Marisa Bellack
Opinions Editor

Marisa Bellack is The Washington Post’s Opinions Editor for Digital. Before joining The Post in 2007, she wrote for The New Republic, National Journal, the Providence Journal, Newsday, Newsweek and USA Today. She went to college at the University of Pennsylvania and earned graduate degrees at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the London School of Economics.

Latest by Marisa Bellack

Mitt Romney’s subdued election party

Mitt Romney’s subdued election party

Marisa Bellack

It wasn’t the coronation supporters had expected.

The Stephen Colbert rally

The Stephen Colbert rally

Marisa Bellack

It didn’t make things look good for the Republican Party.

Herman Cain’s endorsement

Herman Cain’s endorsement

Marisa Bellack

Like his candidacy, it’s a disappointment.

“We Meant Well” by Peter Van Buren

“We Meant Well” by Peter Van Buren

Marisa Bellack

In “We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People,” Peter Van Buren recalls trying to help Iraqis rebuild their country.