The madness of this war is all the more evident now that it has achieved none of its initial objectives.
Ideals of heroism stand in contrast to the archetype of modern man, portrayed as conformist and spiritless.
[T]he greatest variable in the market is no longer just interest rates or oil prices, but politics itself.
All the dead, the prisoners, the exiles and the marches seem to be of less importance than the barrels of oil that still rest under Venezuelan soil.
[E]ven a new owner ... would be unable to avoid making cuts to the editorial staff, and even that wouldn’t guarantee the Post’s survival.
[Mamdani] exploits the oldest leadership characteristic since the Greek polis: charisma.
[T]heirs is not a clash between East and West, nor between democracy and authoritarianism, but between two versions of American destiny.
The president sees the current shutdown as an opportunity to make irreversible cuts in programs dear to Democrats ...[I]t should ... not be taken lightly.
[I]t’s not about the best compromise, but rather purely about satisfying [Trump's] own desire for power.
[T]he Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims Trump made during his first presidential term, an average of 21 per day.