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From @zhoyoyo.bsky.social: https://wapo.st/4rGcyxB
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"President Donald Trump will present us with the Kennedy Center Honors. ... Yet, for all the success Kiss has enjoyed, I worry about the challenges facing the next generation of recording artists."

The latest from Gene Simmons, the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss: https://wapo.st/3Mjs02q
December 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"No doubt there will be a final showdown, a gang of misfits’ last chance to save the world," Lillian Barkley writes.

"But no matter what happens, Dustin Henderson’s character has been a hero for nearly a decade, fighting for me and thousands of others with matching smiles." https://wapo.st/4opi44X
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"To consider President Donald Trump’s policies on the cost of living is to enter a maze of paradoxes," Ramesh Ponnuru writes.

Here is the latest one: https://wapo.st/3XmGC3p
November 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What is America’s best sports city?

In October, we asked nine writers — Greg Bishop, @meridak.bsky.social, David Von Drehle, Melissa Isaacson, Darren Nichols, @williamfleitch.bsky.social, @davelevinthal.com, @juliekliegman.com and Perry Bacon — to make their case: https://wapo.st/4qsxJ5D
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has been as steady and capable during her decade in charge, the Editorial Board writes.

"She was not perfect ... but she served as a useful check on far-left members of the D.C. Council and navigated the capital through many crises." https://wapo.st/4ihpO7q
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“Science supports paper towels,” the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/3XiBTzO
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
High school seniors, consider these institutions honoring the nation’s intellectual patrimony, George F. Will writes. https://wapo.st/4px8xcR
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Russia is paying an enormous cost in men and resources, Jim Geraghty writes. https://wapo.st/4pxN9UQ
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Approval for Trump’s immigration approach slipped following over-the-top raids in sanctuary cities, the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/4ptMML6
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“Many Americans have never had a gloriously tender, sublimely flaky homemade pie crust,” Megan McArdle writes.

“They don’t know what they’re missing.” https://wapo.st/4rmxHwC
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado spoke to Opinion Editor Adam O’Neal about her “Freedom Manifesto” and the future of Venezuela.

Check out the full interview here: wapo.st/47VbIVT
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"If its opposition to Khalilah Few succeeds, she, a single mother with a teenage son, will have lost much of her savings, and her opportunity for financial security," George F. Will writes.

"She was denied a permit for two reasons." https://wapo.st/4q6kqYe
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When I found out I had early-stage breast cancer 20 years ago, it ranked as one of the worst days of my life. This time, even though the disease was more advanced and required more aggressive treatment, it didn’t even make the top 10, Joanne Gruber writes.

What had changed? https://wapo.st/4gJzuaa
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"The White House ballroom wing design has been ill-served by its hasty expansion, judging by renderings and a model of the new wing the president displayed recently," Catesby Leigh writes. https://wapo.st/47gScD0
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"The two intrepid and sharp-witted pilots, whom I recently had the pleasure of interviewing, embarked on a 37-day, 11-country journey in a single-engine plane, which they devoted to raising awareness about polio and the power of vaccines," Dr. Leana S. Wen writes. https://wapo.st/4qyF8Ae
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"These scandals keep happening. And they show no signs of abating," @williamfleitch.bsky.social writes. https://wapo.st/49icptm
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Erie Canal, dug by human muscle, aided by improvised cleverness, helped build a nation, George F. Will writes. https://wapo.st/4qnhRBf
October 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"Further plans for Trump’s Independence Arch," as drawn by Edith Pritchett 🎨 https://wapo.st/4opql9b
October 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"I could not swear without reservation to follow a commander in chief who seemed so willing to disregard the Constitution."

The latest from Doug Krugman, who served for 24 years in the United States Marine Corps: https://wapo.st/4o5balK
October 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On this first day after the war, Arabs, Israelis and Americans can celebrate, the Editorial Board writes. https://wapo.st/4hc1i7i
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"Washington could sometimes be reckless and opportunistic, but his famed defensive tactics, abetted by outside assistance, won him time and turned the war into one of attrition — physical and emotional," Andrew O'Shaughnessy writes. https://wapo.st/4h20Mso
October 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, Leonardo DiCaprio captures a generation in middle age, @williamfleitch writes. https://wapo.st/4gF6HmW
October 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Here’s why people need to be cautious about acetaminophen, Dr. Leana S. Wen writes. https://wapo.st/42fmrr1
October 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Obituaries have described Lally Weymouth as an “heiress” and a “socialite,” Jon Meacham writes.

She was both, it is true, but to appreciate her remarkably original life, one must see her whole: https://wapo.st/4870MoJ
October 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM