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An unfazed Obama?

He shows no signs of adjusting course.

First steps for the GOP

Six items on the Republican to-do list.

Worse than 2010

Many things went badly for progressives.

Why the Democrats lost

They failed to address downward mobility.

Potential GOP chaos

The consequence of an agenda-free campaign.

The bare, naked truth

Lena Dunham puts it all out there.

Make them vote

The case for making voting mandatory.

A plan to heal Syria

Is a strategy of local cease-fires ideal?

Flunking the vision test

Politicians lack long-term planning abilities.

Erasing mistakes

Is America still the land of second chances?

Dealing with death

A lesson from Brittany Maynard.

The Reagan time warp

The GOP seems stuck in the past.

A minimum wage bargain

(Seth Perlman / AP)

  • A minimum wage bargain

    A minimum wage bargain

    A proposal to end partisan conflict.

    Charles Lane

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  • A 2016 GOP path to victory

    A 2016 GOP path to victory

    Here’s what Republicans must do to prevail.

    Ari Fleischer

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  • Larry Hogan’s stunning win

    Larry Hogan’s stunning win

    Now he needs a credible anti-tax plan.

    Editorial Board

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  • Explaining stagnant wages

    Explaining stagnant wages

    Is prejudice against pay cuts to blame?

    Robert J. Samuelson

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PostPartisan

Answers to my 15 random Election Day questions

Jonathan Capehart

The polls are closed. The people have spoken.

What the AP U.S. History fight in Colorado is really about

Charles Lane

The world is still far from the finish line on Ebola

Karen Attiah

What if Democrats had told the truth about Obama?

Ed Rogers

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Opinions Blogs

Paul Waldman

The Plum Line

No, Republicans don’t actually need to &ldquo...

Paul Waldman

Jennifer Rubin

Right Turn

Jeb Bush weighs in on the elections

Jennifer Rubin

Radley Balko

The Watch

Pioneering Dallas prosecutor Craig Watkins loses...

Radley Balko

Alyssa Rosenberg

Act Four

Intermission: Stone babies and robot children

Alyssa Rosenberg

Erik Wemple

Erik Wemple

ESPN ombudsman blames everyone for Bill Simmons...

Erik Wemple

Catherine Rampell

Rampage

More men say they want to be stay-at-home dads...

Catherine Rampell

Alexandra Petri

ComPost

2014 Midterms Bingo

Alexandra Petri

Ann Telnaes

Ann Telnaes

Caricature Thursday: Senator Mitch McConnell

Ann Telnaes

Tom Toles

Tom Toles

Thursday’s outtake

Tom Toles

Norman Leahy and Paul Goldman

All Opinions Are Local

Virginia now is the key presidential state

Norman Leahy and Paul Goldman

Editorials

Give Republicans time

Leaving Yazidis exposed

Larry Hogan’s stunning win

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Outlook & Opinions

The Brittany Maynard effect

The Brittany Maynard effect

Marcia Angell

She’s changed the debate on assisted dying.

Rehearsing for death

Rehearsing for death

Launa Hall

A teacher on the lunacy of lockdown drills.

What makes Berlin Berlin?

What makes Berlin Berlin?

Gerard De Groot

Three books on the people who have shaped and reshaped the city.

Chris Christie’s worst week

Chris Christie’s worst week

Chris Cillizza

His responses to an Ebola nurse and a heckler were less than presidential.

Stop pitying veterans

Stop pitying veterans

Howard Schultz and Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Focus on PTSD distorts our perception.

Five myths about the Berlin Wall

Five myths about the Berlin Wall

Hope M. Harrison

The Soviets didn’t really want it. And Reagan didn’t cause it to fall.

MLK in East Berlin

MLK in East Berlin

Paul Kengor

Fifty years ago, he spoke of breaking down walls.

Best state: Wyoming

Best state: Wyoming

Reid Wilson

The state is ranked top for its business-friendly tax code.

Tom Toles Cartoon

More Toles Cartoons and Blog Posts

Ann Telnaes Animation

More Telnaes Animations

Letters to the Editor

More Letters

Challenging everything you think you know.

PostOpinions Writers

Book Reviews

‘War Dogs,’ by Rebecca Frankel

Does how you frame it matter?

The many ailments of America

More private than Facebook

Young America’s love of the French

The ministry of hilarity

What makes Berlin Berlin?

Elsa Schiaparelli, after a fashion

‘The Poet and the Vampyre’

‘Yes Please,’ by Amy Poehler

History of English murder is a light read

What makes nations succeed and fail?

Fighting for God and country

Living in the vice district of Storyville

Gauging Latinos’ political clout

On behalf of wronged defendants