Opinions P.M.: How long will it take before we settle on a new normal?

What the Crash of 2020 means; White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham cites 'evolution' away from traditional press briefings; No surprise: Bernie Sanders is still all about himself, never the party; Cuba arrested a performance artist because he's everything the regime can't control; How a Hollywood director and a Syrian defector joined forces; Sanders claims to champion the working class. The working class disagrees.; How the 2008 financial panic can help us face coronavirus; The No. 1 reason Biden is likely to beat Trump; President Germophobe may get a taste of his own medicine; Age-related mental decline is a real issue. For both Biden and Trump.; The Biden family doesn't need to be investigated. The Trump family does.; Joe Biden steps into the role of party leader; How to close colleges without hurting vulnerable students; Sanders's secret is out: He has no movement; Biden should credit his victory in Michigan to women; Trump will corrupt everything in sight to beat Biden. Here's what's next.; Higher education's mandatory political participation; What's happening in Syria is genocide; Compassion in the time of coronavirus; South Korea shows that democracies can succeed against the coronavirus; On coronavirus, Biden and Sanders act more presidential than Trump; Montgomery County should not let junk science stop 5G ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Yara Nardi/Reuters) How long will it take before we settle on a new normal? How can we handle something we don't know? By Nancy Gibbs ●  Read more »   What the Crash of 2020 means Collapsing stock prices could be a preamble to greater economic setbacks. By Robert Samuelson ●  Read more »   White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham cites 'evolution' away from traditional press briefings Meanwhile, Mike Pence seemingly adds a title to his job description. By Erik Wemple ●  Read more »   No surprise: Bernie Sanders is still all about himself, never the party What about losing every county in three states did he not understand? By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Cuba arrested a performance artist because he's everything the regime can't control The regime is punishing Luis Manuel Otero because he performs where everyone can see him. He is a limb that needs to be amputated before the disease spreads. By Carlos Manuel Álvarez ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   How a Hollywood director and a Syrian defector joined forces An unlikely alliance works to raise awareness of the war. By Josh Rogin ●  Read more »   Sanders claims to champion the working class. The working class disagrees. Why is his campaign tanking? Because he's not resonating with the voters he claims to champion. By Marc A. Thiessen ●  Read more »   How the 2008 financial panic can help us face coronavirus Among the take-aways from 12 years ago: Put partisanship aside, and give the executive branch more leeway to act quickly and decisively. By Henry M. Paulson Jr. ●  Read more »   The No. 1 reason Biden is likely to beat Trump The Democratic primaries are dispelling every theory about how candidates win elections. By Max Boot ●  Read more »   President Germophobe may get a taste of his own medicine Hope it's not too late. By Tom Toles ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Age-related mental decline is a real issue. For both Biden and Trump. It's just as obvious, and more dangerous, in Trump's case. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   The Biden family doesn't need to be investigated. The Trump family does. Calls to investigate Burisma are just a partisan smear. By Norman Eisen and Richard Painter ●  Read more »   Joe Biden steps into the role of party leader The best speech of his career marks a turn to the general election. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   How to close colleges without hurting vulnerable students When schools shut down over coronavirus fears, they may be leaving students homeless. By David Perry ●  Read more »   Sanders's secret is out: He has no movement The media missed the shallowness of his support. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Biden should credit his victory in Michigan to women They are making their voices heard. By Karen Tumulty ●  Read more »   Trump will corrupt everything in sight to beat Biden. Here's what's next. A Democratic senator offers a novel way of getting ahead of the president's corruption. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   Higher education's mandatory political participation Opaque language cannot, however, disguise that this isn't about teaching students. By George Will ●  Read more »   What's happening in Syria is genocide The world needs to acknowledge the nature of the crime. By Keenan Kassar ●  Read more »   Compassion in the time of coronavirus Evolution has set us up for epidemics, but it has also endowed us with the tools to fight them. By Nicholas A. Christakis ●  Read more »   South Korea shows that democracies can succeed against the coronavirus Autocracies aren't superior at crisis management. By Josh Rogin ●  Read more »   On coronavirus, Biden and Sanders act more presidential than Trump It is the best and most immediate evidence of his utter unfitness for the job. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Montgomery County should not let junk science stop 5G Pro-business interests are at odds with those opposed to the telecom technology. By Art Brodsky ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 5-Minute Fix for a weekday afternoon cheat sheet on the impeachment inquiry — and other big political stories — that can be read in 5 minutes. Sign up »

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