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Opinion | Anthropic takes on Hegseth and Trump The president and his team have gone too far — again — in trying to bend a private business to their will.

"Standing up to unreasonable and ethically challenging requests from the government ought to be commonplace in a free country," Adam Lashinsky writes. https://wapo.st/4lcztxK

06.03.2026 15:35 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | The absurdity of imprisoning parents for their children’s crimes The guilty verdict against Colin Gray in school shooting case creates a dangerous precedent.

"The guilty verdict... sets a devastating and absurd precedent for imprisoning people for essentially being bad parents," Kathleen Parker writes. https://wapo.st/47s9uMV

06.03.2026 13:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 2
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Opinion | America’s dating crisis is getting worse. What went wrong? Young people are struggling to find love. It’s time to bring back the matchmaker.

"This is a generation that has been told that relationships are among the most important things in life but has never been taught how to build one," @shadihamid.bsky.social writes. https://wapo.st/4b5HWy2

06.03.2026 11:20 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Opinion | The dangerous rise of decapitation warfare Removing an enemy leader is easy compared with producing a stable political outcome.

"U.S. intelligence analysts have assessed that this campaign has a low likelihood of creating a stable, modernizing government," David Ignatius writes. https://wapo.st/3OOXi2x

06.03.2026 03:32 👍 257 🔁 64 💬 20 📌 5
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Opinion | In defense of sugar Republicans used to be annoyed at government telling people what to eat.

"Browbeating private enterprises into divulging even more internal data won’t help people make informed decisions," the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/3MOQ4Lo

06.03.2026 01:52 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Opinion | Markwayne Mullin’s opportunity to reset immigration policy Kristi Noem’s ouster at DHS allows for a needed overhaul.

"The incoming secretary would be wise to focus on targeting the most dangerous people who are in the country illegally, rather than rounding up otherwise law-abiding workers just to meet ambitious quotas," the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/40dWjLS

06.03.2026 00:25 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 5
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Opinion | Don’t gamble with airport security Readers on TSA reform, stock trading in Congress and more.

"Turning airport security into a revenue stream for private contractors is not reform," writes Hydrick Thomas, president of the American Federation of Government Employees TSA Council 100.

Americans want security delivered by a stable, vetted, professional workforce accountable to the public."

05.03.2026 22:17 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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"'The Wealth of Nations' is the British book from the American crisis that has endured," Nick Bunker writes. https://wapo.st/4r9zGmB

05.03.2026 20:51 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | A violent economy is taking root in Venezuela — and could undermine Trump Criminal mining in southern Venezuela hinders U.S. attempts to secure supply chains.

"A mineral security strategy depends on clean, enforceable supply chains, and Venezuela’s illicit flows are a source of contamination and sanctions evasion," Francisco Dallmeier and Cristina Vollmer Burelli write. https://wapo.st/46GsYx6

05.03.2026 18:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | With Iran, international law has lost its credibility International lawyers defend a framework that cannot capture real moral differences in war.

"International lawyers have too often retreated into a rigid formalism that refuses to grapple with moral and strategic differences everyone else can see," Julian Ku writes. https://wapo.st/4rbMucg

05.03.2026 17:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Opinion | China’s bullying has Japan up in arms The prime minister is moving quickly to establish Tokyo as a military power in the Indo-Pacific.

"The Japanese are getting serious about sharing more of the security burden in the region," the Editorial Board writes.

05.03.2026 15:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Opinion | How the left punishes small business Raising the top tax rate would affect a lot of unsuspecting middle-class workers.

"Jacking up taxes on small employers isn’t going to help make the American economy fairer or more competitive," the Editorial Board writes.

05.03.2026 13:17 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Opinion | The Potomac sewage spill is devastating — it’s also disturbingly common Readers on the Potomac sewage spill, D.C.’s bravest and nuclear fuel reprocessing

"As devastating as the recent Potomac sewage spill is, the more painful truth is that it is common," a reader writes in Post Letters.

05.03.2026 11:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Opinion | Don’t forget who fears the AI economy most Artificial intelligence doomer narratives reflect personal fears, not economic reality.

"I doubt this will be the last time that elites’ anxiety about our personal futures makes people believe the economy is headed for a doom loop," Megan McArdle writes.

05.03.2026 03:32 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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"The key to any alliance fighting extremist Islam is Muslim countries that can put forward a contrasting and appealing vision," Seth Cropsey and Joseph Epstein write. https://wapo.st/3N3lHkb

05.03.2026 01:52 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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On Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel initiated strikes on Iran. What comes next?

@mcmegan.bsky.social and David Ignatius discuss: https://wapo.st/4r6xwUN

05.03.2026 00:25 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Opinion | Kristi Noem is a nightmare for immigration hawks Sloppy enforcement and tone-deaf messaging have undermined Homeland Security’s credibility.

"For all the Trump administration’s insistence on the importance of deporting criminals, no one has made the job as complicated as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem," Carine Hajjar writes. https://wapo.st/4ueWlRq

04.03.2026 22:17 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Democrats have often come to grief by supposing that a candidate with traits associated with conservatism doesn’t need to moderate on issues, Ramesh Ponnuru writes. https://wapo.st/4s16IGE

04.03.2026 20:51 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
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Opinion | The U.S. has oil insurance It’s called the free market.

"For the U.S. shale sector, high prices are the solution to prevent even higher prices," the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/4rJk3Du

04.03.2026 18:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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"Progressive energy is certainly rising, but so far the tide has not turned into a wave that would complicate the party’s hoped-for path back to power," Henry Olsen writes. https://wapo.st/4b0oxOT

04.03.2026 17:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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Opinion | Ukraine is holding its own Data from the battlefield show it’s Moscow that may be in trouble.

"Ukrainian forces have not only held Russian advances to a slow crawl, but they have begun to push Russian forces back in localized counterattacks," Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan write. https://wapo.st/4sowZyC

04.03.2026 15:35 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Germany’s chancellor sets the standard for negotiating with China As Friedrich Merz flies to D.C., it’s in America’s interest to shore up trading ties with the world’s third-biggest economy.

"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz remained clear-eyed on his trip to Beijing last week, publicly challenging China’s underhanded efforts to manipulate trade," the Editorial Board writes.

04.03.2026 13:17 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Opinion | The FDA’s shifting goalposts on rare disease drugs Agency leaders say the right things, but their actions tell a different story.

"The episode is a perfect illustration of what’s wrong with the FDA," the Editorial Board writes.

04.03.2026 11:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Opinion | A win for 11.9 million workers Most independent contractors want the flexibility they lose when they become direct employees.

"The new rule from the Trump administration reflects an understanding of the degree to which labor market flexibility is a key ingredient in America’s secret sauce," the Editorial Board writes.

04.03.2026 03:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Opinion | Hotter heads prevail at Trump’s Justice Department The administration keeps up its fight to meddle in the business of law firms.

The administration keeps up its fight to meddle in the business of law firms, the Editorial Board writes.

04.03.2026 01:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Opinion | Free trade trumped tariffs in 2025 But continuing perseverance in the face of protectionism is no sure bet.

But continuing perseverance in the face of protectionism is no sure bet, the Editorial Board writes.

04.03.2026 00:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Trump’s strikes on Iran renew an old question Readers on Iran, executive authority, Social Security and more.

"War powers should not expand or contract depending on which party controls the White House," a reader writes in Post Letters. https://wapo.st/3OOOCJq

03.03.2026 22:17 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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"This much is certain: Donald Trump is making history," Marc Thiessen writes.

"If he succeeds in defeating Islamic radicalism in Iran, Trump will take his place alongside them as one the most consequential presidents in U.S. history." https://wapo.st/4u7gvN4

03.03.2026 20:51 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 10 📌 3
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"Iran’s minorities — with their organization, resilience and commitment to an integrated Iran — are essential to their country’s future," Aram Hessami writes. https://wapo.st/4aLh9bs

03.03.2026 18:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Public health infrastructure, already fragile before the pandemic, is being steadily eroded," Dr. Leana S. Wen writes. https://wapo.st/4bh2qFj

03.03.2026 17:25 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1