Saturday’s Opinions: Former attorney general: Trump made the right call on Comey

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William Barr

Former attorney general: Trump made the right call on Comey

The Russia investigation will remain in full swing no matter who is leading the FBI.

Latest Columns

Kathleen Parker

A theory: Trump fired Comey because he’s taller

We’ve left Orwellian territory and have entered the Trumpian zone.

George F. Will

The left’s misguided obsession with ‘cultural appropriation’

Our culture is enriched by the melding of different artistic traditions.

Susan Senator

The simple moment when my autistic son was treated like any other person

One man’s unblinking response turned a potentially fraught outing into a rare blessing.

Christine Emba

Protests against removing Confederate monuments are not really about history

They invoke a toxic nostalgia for a time and place of white supremacy.

Jocelyn Simonson

Bail keeps these moms in jail on Mother’s Day. So strangers are posting it for them.

Coordinated communal efforts to bail out poor women of color are shaking up the criminal justice system.

Colbert I. King

Will Trump get away with what Nixon could not?

It is not plausible that Flynn talked to the Russians without Trump knowing.

John Podesta

Trump’s top aides must go

Comey’s firing and its aftermath demand a special counsel — and a sweep of White House officials.

Randy Atkins

Taking aim at Tysons’ last forest — again

A Tysons Corner development project would threaten sensitive land that serves as a pollution buffer.

Karl A. Racine

Three ways we can help the D.C. children who live in fear

The violence in some parts of our city hurts everyone.

Richard L. Revesz and Jack Lienke

Here’s how the EPA can help states with their smog problems

Power plants in upwind states are polluting Maryland’s air.

Joseph Dalton

Back in the good old days, these Washingtonians knew how to have fun

Politicians and journalists weren’t afraid to laugh with and at each other at Women’s National Press Club parties.

Dana Milbank

Rod Rosenstein has one chance to save himself

The once-renowned lawman has become a national joke.

Michael Waldman

Trump’s commission on ‘election integrity’ could instead restrict voting

A panel packed with partisans, on the hunt for evidence of a virtually nonexistent problem, won’t fix U.S. elections.

Editorial Cartoons

Tom Toles	Ann Telnaes

With Trump obsessing about Comey, one thought naturally leads to another	The little king is angry
Now, where is he going with that?	President Trump blows his top and fires FBI Director James B. Comey, apparently over the continued attention to the investigation of Trump associates and their Russian connections.

The Post’s View

Sessions’s new criminal charging policy would drag the country backward

It’s time for Congress to act on sentencing reform.

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Maryland Democrats’ faux redistricting reform

In Annapolis, a bill is passed — with a big fat asterisk.

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Sure, closing the carried interest loophole is the right thing to do. But it’s not enough.

The change won’t mean much if it’s done in the process of making the tax code less fair overall.

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“Free For All” Letters

Jesus knew not to mix church and state

As one of many Christians dismayed by President Trump’s executive order directing the Internal Revenue Service to ignore the constitutional separation of church and state, I take exception to the ch…

Latest Blogs

Trump’s critics need more than vague insinuations to stop him

Alleging “an unusually extensive network of relationships” won’t do it.

By Barton Swaim • PostPartisan • Read more »

Happy Hour Roundup

Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.

By Paul Waldman • The Plum Line • Read more »

The Daily Spicer: ‘He’s a nice man’

And?

By Erik Wemple • Erik Wemple • Read more »

Clapper’s remarks constitute the third strike for Trump

The president now appears to be irrational, if not ill.

By Jennifer Rubin • Right Turn • Read more »

Trump won’t let the Russia story die

This White House — and the American people — would be best served if President Trump put a hold on his tweets, let the process work and allowed stories to fade.

By Ed Rogers • PostPartisan • Read more »