Opinions P.M.: Biden’s options to avert disaster in Afghanistan are shrinking

Biden's free pre-K plan alone won't achieve lasting gains for poor children; Hey, world, are you noticing? Floods! Fires! Could it be time to do something about climate change? ; Polling is broken. No one knows how to fix it. ; South Africa was a tinderbox. The ANC was the match.; Kevin McCarthy is right. Here is what the Jan. 6 commission really needs.; Liberals: Don't try to change Biden's mind on the filibuster. Do this instead.; Thank God for Ted Lasso, the man America needs right now; Virginia's mental health hospitals are burdened by patient dumping; Biden has reestablished the separation between the White House and Justice Department. Good.; The huge, gaping hole in our media discussion of the GOP and Jan. 6; We know we live under the cloud of fire here in Washington state. But this year feels different.; Defund VMI? Not so fast.; Schumer's failed cloture vote obscured a pair of GOP outrages; Stop insulting Trump voters and their concerns. Talk to them.; Republicans are scaremongering about inflation to derail the Democratic agenda; Democrats' defense of voting rights isn't shameless. But Republicans' silence is shameful.; Why people don't want Bezos to blast off ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (AFP/Getty Images) Biden's options to avert disaster in Afghanistan are shrinking A bloody collapse in Kabul would be a self-inflicted wound for Biden, and the first serious mistake of his presidency. By David Ignatius ●  Read more »   Biden's free pre-K plan alone won't achieve lasting gains for poor children Children raised in poverty will continue to lag behind unless more resources are directed specifically to schools serving disadvantaged families. By Bruce Fuller ●  Read more »   Hey, world, are you noticing? Floods! Fires! Could it be time to do something about climate change? Unsurprisingly, attribution studies have shown again and again that lots of recent unusual weather had a climate change component. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Polling is broken. No one knows how to fix it. Our compass is broken. Let the voter beware. By David Byler ●  Read more »   South Africa was a tinderbox. The ANC was the match. Any successful rebuilding will depend on Cyril Ramaphosa being bold — a quality that has not been in any evidence since he became president — and taking on the massive challenges facing the economy. By Palesa Morudu Rosenberg ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Kevin McCarthy is right. Here is what the Jan. 6 commission really needs. No more of this one-sided view that the insurrection was necessarily bad! By Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »   Liberals: Don't try to change Biden's mind on the filibuster. Do this instead. It's not about what any politician believes in their heart. They respond to the landscape around them. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   Thank God for Ted Lasso, the man America needs right now A mustachioed, endlessly quotable football coach shows just how appealing masculinity can be. By Alyssa Rosenberg ●  Read more »   Virginia's mental health hospitals are burdened by patient dumping Admissions at state hospitals have ballooned and are now overloading the system. By Pete Earley ●  Read more »   Biden has reestablished the separation between the White House and Justice Department. Good. It's about time. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The huge, gaping hole in our media discussion of the GOP and Jan. 6 Republican demands are unreasonable to the point of absurdity, and we should all say so. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   We know we live under the cloud of fire here in Washington state. But this year feels different. Perhaps this is what it is to be a civilian caught in war's crossfire: cowed, useless, faced with daily absurdities. But mostly, just waiting — for whatever happens next. By Christopher Solomon ●  Read more »   Defund VMI? Not so fast. A sexual assault problem at VMI may be representative of a sexual assault problem in America's colleges. By Laura Brodie ●  Read more »   Schumer's failed cloture vote obscured a pair of GOP outrages We may still get infrastructure week — next week. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Stop insulting Trump voters and their concerns. Talk to them. Trump supporters aren't going away. Those who paint them as the lowest forms of life reveal themselves to be more interested in nurturing divisions. By Gary Abernathy ●  Read more »   Republicans are scaremongering about inflation to derail the Democratic agenda Democrats need to be more vocal about how their agenda benefits the economy and workers. By Helaine Olen ●  Read more »   Democrats' defense of voting rights isn't shameless. But Republicans' silence is shameful. Republicans have nary a word to say about GOP governors and legislatures rigging who gets to count the votes and whether said votes count at all. By Jonathan Capehart ●  Read more »   Why people don't want Bezos to blast off It feels less like celebration for all mankind and more like an individual victory lap. By Molly Roberts ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Follow Eugene Robinson for email alerts every time Eugene publishes a new opinion column. Sign up »

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