Commentary: Latest Reports from The Washington Posts ‘Editorial Pages’

Barack Obama and the troubles of the American economy
The narrative isn’t the only thing Barack Obama can’t control.

How Washingtonians like me became emotionally attached to the Secret Safeway
Farewell to a store where so many of us lived our lives.

I reported on Washington’s biggest party for journalists. Now I’m an outcast.
These journalists want people to tell the truth, until it’s about them.

The Supreme Court may clear McDonnell. But Virginians won’t forget his sleaze.
His legal arguments at the Supreme Court are one thing. But there’s no doubt about his ethical blindness.

Dear Congress: Burning wood is not the future of energy
Congress attempts to legislate science by deeming “biomass” as renewable energy.

Trump’s head-spinning and secret plans for foreign policy
His Jacksonian rhetoric shows a lack of willingness to cooperate or compromise.

GOP Hoosiers have to choose between bad and worse in Cruz and Trump
Indiana voters deserve better options than two of the most reviled politicians in America.

The GOP’s lost generation of millennial voters
Millennials are increasingly averse to Republican ideas.

The world according to Trump
His version of America First is a jumbled and dangerous foreign policy mess.

The White House isn’t doing enough for Iran hostage Robert Levinson
What incentive does Iran have to send him home if it is already being given everything it wants?

In Iraq, the Mosul offensive is off to a slow and shaky start
The Iraqi army needs more troops and a better strategy for before and after an attack.

The case for a Clinton-Warren ticket
Warren could bolster Clinton’s progressive bona fides and draw Sanders supporters to her.

Trump says our allies have to pay up. Obama’s been saying that for years.
This is not, somehow, a critique of the administration’s current policy.

Trump’s incoherent, inconsistent, incomprehensible foreign policy
The Republican’s careless positions would put the world in great peril.

Confessions of a Luddite professor
Hi, my name is Dan, and I have grown wary of using technology in the classroom.

It’s impossible to actually be a vegetarian. Here’s why.
A better plan? Eat according to your ecosystem.

Lessons on diversity from a Maryland primary
Ms. Edwards is right that Congress needs more diversity. Even more, it needs the right candidates.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s critical juncture
The Obama administration should press Mr. Kabila to step down when his term ends.

Trump’s crazy attempt not to sound crazy
It was not a warm and fuzzy reception for his Wednesday speech on foreign policy.

Minnesota stands ready to accept New York City’s refugees
Anyone in the Midwest will tell you: Things in this country aren’t so bad.

Entitlement reform, RIP
The front-runners of both parties have promised to protect the giant programs.

What happens in Puerto Rico won’t stay there
The territory is on the rocks but it can’t become the excuse to bail out profligate spenders among the states.

Donald Trump’s big foreign policy speech, explained.
I suffered through all of Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech. This is my story.

Why Republicans still must not rally around Trump
Despite his victories, he is a unique threat to the Republican Party and to the country.

Trump escalates his gender war
In the wake of victories on Tuesday, he reinforced why he’s so unpopular with women.

The Brexit clash: Should they stay or should they go? A discussion with Duncan Weldon.
The economic risks of Brexit.

What do voters see in Trump? His authentic phoniness.
Not knowing what he’ll do next does have its charms, and they go beyond entertainment.

Trump’s sweep is another humiliating defeat for media and political elites
Time and again over the past year, Washington insiders and media moguls misread the mood of working-class voters.

The American ally that tortures American citizens
Emirati leaders make nice with Mr. Obama but act against U.S. interests.

America’s nutty farm subsidies cause damage at home and abroad
Plans to send a taxpayer-funded surplus of peanuts to Haiti could hurt growers there.

Restoring sanity to the debate over transgender bathroom use
A federal appeals court ruling in favor of a Va. student sends a message to N.C. about its backward law.

Bernie Sanders is no fool. He’ll back Clinton when he drops out.
He is a practical man and certainly doesn’t wish to see a President Trump or President Cruz.

How the GOP’s ‘rigged’ system actually helps Trump
Ironically, the Republican Party’s delegate approach works in his favor.

Plato would be horrified by Trump’s rise
The philosopher thought that rhetoric in the wrong hands was dangerous and likely to be abused.

Karabakh: A renewed conflict in the Caucasus
Talking to Armenian residents of Karabakh, I came away with a sense of growing militancy here, as in Azerbaijan.

Andrew Jackson’s reckoning
Jackson’s traditional place on the $20 bill was ironic, because he was an ardent critic of paper money.

Anatomy of an op-ed gone horribly, horribly wrong
How flawed is this call for new leadership? Let me count the ways.

Want to know what it’s really like to have a child with autism?
I stay up at night worrying about who will care for my child when I no longer can.

The Post’s endorsements in Maryland’s April 26 primaries
Our choices for the U.S. House and Senate.