Featured here are some of the opinion columns that Sen. Robert Byrd wrote for The Post during his tenure on Capitol Hill. Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress, died June 28, 2010 at age 92.
A "nuclear option" is targeting the Senate. No, this isn't some terrorist plot. Rather, some in the Senate are considering dropping a legislative bomb that threatens the rights to dissent, to unlimited debate and to freedom of speech.
