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Game over

Among Democrats, Clinton has no competition.

Fearing Clinton

The GOP was right to be worried.

Don’t swoon over Putin

History shows the U.S. should keep its cool.

A ‘Syria first’ plan

The U.S. hastily reevaluates.

Washington is obsolete

(Steve Helber / AP)

  • Washington is obsolete

    Washington is obsolete

    Ceding power to the states makes sense.

    John Kasich

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  • Family leave is no pipe dream

    Family leave is no pipe dream

    It’s good policy — and feasible.

    Catherine Rampell

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  • Three gun laws for saving lives

    Three gun laws for saving lives

    We don’t need gun confiscation to reduce deaths.

    Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes

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  • Children among ruins

    Children among ruins

    Young Syrians are being robbed of their future.

    Michael Gerson

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Mr. President, kill the new cruise missile

Mr. President, kill the new cruise missile

William J. Perry and Andy Weber

The United States, and the world, will be better off.

Editorials

Holding gun dealers to account

Sharon Bulova for chairman in Fairfax

Obama bows to reality in Afghanistan

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PostPartisan

The Insiders: Why doesn’t Paul Ryan want to be speaker?

Ed Rogers

If Republican leaders have to convince Rep. Ryan to do something he doesn’t really want to do, then I worry he won’t have the requisite enthusiasm for the fight.

Martin O’Malley has a John Edwards problem

Jonathan Capehart

A Sanders-Clinton shouting match sums up the race

Stephen Stromberg

How Clinton calmed the customary Democrat freakout

Jonathan Capehart

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Greg Sargent

The Plum Line

Morning Plum: Poor, helpless John Boehner has...

Greg Sargent

Jennifer Rubin

Right Turn

Money isn’t everything, but it’s sorting...

Jennifer Rubin

David Kopel

Volokh Conspiracy

Alan Steinweis’s bad history

David Kopel

Wendy Murphy

In Theory

Title IX protects women. Affirmative consent doesn&rsquo...;

Wendy Murphy

Radley Balko

The Watch

How bloated pensions contribute to police brutality

Radley Balko

Stacia L. Brown

Act Four

The cultural impact of ‘America’s...

Stacia L. Brown

Erik Wemple

Erik Wemple

Donald Trump now officially owns cable news

Erik Wemple

Catherine Rampell

Rampage

The last time women surpassed men in schooling

Catherine Rampell

Alexandra Petri

ComPost

The trouble with Trump

Alexandra Petri

Dan Malouff

All Opinions Are Local

Fairfax City to get its first bike lane

Dan Malouff

Tom Toles Cartoon

Tom Toles Cartoon

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Ann Telnaes Animation

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Outlook & Opinions

Meet Callisto, the Tinder-like platform that aims to fight sexual assault

Meet Callisto, the Tinder-like platform that aims to fight sexual assault

Ian Ayres

Advocates hope the system can overcome ‘the reporter’s dilemma.”

A judicial lightning rod

A judicial lightning rod

Steven V. Mazie

Neither ideology nor partisanship plays a decisive role in Supreme Court rulings.

Why the next education secretary will be good for diversity in schools

Why the next education secretary will be good for diversity in schools

Jonathan Zimmerman

In New York , John B. King has a record of commitment to integration.

Abortion is surgery — and should be regulated as such in Virginia

Abortion is surgery — and should be regulated as such in Virginia

Rosemary Antunes

Medical complications don’t care about politics.

Mary McGrory, the revolutionary insider of Washington journalism

Mary McGrory, the revolutionary insider of Washington journalism

Carlos Lozada

Review of a new book about the legendary Post columnist.

The secretive government agency where ‘anything imagined can be tried’

The secretive government agency where ‘anything imagined can be tried’

Dina Temple-Raston

A book on the fascinating and sometimes creepy world of DARPA.

Who had the worst week in Washington? Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

Who had the worst week in Washington? Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

Chris Cillizza

Just days ago, he was poised to ascend to the top position in the House. Then it all went downhill.

Letters to the Editor

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Challenging everything you think you know.

PostOpinions Writers

Book Reviews

The future of historically black colleges

The secretive government agency where ‘anything imagined can be tried’

Discovering the Deep South’s cliches all over again

Spiritual leader of a medieval city in crisis

Was Henry Kissinger in fact a tormented idealist?

The gangster-terrorist who gave us ISIS

Review: ‘Nutella World’ delves deep into that jar of hazelnut spread

Why women in science are lonely — and shouldn’t be

Wisdom from a gun-owning moderate

How the South’s Public Enemy No. 1 climbed onto the Supreme Court

‘Tales from the Back Row’ review: Inside the fashion industry

The pope as Argentine patriot

Why the Supreme Court must think globally

Overcoming racism as a black medical student then a working physician

Red Planet, here we come

‘Big Magic’: Elizabeth Gilbert’s advice on how you, too, can eat, pray, love