Featured Columns

A simple apology

Obama: Apologize for misleading people.

Can Yellen stand alone?

The Fed chair’s role in the political process.

Heavy lifting

Rand Paul’s 2016 GOP nomination speech.

Soothing ruffled feathers

How to help repair the Snowden mess.

Dan Snyder’s mistake

He is putting his legacy at risk.

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.

Book TV

(Edwin Fotheringham for The Washington Post)

  • Book TV

    Book TV

    TV Anchors are penning their insights.

    Erik Wemple

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  • Five myths: Rupert Murdoch

    Five myths: Rupert Murdoch

    He’s all about profits, right?

    David Folkenflik

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  • Close tax loopholes

    Close tax loopholes

    Cutting tax expenditures would help.

    Patty Murray

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  • Obamacare’s other challenges

    Obamacare’s other challenges

    HealthCare.gov isn’t the only one.

    Jon Kingsdale

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Outlook & Opinions

The China-U.S. bond

The China-U.S. bond

Robert Rubin

Both countries can help each other.

Displaced in D.C.

Displaced in D.C.

Judith Sandalow

Why can’t the ‘New Washington’ work for everyone?

Rand Paul’s worst week

Rand Paul’s worst week

Chris Cillizza

Not all his words were his own.

Locking in long-term security

Locking in long-term security

Soner Cagaptay

Turkey flirts with China after getting a cold shoulder from Washington.

The rise and fall of America’s rise and fall

The rise and fall of America’s rise and fall

Carlos Lozada

In ‘The Myth of America’s Decline,’ Josef Joffe asks why the United States is so down on itself.

Rob Ford is famous!

Rob Ford is famous!

Diane Francis

Some Canadians are relishing the notoriety of the crack-smoking mayor.

Suffering in Syria

Suffering in Syria

Magne Barth

The Red Cross can help — if the warring parties will let us.

The health-care law’s success

The health-care law’s success

David Cutler

It’s slowing down medical costs.

Why McAuliffe won

Why McAuliffe won

Tom Davis, Corey Stewart, Mark Plotkin, Paul Goldman and Norman Leahy

TOPIC A | Five political observers on Tuesday’s results in Virginia.

The military’s gated communities

The military’s gated communities

Phillip Carter and David Barno

Why it’s hard for veterans to leave the bubble.

PostPartisan

PostScript: Ashbrook and Stonesifer on relying on hunger charity

Rachel Manteuffel

Readers respond to a perspective from food-charity workers on SNAP cuts.

If they’re running, it’s really okay to say so

Jonathan Bernstein

Lesson for Democrats in McAuliffe win: Bet on black

Jonathan Capehart

Six reasons Obamacare will only get worse for Democrats

Ed Rogers

More PostPartisan

Opinions Blogs

Greg Sargent

The Plum Line

Open Thread

Greg Sargent

Jennifer Rubin

Right Turn

A rotten deal in Geneva

Jennifer Rubin

Erik Wemple

Erik Wemple

First, ‘60 Minutes.’ Next, Fox News?...

Erik Wemple

Alexandra Petri

ComPost

Become a Whig right now!

Alexandra Petri

Joel Achenbach

Achenblog

Watch the skies!

Joel Achenbach

Swati Sharma

Tom Toles

Swati Sharma

Tom Toles Cartoon

More Toles Cartoons and Blog Posts

Ann Telnaes Animation

More Telnaes Animations

Editorials

Good riddance to trans fats

Too little, too slow

Combating prison suicides

More Editorials

PostOpinions Writers

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

More LBN

Letters to the Editor

More Letters

Challenging everything you think you know.

Book Reviews

How to use journalists to maximum effect

The National Gallery’s evolution, and the man behind it

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