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Sweet-talking a Web site

Obama will ‘campaign’ to fix HealthCare.gov.

Change in China

The Communist Party seeks reforms.

A better safety net

Health-care reform is necessary.

Evangelicals, immigration

Their views are not a function of their religion.

Obama’s feast of failures

The HealthCare.gov mess isn’t a surprise.

The GOP’s storytime

Republicans succumbed to governing by anecdote.

Shaping a deal with Iran

It will be tough, but an agreement is achievable.

The U.S. shifts left

Republicans took a step back from the tea party.

Mounting malaise

Developed countries are increasingly pessimistic.

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.

Donated turkeys aren’t enough

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  • Donated turkeys aren’t enough

    Donated turkeys aren’t enough

    Solutions needed to offset food-stamp cuts.

    Alexandra Ashbrook and Patty Stonesifer

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  • Security after Snowden

    Security after Snowden

    Foreign spying policies need to be open.

    Jane Harman

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  • A U.S. opportunity in Pakistan

    A U.S. opportunity in Pakistan

    The two countries vs. the Taliban.

    Daniel S. Markey

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  • Breaking the budget logjam

    Breaking the budget logjam

    The GOP needs to make more progress.

    Olympia Snowe and Karen Hughes

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PostPartisan

President Christie meet President Giuliani

Jonathan Capehart

The ridiculous hype about Christie’s presidential ambitions is amusing to watch.

A few notes about going nuclear

Jonathan Bernstein

PostScript: Will and Obama’s clunkers

Rachel Manteuffel

What Christie’s big win means for 2016

Jonathan Bernstein

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Jonathan Bernstein

The Plum Line

Happy Hour Roundup

Jonathan Bernstein

Jennifer Rubin

Right Turn

Interim deal denounced

Jennifer Rubin

Erik Wemple

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Erik Wemple

Alexandra Petri

ComPost

10 famous literary insults, updated to reflect...

Alexandra Petri

Joel Achenbach

Achenblog

Exoplanets abundant but Earth itself getting &ldquo...;

Joel Achenbach

Tom Toles

Tom Toles

Thursday’s outtake

Tom Toles

Tom Toles Cartoon

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Ann Telnaes Animation

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Editorials

School reform is working

Affirmative discrimination

Cuccinelli has himself to blame

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Local Blog Network

Six points to ponder after Election Day

Norman Leahy

We learned, among other things, that Obamacare is toxic for Democrats.

What’s next in Va.? Seven election takeaways

Peter Galuszka

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

Todd Eberly

Why McAuliffe can’t rest easy

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

The rise and fall of America’s rise and fall

Who was Ben Franklin’s sister Jane?

Once upon a time, the speaker and president could agree

Do many worldwide want to eliminate Israel and the Jews?

The author of ‘Bel Canto’ chooses herself as her subject

The human connection to music

‘Brave Genius’ review: A gripping portrait of two heroes

‘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