Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Wednesday's Opinions: Why millennials are yawning at the likely first female major-party nominee for president

Germany's grand refugee experiment; Everywhere Paul Ryan turns, there's the smell of Trump; The Omani 'back channel' to Iran and the secrecy surrounding the nuclear deal; Mourning a Florida we lost long ago; The shame of the graduation speaker; Clinton may take the nomination, but Sanders has won the debate; Before a new iron curtain falls; Regulators need to strike the right balance in limiting payday lending; A dose of common sense in the Cincinnati Zoo tragedy; Bill O’Reilly’s new defense of Donald Trump: He’s not David Duke; NY Daily News scorches Paul Ryan, Donald Trump; Happy Hour Roundup; It’s not just a lack of party unity. Republicans are mad at each other.; Tidal wave? What tidal . . . whoosh!; Donald Trump’s revealing quote about ‘American exceptionalism’
 
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Why millennials are yawning at the likely first female major-party nominee for president
My generation underrates not only Hillary Clinton's past efforts but also her present significance.
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Latest Columns
Germany's grand refugee experiment
A lot rides on Berlin getting its integration project right.
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Everywhere Paul Ryan turns, there's the smell of Trump
The presumptive nominee's comments hijack lawmakers' trip to a shelter in Southeast D.C.
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The Omani 'back channel' to Iran and the secrecy surrounding the nuclear deal
This story is a reminder that breakthroughs often come via strange and invisible pathways.
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Mourning a Florida we lost long ago
The citrus groves have been replaced by golfers' greens and fantastical monuments to a different sort of world.
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The shame of the graduation speaker
As the GOP nominee will learn in Cleveland, what one expects to be a great honor can turn out to be a moment of public humiliation.
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Clinton may take the nomination, but Sanders has won the debate
The senator from Vermont has started a sea change in Democratic politics.
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Editorial Cartoons
The big white base is suddenly a problem for Republicans What will it take for the GOP to dump Trump?
Cartoon for June 8, 2016. Apparently no comment from Trump is racist or bigoted enough to distract the Republicans.
 
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The Post’s View
Before a new iron curtain falls
The West needs to respond to rising online censorship and propaganda by the world's tyrants.
 
Regulators need to strike the right balance in limiting payday lending
Small dollars, big stakes.
 
A dose of common sense in the Cincinnati Zoo tragedy
The prosecutor understands that no parent is perfect all the time.
 
 
Latest Blogs
Bill O’Reilly’s new defense of Donald Trump: He’s not David Duke
The opinion from presumptive Republican nominee didn't come from "outer space."
 
NY Daily News scorches Paul Ryan, Donald Trump
'I'm with' theme gets another iteration.
 
Happy Hour Roundup
Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
 
It’s not just a lack of party unity. Republicans are mad at each other.
I am beginning to see the early stages of a major "decoupling" of the Republican ballot from the presidential race as Republicans divide into two main camps.
Tidal wave? What tidal . . . whoosh!
There is still time for Republicans to wise up.
Donald Trump’s revealing quote about ‘American exceptionalism’
America will not be exceptional until Donald Trump is made president.
 
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