Today's Opinions: Sherlock Holmes and Winston Churchill anchor a long shelf of cautionary tales on Afghanistan

Afghanistan shows us that we can't invent other nations in our image ; Afghanistan is a disaster of choice, not inevitability ; The Civil Rights Act is the wrong weapon for fighting bans of masks in schools ; Do you ever think … that maybe the virtual-reality office is stupid?; Why the debate on Afghanistan is so distorted; The D.C. Council should stop allowing private entities to take over public parks and buildings; The cost and profits of war; Lost in translation; Cartoons by Walt Handelsman, Joe Heller and Mike Smith; Police shootings are not letting up. Congress must act. ; Banning speech that harms Cuba's 'prestige' is the government's latest attempt to silence its critics; D.C.'s Metro must up its game. The region's prosperity depends on it.; Readers critique The Post: A haunting photograph from Afghanistan that spoke volumes; An Afghan female mountaineering team risked it all for their dreams. Now they're stuck. ; No, Afghanistan did not improve much with U.S. intervention; President Biden's democracy agenda is in trouble ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your morning dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Us Marines/Via Reuters) Sherlock Holmes and Winston Churchill anchor a long shelf of cautionary tales on Afghanistan Certain themes are undeniably consistent. The authors of American engagement ignored them. By David Von Drehle ●  Read more »   Afghanistan shows us that we can't invent other nations in our image Why did the U.S. stay in Afghanistan for 20 years only to cut and run now? By Kathleen Parker ●  Read more »   Afghanistan is a disaster of choice, not inevitability A moment of national calamity. By Hugh Hewitt ●  Read more »   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app   The Civil Rights Act is the wrong weapon for fighting bans of masks in schools And while masks probably do pass a cost-benefit test, they're not so beneficial that they merit abusing the Civil Rights Act in order to mandate them. By Megan McArdle ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Do you ever think … that maybe the virtual-reality office is stupid? Let's see how deep the rabbit hole goes. By Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »   Why the debate on Afghanistan is so distorted We keep hearing from all the same people who created this mess in the first place. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   The D.C. Council should stop allowing private entities to take over public parks and buildings Students across the street at Hardy Middle School have no regulation size playing field for their sports teams By Elizabeth Miller ●  Read more »     Editorial Cartoons The cost and profits of war There's a great deal of money to be made in war; maybe that's why the United States seems to always be involved with a conflict. By Ann Telnaes ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Lost in translation By Michael de Adder ●  Read more »   Cartoons by Walt Handelsman, Joe Heller and Mike Smith Editorial guest cartoons from Walt Handelsman, Joe Heller and Mike Smith Read more »     The Post's View (Christopher Smith/For The Washington Post) Police shootings are not letting up. Congress must act. Since 2015, on-duty officers have fatally shot more than 6,400 people. That's nearly 1,000 per year or three per day. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Banning speech that harms Cuba's 'prestige' is the government's latest attempt to silence its critics A new law criminalizes criticism of the regime online. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   D.C.'s Metro must up its game. The region's prosperity depends on it. D.C.'s transit agency must up its game. The region's own prosperity depends on it. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »     Free for All Letters Readers critique The Post: A haunting photograph from Afghanistan that spoke volumes This week's Free for All letters. By Letters to the Editor ●  Read more »     Global Opinions An Afghan female mountaineering team risked it all for their dreams. Now they're stuck. These women defied a misogynistic society that frowned on female sports, especially ones as foreign to Afghans as recreational climbing. By Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson ●  Read more »   No, Afghanistan did not improve much with U.S. intervention Surveys of Afghans have consistently shown a deteriorating society that remained resistant to women's rights. By Henry Olsen ●  Read more »   President Biden's democracy agenda is in trouble Is Biden more realist than idealist? By Josh Rogin ●  Read more »     Try our new daily mini meta crossword It's a week-long adventure that connects a daily 5x5 mini puzzle with a special reveal on Saturdays. Play game   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Follow Dana Milbank for email alerts every time Dana publishes a new opinion column. Sign up »

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