Larry Hogan shows how judicial appointments are done

If the system were color-blind, the nation’s appellate courts would look like roughly like the general population. They do not.
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Maryland’s flawed pretrial detention system can be fixed

Fixing the home-detention framework would go a long way to solving problems in the state's criminal justice system.
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Despite carjackings, D.C. shouldn’t revert to ineffective tough-on-crime policies

We can keep our communities safe and uphold the dignity of our children by looking to the root causes of crime and responding accordingly.
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Youngkin has a chance to rise above cancel culture

It’s going to take a village to find a way to meet in the middle, to speak reasonably to one another and find places of commonality and agreement.
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When truth intrudes on Virginia politics

Elected officials saying on the record what they really think can be dangerous.

Virginia gets a dose of political theater

There’s a different strand of theater underway right now that we haven’t seen before — or at least not for decades — and it comes in two varieties.

The war on critical race theory in Virginia is really a war on critical thinking

Local and state officials should talk at a table of unity, not one of accusation and autocratic action.
  • Mar 4

The National Mall has plenty of space for two new museums

The Smithsonian is trying to identify locations for a National Museum of the American Latino and a Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. Where will they go?
  • Mar 4

Youngkin can deliver the promise of environmental justice for underserved communities

Rural Virginians' opinions are overshadowed by profit-driven companies that seek to build on their untouched land.
  • Mar 4
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Police officer deaths by suicide should be considered line of duty

The death of Officer Jeffrey Smith is a wake-up call that needs to be heeded.

Youngkin’s divisive pick for a key Cabinet post has inspired a partisan duel

The venomous tit-for-tat in Richmond was set in motion by the governor's extremist choice for the state's top environmental job.

The region’s recovery rides on Metro

Metro is facing a financial cliff and steep service cuts once federal relief funding runs out, as it will. The Washington area's economy depends on a solution.

Public officials shouldn’t hide behind private messaging systems

Adoption of such services almost certainly violates the spirit, if not the letter, of open records laws.

Daniel Snyder doesn’t deserve the sweetheart deal Virginia lawmakers want to give him

Legislation in Richmond would hand the Commanders owner, embroiled in workplace misconduct investigations, a fat state subsidy.
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Feeling safe in a society with vaccine mandates

  • Jan 18
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We’re all under pressure

  • Jan 18
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Principles over polls

  • Jan 18
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We all have a stake in college enrollment

  • Jan 18
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Mr. Youngkin should explore conservationist conservatives

  • Jan 18
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Readers critique The Post: Confusing use of the word ‘propaganda’

This week's Free for All letters.
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Readers critique The Post: Proposing a better layout for these sports pages

This week's Free for All letters.
  • Mar 4
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Readers critique The Post: There aren’t two sides to heart health

This week's Free for All letters.
  • Feb 25
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Readers critique The Post: What we got wrong about a potato plague

This week's Free for All letters.
  • Feb 18
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Readers critique The Post: These captions could have been better

This week's Free for All letters.
  • Feb 11
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