Friday's Opinions: Donald Trump is not well

There Trump goes again; Why do they even play the game?   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough Donald Trump is not well It would be better for everyone if he stopped watching our show. Read more » Latest Columns   Eugene Robinson There Trump goes again What happens if there is an international crisis and Trump's delicate ego is threatened? Read more »     Charles Krauthammer Why do they even play the game? The Krauthammer Conjecture: Winning isn't everything — but losing is a lot worse. Read more »   Fareed Zakaria The Democrats' problem is not the economy, stupid They need to convey to a large swath of the country that they understand and respect their lives, their values and their worth. Read more »     Michael Gerson America is hacking away at its own democratic limb Civility, compromise and moderation are not weaknesses or faults. They are crucial for a successful democracy. Read more »     Catherine Rampell The E.U. has gotten much more popular. What happened? Europeans may be realizing, thanks in part to Brexit, that the grass isn't actually greener on the other side. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Craig Becker The Trump administration has given up on American workers Trump promised to be the "voice" of working Americans. But now he wants them silenced. Read more »   Irwin Redlener There's no sugarcoating it: Republicans are taking a sledgehammer to Medicaid The proposed legislation will reduce health care for millions of poor children. Read more »     Ruth Marcus Authoritarianism creeps up on you. This is how. Publicity without accountability is the antithesis of democracy. Read more »   Anne Applebaum How U.S. presidents missed the Russia threat — until it was much, much too late For two decades, a vast amount of Russian money has been spent to undermine Western democracies and create corrupt business ties. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes Sing a song o’ sick, Pence Profiting off the presidency Four and twenty million, insurance say goodbye. Trump holds a $35,000 apiece campaign fundraising event Wednesday at his Washington hotel.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View A Syrian activist was a State Department ally. Now the U.S. won't grant him asylum. Radwan Ziadeh used to be an ally for the State Department. The Asylum Office's judgment against him is an embarrassment. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Trump clearly won't change. Here's what the rest of us can do. The president's latest vile tweets should remind us all of what we can do to safeguard civility. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Virginia's governor still has time to save a mentally ill man from execution Terry McAuliffe should commute William Morva's sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs Federal court: Despite ‘grossly negligent’ testimony that put two innocent men in prison, forensic experts can’t be sued Even the most outrageous testimony is protected, unless a plaintiff can show that the expert knew what they were saying was false By Radley Balko  •  The Watch  •  Read more » Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Just when you thought the GOP health-care bill couldn’t get worse … Republicans aren't cutting Medicaid; they are decimating it. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more » Good news: MSNBC parts ways with Greta Van Susteren For a rejuvenating network, she was always an odd choice. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   The GOP isn’t the party of family values Trumpkins don't care about Grandma. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Czech parliament’s lower house passes right of citizens to keep and bear arms ‘to participate in the security of the Czech Republic’ Little-known fact: The word "pistol" comes to English indirectly from Czech. By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  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. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071