We take our dogs everywhere. Maybe we shouldn’t.

I’m a dog owner, but even I think there are times they should be left at home.

By Tove DanovichOctober 14, 2024

College degrees aren’t what make great child care

D.C. keeps rolling out needless regulations that make child care more expensive.

By Mike Lee and Nancy MaceOctober 14, 2024

Born in another ugly era, Columbus Day is an accident of history

The holiday is an unexpected result of toxic immigration politics, racial violence and the actions of a mostly forgotten president.

By C.W. GoodyearOctober 13, 2024

How not to play Donald Trump

“The Apprentice” movie features the latest example of an actor trying to add shading to a man who lacks it.

By Will LeitchOctober 11, 2024

Why I keep taking photos the world ignores

Images from war-torn places are no match for the world’s apathy. But making them still matters.

By Finbarr O'ReillyOctober 10, 2024

Don’t live in a swing state? You can still influence elections.

How to identify the political races in which individual voters have the most power.

By Sam WangOctober 10, 2024

Prosecutors erode our rights with show-and-tell indictments like Eric Adams’s

It’s hard enough selecting a jury without the added burden of airwaves flooded with damning language.

By Abbe David LowellOctober 9, 2024

College rankings are leaving out the most important factor

The quality that matters most to applicants gets overlooked by school rankings.

By Jonathan ZimmermanOctober 9, 2024

The Equalizer

Sarah Vowell on Pamela Wright of the National Archives

By Sarah VowellOctober 8, 2024

What a washing machine saga says about Trump’s tariffs

The GOP nominee wants taxes on imports to be universal. Recent history tells us why that’s bad.

By Joseph PolitanoOctober 8, 2024

China is rapidly building warships. Satellite images reveal the scale.

China’s recent shipbuilding expansion should be a wake-up call for bolstering American naval power and maritime capacity.

By Brady Africk and Mackenzie EaglenOctober 7, 2024

Sam Altman’s imperial reach

The tech leader’s boundless ambition is putting AI, and the world, on a dangerous path.

By Robert WrightOctober 7, 2024

Why the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling is untenable in a democracy

Justices’ ruling in immunity case creates one legal standard for presidents and a different standard for citizens

By Stephen S. TrottOctober 7, 2024

Kansas City’s little-town blues have melted away

The Royals are in the playoffs. The Chiefs have Patrick Mahomes and Taylor Swift. It’s okay if you hate us.

By Rany JazayerliOctober 4, 2024

Former Israeli and Palestinian ministers: A way out of this endless war

It’s time to secure a lasting peace — for Israelis, Palestinians and the broader region.

By Ehud Olmert and Nasser al-KidwaOctober 4, 2024

How a wonky, centrist catchphrase explains Harris’s platform

Harris is embracing the idea that America can solve problems by getting better and faster at building things.

By Jordan WeissmannOctober 3, 2024

‘This would become hell’: 8 people on the impact of the war in Gaza

One year into the Israel-Gaza war, despair and hope reign.

By Washington Post OpinionsOctober 3, 2024

Mormon voters in the West can save the GOP from Trump

By defeating the former president, they can protect the Constitution they believe to be divinely inspired.

By Addison GrahamOctober 3, 2024

Please, no more debates!

Debates elevate the worst aspects of our politics. Let’s try something else.

By Olufemi TaiwoOctober 2, 2024

The Cyber Sleuth

Geraldine Brooks on Jarod Koopman of the Internal Revenue Service

By Geraldine BrooksOctober 1, 2024