Perspectives

On the Road With Rahm Emanuel: He Embodies His Party’s Past. Could He Also Be Its Future?

By David Montgomery

October 23, 2026 01:02 p.m.
Dana Milbank: No Attack Is Too Vile for JD Vance

By Dana Milbank

October 22, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Matt K. Lewis: Mike Johnson Really Needs to Stop Insisting the Polls Are Wrong

By Matt K. Lewis

October 21, 2026 11:06 a.m.

Dana Milbank: How Big a Wave? This Minnesota Math Teacher Could Be the Democrats’ High-Water Mark.

October 14, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: We Have a Chance to Break Out of Our National Doom Loop in 2028. Here’s How.

October 07, 2026 11:51 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Ballparks in Our National Parks? Trump’s Plundering Is in a League of Its Own.

October 02, 2026 05:00 a.m.

Matt K. Lewis: Don’t Bet on JD Vance in 2028

October 08, 2026 01:13 p.m.
Matt K. Lewis: I Almost Never Vote for Democrats. I’m Making an Exception This Year.

September 30, 2026 09:37 p.m.
Matt K. Lewis: How Trump Blew Up His Coalition, Group by Group

September 22, 2026 03:50 p.m.

Robin Givhan: Stop Belittling Kamala Harris

By Robin Givhan

October 09, 2026 06:10 p.m.
How ‘Hamilton’ Became Cool Again

By Anusha Mathur

September 25, 2026 10:53 a.m.
Robin Givhan: The Complicated Masculinity of Abdul El-Sayed

By Robin Givhan

September 12, 2026 05:00 a.m.
The Ballad of Scott Brown Is the Story of the Republican Party in 2026

By Bill Donahue

September 03, 2026 03:01 p.m.

perspectives legislative losers

Forum: Sen. Bill Cassidy, Rep. Al Green and 16 Other Candidates on Losing Their 2026 Primaries.

October 14, 2026 02:44 p.m.

What Washington Gets Wrong About Education — According to 12 Teachers From Across the Country

September 30, 2026 04:03 p.m.
Five Reflections on 9/11 — By People Who Were Born After 9/11

September 11, 2026 01:16 p.m.
Under-the-Radar Ideas to Improve American Energy Policy that Could Pass Congress this Year

July 24, 2026 04:15 p.m.
What Is the Most Significant Gap in the Social Safety Net for American Families?

June 26, 2026 04:56 p.m.
What Washington Gets Wrong About Religion, According to 14 Religious Leaders and Experts

June 12, 2026 03:15 p.m.

Trump’s Garden of American Heroes Is a Great Idea

July 20, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Is Josh Shapiro Actually Good at Governing?

July 20, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Noise Pollution Threatens the Countryside. I Fought Back — Loudly

July 16, 2026 05:00 a.m.
The Photo of the Woman on the Metro Was Powerful. Was It Also Exploitative?

July 15, 2026 12:06 p.m.
The Lesson of Platner’s Exit: Trump Didn’t Change the Rules for Anyone Except Himself.

July 08, 2026 09:36 p.m.
Being Jewish Doesn’t Mean I Have a Secret Agenda

July 08, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dear Fellow Conservatives: Stop Conflating Socialism with Communism.

July 07, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Trump’s Nutty State Fair Hijacked the Fourth of July. And My Pen.

July 02, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Matt K. Lewis: Don’t Let Trump Ruin Your Fourth of July

July 02, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Sorry, Democrats: Your Midterm Hopes Are Probably Overblown

July 02, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Israelis Need to Understand that America Is About to File for Divorce

July 01, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Matt K. Lewis: I’m a Never Trump Conservative Who Used to Love Marco Rubio. Should I Still Believe in Him?

June 30, 2026 05:00 a.m.
What Is the Most Significant Gap in the Social Safety Net for American Families?

June 26, 2026 04:56 p.m.
This Hugely Popular Country Song Has Surprising Parallels to the Texas Senate Race

June 26, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Democrats Are Drafting Plans to Govern Like Trump in 2029

June 25, 2026 05:00 a.m.
Dana Milbank: Who Are the ‘SICK, DERANGED PEOPLE’ Vandalizing D.C.? I Think I Figured It Out!

June 23, 2026 05:00 a.m.