Wednesday's Opinions: The Trump convention is a triumph of narcissism

President Obama, make Bears Ears a national monument; A new jihadist threat may be on the horizon in Syria; After speech debacle, the Trump campaign leaves Melania out to dry; The lovely true thing about America, even in the age of Trump; The mind-set that drives fear, hate and Donald Trump; Russia's ugly treatment of Americans; Metro's hot mess: Constant air-conditioning failures; Voters are still waiting on your tax returns, Mr. Trump; At the GOP convention, democratic values go missing; Paul Ryan and the politics of ambivalence; Another day of the GOP convention, another night of terror; Will the presidency become a Trump family business?; The ‘My Little Pony’ defense; Happy Hour Roundup     J. Scott Applewhite   Dana Milbank The Trump convention is a triumph of narcissism The presumptive nominee even upstaged the proceedings with a Fox News interview. Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Latest Columns Richard Moe President Obama, make Bears Ears a national monument Southeastern Utah's Bears Ears is a national treasure and deserves national monument status. Read more »     David Ignatius A new jihadist threat may be on the horizon in Syria The U.S. has few good choices in combating the al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra. Read more »     Kathleen Parker After speech debacle, the Trump campaign leaves Melania out to dry The Trump campaign badly fumbles the response to the Melania Trump speech brouhaha and makes it worse. Read more »   Garrison Keillor The lovely true thing about America, even in the age of Trump It's a holy mess, but we're all in it together. Read more »   Katrina vanden Heuvel The mind-set that drives fear, hate and Donald Trump The party of Lincoln is falling in line behind Trump, and that's dangerous for all of us. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes The Trump ticket to MaryPoppinsville Sketches from Day 2 of the Republican convention in Cleveland Is this a true story? Senator McConnell, Chris Christie, Donald Trump Jr., and Ben Carson were among the speakers.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View Russia's ugly treatment of Americans Kremlin authorities expel a U.S. agency official and a Ukraine-based U.S. pastor of a church for gays. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Metro's hot mess: Constant air-conditioning failures In the summer heat, the breakdowns plague passengers. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Voters are still waiting on your tax returns, Mr. Trump The presumptive GOP nominee is breaking his word, as well as a long-standing bipartisan tradition. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs At the GOP convention, democratic values go missing An astonishing show of disregard for the two most senior elected Republicans in the country. By Stephen Stromberg  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Paul Ryan and the politics of ambivalence The House speaker tries to save Republicans from the bind Donald Trump has put them in. By E.J. Dionne Jr.  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Another day of the GOP convention, another night of terror Hillary turned him into a Newt. By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   Will the presidency become a Trump family business? Nobody knows how the Trump family would function in the White House. But you can bet it would be something different and it would set new boundaries. By Ed Rogers  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   The ‘My Little Pony’ defense Hold on, everypony! By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up »         Share Opinions:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Opinions. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071