Saturday's Opinions: If Obama is a Muslim, is Trump a Russian spy?

To confront North Korea, talk first and get tough later; Mitt Romney: Trump has made a smart choice for education secretary; Obama's foreign policy was error after error; The huge challenge of covering Trump fairly; How Trump can have his best first 100 days: Eat his veggies; Jeff Sessions's actions alone are disqualifying; Protect Fairfax County residents from predatory towing companies; How the D.C. Council can save taxis; The Chesapeake watershed's countryside is being replaced by 'mallside'; A fingerprint requirement could drive Uber and Lyft out of Maryland; Members of Congress are learning to play Trump's ethical blame game; A resurrected House rule lets Congress go open season on civil servants; Don't let cheaters into baseball's Hall of Fame; Virginia's latest attempt to marginalize minorities; Does it matter that this photo is staged?; Happy Hour Roundup; On national intelligence, Trump protects, first and foremost, his ego; More Republicans are going wobbly on Obamacare repeal. Here’s one possible reason why.; Sean Hannity: I’m the purest pro-Trump guy on cable news; Now Michelle and Ivanka are neighbors; The Fox News nighttime lineup has shed its last element of real journalism     Evan Vucci / AP   Kathleen Parker If Obama is a Muslim, is Trump a Russian spy? This is how conspiracy theories get started. Read more » Latest Columns William J. Perry To confront North Korea, talk first and get tough later Time is of the essence. The crisis over ICBM tests could easily spin out of control. Read more »   Mitt Romney Mitt Romney: Trump has made a smart choice for education secretary Betsy DeVos — capable, dedicated and lacking financial bias — is willing to take an honest and open look at our schools. Read more »     George F. Will Obama's foreign policy was error after error He presumed the existence of "the community of nations," which is oxymoronic. Read more »     Ruth Marcus The huge challenge of covering Trump fairly How should journalists react to his lies? (Should we even call them lies?) Read more »   George Ball How Trump can have his best first 100 days: Eat his veggies The White House garden is ready to transform the new president's palate. Read more »   Colbert I. King Jeff Sessions's actions alone are disqualifying What matters is his record as a senator, and it's not pretty. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   J. Patrick Cronin Protect Fairfax County residents from predatory towing companies Hidden or poorly situated signs can be fixed. Read more »   Michael Farren and Anne Philpot How the D.C. Council can save taxis Promote competition by easing regulations. Read more »   John Wennersten The Chesapeake watershed's countryside is being replaced by 'mallside' We're losing critical farmland to development. Read more »   Nick Zaiac A fingerprint requirement could drive Uber and Lyft out of Maryland The companies say their own background checks are sufficient. Read more »     Dana Milbank Members of Congress are learning to play Trump's ethical blame game They're shouting down the opposition, bullying the accuser and pinning it on the media. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Is GOP torture of Obamacare defined by ‘organ failure’? How will Trump receive his intelligence briefing? It works, though, right? James Clapper, John Brennan and James Comey are heading to Trump Tower to brief the president-elect on Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View A resurrected House rule lets Congress go open season on civil servants They can bring the pay of any federal employee to as low as $1. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Don't let cheaters into baseball's Hall of Fame Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds were talented, but that's no excuse for to ignore their doping. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Virginia's latest attempt to marginalize minorities A state delegate introduced a bill similar to North Carolina's discriminatory "bathroom bill." By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   "Free For All" Letters Does it matter that this photo is staged? Regarding the Dec. 20 Style article "Thus spoke Zardulu, the elusive maker of ubiquitous myths": I thought, "What kind of junk is this with all the sensational news about 'fake news'?" Then I happ... Read more »   Latest Blogs Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   On national intelligence, Trump protects, first and foremost, his ego Clapper wins round one. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   More Republicans are going wobbly on Obamacare repeal. Here’s one possible reason why. It turns out that the GOP repeal strategy might be imperfect. By Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Sean Hannity: I’m the purest pro-Trump guy on cable news A nice, low blow to end the week. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Now Michelle and Ivanka are neighbors And then you wake up. By Alexandra Petri  •  ComPost  •  Read more »   The Fox News nighttime lineup has shed its last element of real journalism Fox nighttime's sealed news universe By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. 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