionne Warwick wasn't exactly wrong about the coronavirus vaccine ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) The 10 worst things Trump did in 2020 From pardoning war criminals to discussing imposing martial law, here's a recap. By Marc Thiessen ●  Read more »   Movie theaters survived a century of change. We must save them from covid-19. The communal experience of pure escape you get at a movie theater in the company of other people is not replaceable. By Alan Lightman ●  Read more »   Stimulus money will keep flowing, whether it's needed or not Congress again finds bipartisan agreement in the principle that it never hurts to shower money on voters, and who cares if many of them are doing just fine financially? By Gary Abernathy ●  Read more »   Why everyone says they favor compromise, but nobody does it The politics of opposition make it far too risky. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   Nikki Haley's mind-numbing inanity Republicans like Haley have nothing to contribute. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   What Biden can do to help Arab democracy He doesn't have to choose between squandering scarce resources on sterile pressure and limiting himself to rhetorical denunciations and small wins. By Ezzedine Fishere ●  Read more »   To save their political skins, Republicans pretend to love big government In the middle of a pandemic, arguing for conservative governance is a political loser. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   Miguel Cardona is an inspired choice to lead the nation's schools His experience as an educator can lead the nation through this crisis and beyond. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Biden sounds like he has made a choice on China Getting tough means getting help. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   France's ideological wars have found a new battleground: Universities This is part of a broader trend in 2020, which has seen several attacks against scholars and intellectuals whose work is focused on race or gender. By Rokhaya Diallo ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Lebanon was on life support. Now it's in free fall. After a pandemic, economic crisis and a deadly explosion, Lebanon's devastating year comes to an end. By Kareem Chehayeb ●  Read more »   Our divided times are an opportunity for empathy. Really. Empathy alone may not cure our country's ills and divisions, but abandoning it could deepen them. By Jamil Zaki, Robb Willer, Jan Gerrit Voelkel and Luiza Santos ●  Read more »   No Times Square New Year's crowd? No problem. Welcome to our virtual holiday season. By Richard Zoglin ●  Read more »   Cartoon by John Darkow By John Darkow ●  Read more »   Here is why the stimulus check should be bigger No, $600 is not enough. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Dionne Warwick wasn't exactly wrong about the coronavirus vaccine Two reasons the iconic singer's wait-and-see attitude isn't wrong. By Jonathan Capehart ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The Week in Ideas for thought-provoking opinions you may have missed amid the news of the week, delivered on Sundays. Sign up »

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