Opinion

Highlights

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    The Supreme Court and the New Civil War

    The battle between the White House and blue states raises questions about the limits of federal authority.

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    North Korea’s Phony Peace Ploy

    If the past is any guide, Pyongyang will offer Seoul unenforceable verbiage at this week’s summit meeting.

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    Who Will Win the New Great Game?

    The West is not in a new Cold War. It’s an old-fashioned fight with China and Russia for power and influence.

Editorials

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    At This Memorial, the Monuments Bleed

    Rain drips blood-red from the rusted steel columns that hang from the ceiling, commemorating the thousands of lynchings of black Americans.

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    When Presidents Go to War

    A bipartisan bill prescribes when and where force can be used, but the terms are so broad that they may not limit presidential war-making.

Op-Ed Columnists

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Sunday Review

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    The Soul-Crushing Student Essay

    A freshman finally asks the clarifying question: “Do you mean we can write with the word ‘I’?”

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    The Real Cost of Cheap Shirts

    Factory workers in Bangladesh toil for low wages and under precarious conditions to make clothing worn worldwide.

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    An Opioid Crisis Foretold

    History supplies precedents and lessons for the opioid epidemic raging in America today — but we seem to have largely forgotten both.

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    Despairing on Earth Day? Read This

    Over time, mass migration to cities could be a driver of environmental progress.

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    The Business Deals That Could Imperil Trump

    Forget Stormy Daniels. The business records subpoenaed by Robert Mueller might be Donald Trump’s greatest legal headache.