Jonathan Capehart
Jonathan Capehart
Opinion Writer

Jonathan Capehart is a member of the Post editorial board and writes about politics and social issues for the PostPartisan blog. He is also an MSNBC contributor, appearing regularly on Morning Joe and other dayside programs. Prior to joining The Post in 2007, Capehart was the deputy editor of New York Daily News’s editorial page from 2002 to 2005. He worked as a policy adviser to Michael Bloomberg in his successful campaign for mayor of New York City, he was a national affairs columnist for Bloomberg News from 2000 to 2001, and he was a member of the Daily News editorial board from 1993 to 2000. Capehart and the Daily News editorial board won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for their series on the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Follow him on Google+, Twitter, and Facebook.

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Batkid takes hearts in San Francisco

Batkid takes hearts in San Francisco

We could use him in Washington, too.

Sarah Palin invokes slavery, inappropriately of course

Sarah Palin invokes slavery, inappropriately of course

Not since Herman Cain tried to explain ‘9-9-9’ have I heard such gibberish employed to justify something so dumb.

Palin pounces on Chris Christie and the pope

Palin pounces on Chris Christie and the pope

The musings of Sarah Palin always make for a target-rich environment.

Flag error highlights a big problem for the GOP

Flag error highlights a big problem for the GOP

I deserve a dunce cap for not looking more carefully at polling crosstabs. But the data actually underscore a big problem for the GOP.