Saturday's Opinions: In Trump, the GOP has a foul problem on its hands

Welcome to Opinions, your morning digest of the latest Opinions columns and editorials. Here’s a sample for your immediate enjoyment. If you have been signed up by mistake or you’d rather not receive it, click here to unsubscribe.   Sponsored by Qualcomm | After my trip to Nigeria, I hoped to help my mother heal her scars of war; The truth about our continuing combat role; The danger of Russian disinformation; Obama's commencement speech at Howard this weekend comes at a crucial moment; Remembering my mother's grace; Who will follow Trump off the cliff?; Farewell, Grand Old Party; Beating Trump won't be as easy as many Democrats think; A critical investment in democracy; A financing model for affordable and supportive housing in D.C.; Virginia can't afford its population boom; Sheryl Sandberg, corporate titan, learns the challenges of single parenthood; Donald Trump sets a new record for economic recklessness; 'Tough medicine' for Metro and the Washington area; To save antibiotics, patients and clinicians need to change their ways; Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight; Open Thread; Trump’s poor fundamentals; Happy Hour Roundup; What Ryan should ask Trump; Trump doesn’t appear too interested in Paul Ryan’s ‘conservative principles’     Steve Helber / AP   Dana Milbank In Trump, the GOP has a foul problem on its hands Republicans: This vulgarian speaks for you? Read more » Latest Columns Karen Attiah After my trip to Nigeria, I hoped to help my mother heal her scars of war A homeland torn apart by a civil war in the 1960s is being ravaged today by Boko Haram. Read more »   Dan Sullivan The truth about our continuing combat role The president's statements are at odds with those of the defense secretary and our top general. Read more »   Anne Applebaum and Edward Lucas The danger of Russian disinformation Unlike in the Cold War, Moscow isn't promoting itself, but rather seeks to undermine Western institutions. Read more »   Colbert I. King Obama's commencement speech at Howard this weekend comes at a crucial moment Howard University presidential visits have usually been momentous. Read more »   Autumn Brewington Remembering my mother's grace As I pass a milestone without Mom, I remember her gift for dance. Read more »     George F. Will Who will follow Trump off the cliff? The numbers don't look good for the presumptive Republican nominee. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT     Kathleen Parker Farewell, Grand Old Party No amount of backtracking can erase memories of what Trump really thought and said in a particular moment. Read more »   Stephen Stromberg Beating Trump won't be as easy as many Democrats think Hillary Clinton's campaign needs to look beyond the caricatures of his supporters. Read more »   Jennifer Bevan-Dangel A critical investment in democracy Montgomery County should fully fund its public campaign financing program. Read more »   Michael Downey A financing model for affordable and supportive housing in D.C. "Pay for success" gives developers incentives to take risks. Read more »   Doc Woods Virginia can't afford its population boom States are overwhelmed by a too-generous immigration policy. Read more »     Ruth Marcus Sheryl Sandberg, corporate titan, learns the challenges of single parenthood It "is still a new and unfamiliar world," the author of "Lean In" acknowledges. "Before, I did not quite get it." Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes The Republican ‘healing process’ has only two problems Let the race begin Cartoon for May 6, 2016. Will Trump run the general the same as he did the primaries?   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View Donald Trump sets a new record for economic recklessness The presumptive GOP nominee makes dangerously ignorant comments about the national debt on CNBC. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   'Tough medicine' for Metro and the Washington area Commuters, businesses and governments will sacrifice, but transit officials need to hold up their end of the bargain and fix Metro. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   To save antibiotics, patients and clinicians need to change their ways A new JAMA report finds dangerous overuse of the drugs, which feeds resistance. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight Move over, Clock Boy. Another swarthy-looking nerd is alarming the authorities. By Catherine Rampell  •  Rampage  •  Read more » Open Thread All yours. By Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Trump’s poor fundamentals Anyone who believes Trump can tweet his way to victory is sadly mistaken. By Joe Scarborough  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   What Ryan should ask Trump To be a fly on the wall at the Trump-Ryan sit-down. . . By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Trump doesn’t appear too interested in Paul Ryan’s ‘conservative principles’ Trump will make the country so rich that we can have it all. By Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Daily Trail An evening rundown of what's happening on the campaign trail. Sign Up »         Share Opinions:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. 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