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Well-insured critics

Obamacare’s opponents don’t show any empathy.

Trapped in his bubble

Obama’s decision making is similar to Bush’s.

Obama’s sin of omission

The problem of selling his health-care law.

A case against filibuster

The GOP is blocking qualified appointees.

A better president

Combining the best parts of Obama and Bill Clinton.

Silence on Syria success

Chemical weapons removal progresses.

The GOP’s new reality

The party must respond to the tea party’s damage.

Ugly history on screen

‘12 Years a Slave’ holds up a mirror to our past.

Germany, humiliated

The NSA’s spying is an unwelcome reminder.

A dishonest presidency

Obamacare exposes a fundamental problem.

Noise around Obamacare

For critics, the goal is to move government aside.

Why Chinese are anxious

The concern about the next stages of growth.

Mr. McAuliffe’s victory

(Mark Gormus / AP)

  • Mr. McAuliffe’s victory

    Mr. McAuliffe’s victory

    The candidate with the right message won.

    Editorial Board

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  • A lesson for the GOP

    A lesson for the GOP

    Moderates win.

    Carter Eskew

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  • High hopes on the Hudson

    High hopes on the Hudson

    Voters send a message with their ballots.

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  • The hard right loses

    The hard right loses

    Virginia rejects tea party favorite.

    Jennifer Rubin

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PostPartisan

In Virginia, another wakeup call for Republicans

Stephen Stromberg

Cuccinelli lost because he was another ideologically pure right-winger who scares lots of voters.

A lesson for the GOP

Carter Eskew

Reince Priebus and ‘a culture of hatred’

Jonathan Capehart

The Upton bill is the biggest threat to Obamacare so far

Ed Rogers

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Opinions Blogs

Greg Sargent

The Plum Line

Morning Plum: Virginia race not a referendum on...

Greg Sargent

Jennifer Rubin

Right Turn

Just say it like it is

Jennifer Rubin

Erik Wemple

Erik Wemple

Media split over use of ‘lie’ in reference...

Erik Wemple

Alexandra Petri

ComPost

Jeeves and the Wedding Bells -- books and fanfiction

Alexandra Petri

Joel Achenbach

Achenblog

Exoplanets abundant but Earth itself getting &ldquo...

Joel Achenbach

Tom Toles

Tom Toles

We don’t like the taste of different medicine!

Tom Toles

Tom Toles Cartoon

Grand Canyon compromise

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Ann Telnaes Animation

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Editorials

Mr. McAuliffe’s victory

High hopes on the Hudson

Texas holds ’em voteless

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Local Blog Network

What’s next in Va.? Seven election takeaways

Peter Galuszka

The jury’s still out on a flawed McAuliffe, but let the healing and rebuilding begin.

In Md. speech, Obama promised no changes to individual health plans

Todd Eberly

Why McAuliffe can’t rest easy

Norman Leahy

McAuliffe and Cuccinelli in the home stretch

Norman Leahy

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Letters to the Editor

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Outlook & Opinions

The Virginia Way

The Virginia Way

Peter Galuszka

Virginia is for lovers of lax ethics and anything-goes politics.

Our subjective ‘scandals’

Our subjective ‘scandals’

Paul Farhi

How the media handles controversy.

Minute by minute in the Bush White House

Minute by minute in the Bush White House

James Mann

Peter Baker’s ‘Days of Fire’ chronicles the George W. Bush years.

President Obama’s worst week

President Obama’s worst week

Chris Cillizza

A broken promise on health care.

A new JFK conspiracy

Was this book review fair?

The Washington Red Clouds

The Washington Red Clouds

Bob Drury and Thomas Clavin

The case for renaming the team after a proud warrior and a great leader.

Burma: dangerous place for Muslims

Burma: dangerous place for Muslims

Holly Atkinson and Michael Abramowitz

The ethnic Rohingya minority faces an acute threat of violence.

Bass: Vietnam’s revolutionary general

Bass: Vietnam’s revolutionary general

Thomas A. Bass

Vo Nguyen Giap embodied the courage of his people.

A novelist learns to write

A novelist learns to write

Pia de Jong

A Dutch author on finding her voice in English.

Why we’re still obsessed with JFK

Why we’re still obsessed with JFK

Thurston Clarke

The appeal and frustrations of writing about the most enigmatic man to occupy the White House.

Challenging everything you think you know.

Book Reviews

‘I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon,’ by Touré 

How women succumb to alcohol addiction

The broad reach of slavery and freedom in Virginia

Heeeeere’s Johnny!

The laws passed by a congress that worked

A new JFK conspiracy

Review: ‘How Architecture Works,’ by Witold Rybczynski

Minute by minute in the Bush White House

One family’s tale of fate and misfortune in 20th century

A roundup of new books on JFK

Review: ‘The Kennedy Half-Century’

Review: ‘Camelot’s Court’

Review: ‘The Interloper’

Review: ‘End of Days’

Review: ‘If Kennedy Lived’

Review: ‘A Cruel and Shocking Act’