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A last-minute maneuver
House GOP ruin a budget deal — again.
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The shutdown’s silver lining
The divide in the right becomes clear.
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Shutdown horror stories
The impact can be terrifying.
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No more Iranian half-steps
The nuclear program must be addressed.
Opinions Blogs
It’s still extortion for the sake of extortion
What radical Republicans are up to
PostScript: Will and minor concessions
Rachel Manteuffel
What will happen on the Oct. 17 debt ceiling default date
Jonathan Capehart
E.J. Dionne Jr.
A riveting tale, an urgent message
“I Am Malala” tells the story of how a young education activist survived a Taliban bullet.
What it means to be a public servant
What happens when people who want to serve are told they can’t?
Iran wants sanctions relief — and nukes
The regime’s offer of talks is meant only to test President Obama.
Defusing the population bomb
Alan Weisman’s ‘Countdown’ tries to determine Earth’s carrying capacity.
Lessons from the shutdown
No business would tolerate the uncertainty and waste that comes with a shutdown.
Does OPEC still have the U.S. over a barrel?
Forty years after the OPEC embargo, we’re likely to avoid another crisis.
The soul and hardships of an activist
How Bill McKibben became a leader of the environmental movement.
PostOpinions Writers
Gansler’s ‘unbalance’ ticket? Nonsense
The myth that Md. gubernatorial slates need to pair the D.C. region and Baltimore to succeed.
A security camera comes through for bike owners
Topher Mathews
‘Captain Phillips’ and the shutdown
Peter Galuszka
Norman Leahy
Challenging everything you think you know.
Book Reviews
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Opinions Videos
Amid war, a moment of joy
Iraqi staffers from The Washington Post’s Baghdad bureau reflect on a November 2003 office party filled with laughter and joy. They took tremendous risks to help report the war and many ultimately had to leave the country.
‘As soon as we landed in the United States, I felt: We are safe.’
Muhanned al-Kusairy was The Washington Post’s security chief in Baghdad from 2003 to 2009. He moved with his family to Phoenix in 2010 and longs for the day when he can protect his new country as a deputy sheriff.
‘God Bless America’ performances throughout history
From its film debut in 1947 to being sung on the Capitol steps on September 11th, 2001, “God Bless America” has served as a patriotic symbol throughout American history.
Chinese democracy fight inspires ‘Nine Days’
Fred Hiatt’s young adult novel mirrors Ti-Anna Wang’s attempts to free her father from a Chinese prison. We speak to Hiatt and Wang about the book and the case that inspired it.
Columnist vs. Commenter: Dana Milbank on Rep. Young
Dana Milbank responds to online commenters, some of whom disagreed that Republicans’ condemnation of Rep. Don Young’s use of the word “wetback” marked a shift in the party.
Is the fight for gay marriage the new civil rights movement?
VIDEO | The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart hosts a Google+ Hangout about the state of marriage in America. He’s joined by the Center for American Progress’s Winnie Stachelberg, Third Way’s Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, Capital Insight’s Jon Cohen and National Black Justice Coalition’s Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks.
Why does D.C. struggle so much with snow?
The Fold’s Brook Silva-Braga hits the streets with Post humorist Alexandra Petri in search of an explanation for the city’s struggles with winter weather.
Oscar nominated films “Django Unchained” and “Lincoln” take two very different approaches at portraying slavery on the big screen. While more comic, the Washington Post’s film critic Ann Hornaday says the violence in “Django” more e ffectively touches on the issue.
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama’s many smiles
University of Arkansas political science professor Patrick Stewart analyzes the meaning behind the many smiles of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.
Nationals make ‘The Rough Rider’ a hapless loser
In the long history of organized sports, no team or individual at the collegiate or professional level has ever lost 500 times in a row. But if one current streak continues, history of the wrong kind will be made midway through the fourth inning at Nationals Park on Aug. 18, when the world will witness perhaps the first competitor in a professional sports arena to lose for the 500th consecutive time.
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Microcredit expert David Roodman discusses why providing loans to the world's poor isn't always in their best interest.The Post Most: OpinionsMost-viewed stories, videos and galleries int he past two hours
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