Saturday's Opinions: The very bad reason Jeff Sessions is ‘very unhappy’

Where is God?; It's all a joke, so we may as well laugh; Russia attacked our democracy. That demands intense review by Congress.; How to defend America the Indivisible; The United States just made Middle East peace harder; The world is full of horror. So how can we hang on to hope?; Farmers can help clean up the Chesapeake; What Trump can learn from Virginia's infrastructure projects; Top earners: Donate what you'd keep under Trump's proposed tax cuts; A new solution for Trump and his team of billionaires: Ignore the law; The Obama administration fires a dangerous parting shot; Trump's distressing chest-thumping on nuclear weapons; Tony the Tiger, not Frankenstein, sang 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch'; Vlad Putin’s ‘very nice’ Christmas letter; Happy Hour Roundup; Distinguished people of 2016; A Trump Christmas Carol; How Donald Trump creates a foreign policy blunder — in three easy steps; Donald Trump seems to want us all to be gripped by the terror of nuclear annihilation     Scott Olson   George F. Will The very bad reason Jeff Sessions is 'very unhappy' Trump's attorney general nominee rushes to the defense of civil forfeiture, a.k.a. policing for profit. Read more » Latest Columns   Michael Gerson Where is God? We have every reason and right to question where God can be found in a world that offers no certainty written in the sky. Read more »     Kathleen Parker It's all a joke, so we may as well laugh I've got two words for everyone. Read more »   Adam Schiff and Jane Harman Russia attacked our democracy. That demands intense review by Congress. The hacking has significant ramifications for national security and requires a coordinated investigation and response. Read more »   Danielle Allen How to defend America the Indivisible The grounding commitment is to human moral equality, as in the Declaration of Independence. Read more »   Elliott Abrams and Michael Singh The United States just made Middle East peace harder America's abstention from the U.N. settlement vote doesn't move toward resolution. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Colbert I. King The world is full of horror. So how can we hang on to hope? The clock's hands advance toward Christmas. Read more »   Chip Bowling Farmers can help clean up the Chesapeake Genetically engineered crops allow farmers to be better stewards of land. Read more »   Peter Galuszka What Trump can learn from Virginia's infrastructure projects The Old Dominion has a lot of experience in public-private partnerships to build roads. Read more »   Barbara Harman Top earners: Donate what you'd keep under Trump's proposed tax cuts Promises of cuts to social services mean we should plan now to make up the difference. Read more »     Dana Milbank A new solution for Trump and his team of billionaires: Ignore the law The president-elect is directly at odds with the Constitution and many of his top aides are flouting federal laws against self-dealing. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes North Carolina’s reputation is going right down the drain The best Ann Telnaes cartoons and gifs of 2016 From bath to worse. Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Vladimir Putin and more — drawn and gif'd.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View The Obama administration fires a dangerous parting shot The decision to abstain on a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements will likely do more harm than good. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Trump's distressing chest-thumping on nuclear weapons Rather than restarting an arms race, he should focus on making the world safer. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   "Free For All" Letters Tony the Tiger, not Frankenstein, sang 'You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch' There was an unfortunate omission in the Dec. 11 Sunday Arts article "This sound isn't sad! Why, this sound sounds merry!" Vocalist Thurl Ravenscroft, not Boris Karloff, sang the original song of t... Read more »   Latest Blogs Vlad Putin’s ‘very nice’ Christmas letter 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 »   Distinguished people of 2016 Who stood out? By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   A Trump Christmas Carol By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   How Donald Trump creates a foreign policy blunder — in three easy steps First, speak without preparation or knowledge, then sow confusion and double down. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Donald Trump seems to want us all to be gripped by the terror of nuclear annihilation How does a new arms race sound? 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. 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