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The Plum Line Our health-care debate is a disaster. Here's how we can do better. "Are taxes going to go up?" is the least important question. By Paul Waldman · Read more The cities of the future used to feature flying cars. A warming world demands new dreams. Our new ideas for the future may be less spectacular, but they're just as important and impressive. By Ned Cramer · Read more   The hidden victims of the death penalty: Correctional staff Carrying out executions can take a deep, psychological damage toll on corrections staff. By Allen L. Ault · Read more   Someone needs to call out Joe Biden on Medicare-for-all. Will Kamala Harris? Biden is making it harder for almost any health-care reform to get off the ground. By Helaine Olen · Read more   Sadly, political cartooning is becoming a lost art There may have been as many as 2,000 such artists a century ago. Now, there may be as few as two dozen. By Mitch Daniels · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT What Biden and Harris can learn from Tuesday's debate They won't have far-left contenders to worry about. By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   Trump's visit to Jamestown shakes up Virginia politics Republicans needed the cheap theater as much as the self-styled resistance. By Norman Leahy · Read more   An unbalanced observation on American politics Made while panning for gold. By Tom Toles · Read more   Democrats face a foreign policy conundrum Should we stay in Afghanistan or leave? By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   The indestructible welfare state Despite significant anti-poverty spending, somewhere between a quarter and a third of Americans — roughly speaking — are struggling economically. By Robert Samuelson · Read more   NeverTrumpers skewer 'Moscow Mitch' Holding the Senate majority leader's feet to the fire. By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   The Plum Line The 2020 Democrats just took on Trump's racism. But not how you'd expect. At the debate, the candidates prosecuted President Trump's racism in some surprising ways. By Greg Sargent · Read more   Voters want responsible internationalism in foreign policy Defend U.S. international interests but make sure we invest at home By Jennifer Rubin · Read more   Sketches of the CNN Democratic debate Cartoonist Ann Telnaes draws the candidates as they debate in Detroit. By Ann Telnaes · Read more   ADVERTISEMENT Recommended for you Get The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter PowerPost's daily guide to cybersecurity news and policy, by reporter Joseph Marks. Sign Up

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