Opinions P.M.: The dumbest criticism of single payer health care

Terminally ill infant Charlie Gard has become an ideological football | Sponsored by American Wind Action     The dumbest criticism of single payer health care As Democrats gravitate towards support for a universal system, they need to be ready for this ridiculous attack. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more » Terminally ill infant Charlie Gard has become an ideological football The plight of the baby's family is a heartbreaking story — but it isn't a fable about single-payer. By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   Hey, CNN, what happened to those all-important standards? One week, they rule; the next, they seem to be in retreat. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   My school would have expelled me for who I am. Why should it get federal money? Trump's budget would discriminate against LGBT students like me. By Jaclyn Grimm  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump’s white-nationalist dog whistles in Warsaw "We write symphonies." By Jonathan Capehart  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   North Korea is already testing South Korea’s new president. Here’s how he can respond. The international standing of South Korea's new president is being put to an early test. By Chung Min Lee  •  Global Opinions  •  Read more »   Georgia was not the bellwether; Virginia is By David J. Toscano  •  All Opinions Are Local  •  Read more »   All eyes are on Rex Tillerson Tillerson is an adult in the room and, importantly, seems immune from all the barking that takes place in Washington. By Ed Rogers  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Blackmail is surprisingly hard to define Talk of supposed blackmail is in the news, both as to the Kushner/Brzezinski/Scarborough story and the CNN story. But, from a legal perspective, blackmail has proven remarkably difficult to define. By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Physical, psychic and tribal pain in this memoir of a mercurial mother Sherman Alexie tells his heart-wrenching story in poems and prose. By Scott W. Berg  •  Read more »   Yet more dubious claims in Nancy MacLean’s ‘Democracy in Chains’ Some additional errors and logical flaws in "Democracy in Chains." By David Bernstein  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more » Funny response from James Taranto Is he the most intellectually honest person on Twitter? By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Another narcotics task force is in the midst of a corruption and brutality scandal. This is nothing new. Multi-jurisdictional drug task forces are a walking lesson in well-intentioned laws that don't consider unintended consequences. By Radley Balko  •  The Watch  •  Read more » Trump on Washington Post: ‘fake news.’ Trump on helpful Washington Post story: ‘well reported.’ Not, mind you, fake news. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Forget Trump. This is the strongman to protest at the G-20. Europe is preparing to protest the actions of Donald Trump. But where are the harsh words for China's dismissal of human rights? By John Pomfret  •  Global Opinions  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Energy 202 Your daily guide to the energy and environment debate. Sign Up »         Share Opinions P.M.:       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