Drew GoinsDrew Goins is an assistant editor in the Opinions section.https://www.washingtonpost.comThu, 13 Jul 2023 04:49:27 +00001hourly1The Editorial Board’s plan to stabilize the national debthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/12/editorial-board-national-debt/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/12/editorial-board-national-debt/Drew GoinsWed, 12 Jul 2023 20:42:48 +0000A special edition of Today's Opinions.Even more tips from the world’s most frequent flierhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/11/frequent-flier-stuker-social-media-hip-hop-stereotype/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/11/frequent-flier-stuker-social-media-hip-hop-stereotype/Drew GoinsTue, 11 Jul 2023 20:40:58 +0000Plus: Twitter's end; hip-hop's "ride-or-die"; and PTSD treatment.Here’s a vision of masculinity that could solve the crisis for menhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/10/masculinity-nato-summit-cia-speech/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/10/masculinity-nato-summit-cia-speech/Drew GoinsMon, 10 Jul 2023 20:30:08 +0000Plus: NATO summit. No recession? The future of CIA. Intergalactic behemoths are changing how you’re shapedhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/gravitational-waves-beach-reads-absenteeism/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/gravitational-waves-beach-reads-absenteeism/Drew GoinsFri, 07 Jul 2023 20:30:52 +0000Plus: What your beach read says about you. Opposing strongmen. Chronic school absenteeism. There’s a new cold war on. No, not that one. Even colder.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/arctic-cold-war-big-tech-legislation/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/06/arctic-cold-war-big-tech-legislation/Drew GoinsThu, 06 Jul 2023 20:30:50 +0000Plus: The murder of Big Tech legislation. Life and war in Ukraine. Let’s see the next Indiana Jones climb a pyramid in bloomershttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/05/flaneuring-paris-child-care-republicans-mormons-politics/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/05/flaneuring-paris-child-care-republicans-mormons-politics/Drew GoinsWed, 05 Jul 2023 20:30:28 +0000Plus: Flâneuring in Paris. A multiparty democracy. Flexible child care. It’s fireworks and frustration this Fourth of Julyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/03/supreme-court-july-fourth-rural-broadband-meat/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/03/supreme-court-july-fourth-rural-broadband-meat/Drew GoinsMon, 03 Jul 2023 21:10:35 +0000Plus: Lab-grown meat. Rural broadband.The Supreme Court ends its term — and a whole lot elsehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/30/newsletter-affirmative-action-supreme-court-titan/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/30/newsletter-affirmative-action-supreme-court-titan/Drew GoinsFri, 30 Jun 2023 20:50:40 +0000Plus: The case for herbicide. And reader reactions to the Titan submersible.Your crash course on Bidenomicshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/29/newsletter-bidenomics-climate-change-counteroffensive-ukraine/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/29/newsletter-bidenomics-climate-change-counteroffensive-ukraine/Drew GoinsThu, 29 Jun 2023 21:51:15 +0000Plus: More spy thriller. Climate-change distractions. Ukraine's counteroffensive.Wash down your classified docs with delicious Coca-Colahttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/28/covid-loss-education-children-coca-cola-trump/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/28/covid-loss-education-children-coca-cola-trump/Drew GoinsWed, 28 Jun 2023 20:35:20 +0000Plus: A fresh case against the death penalty. GOP unfocused on the family.Psst! Your next spy thriller is in here.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/27/ignatius-fiction-spy-thriller-infrastructure-costs/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/27/ignatius-fiction-spy-thriller-infrastructure-costs/Drew GoinsTue, 27 Jun 2023 20:30:49 +0000Plus: A slew of China analysis. Glacial infrastructure. New booster shots.How Tim Scott got two progressives to defend himhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/26/newsletter-tim-scott-lizzo-juilliard/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/26/newsletter-tim-scott-lizzo-juilliard/Drew GoinsMon, 26 Jun 2023 20:30:16 +0000Plus: Lizzo's body positivity. IRS cuts. How to achieve Juilliard and other wonders.He’s flown 23 million miles, and he has tips for youhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/frequent-flier-tips-hunter-biden-third-party/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/frequent-flier-tips-hunter-biden-third-party/Drew GoinsFri, 23 Jun 2023 20:30:04 +0000Plus: A third-party 2024 bid. Hunter Biden. Tesla's autopilot.AI will help you live forever. But careful what you wish for.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/artificial-intelligence-sorority-community-missing-submersible/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/artificial-intelligence-sorority-community-missing-submersible/Drew GoinsThu, 22 Jun 2023 20:30:04 +0000Plus: The Titan sub. Another SCOTUS scandal. "Bama Rush."Learn to talk about the Trump case, Democrats. Hunter Biden’s, too!https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/21/summer-quilt-history-ukraine-diplomacy-democrats/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/21/summer-quilt-history-ukraine-diplomacy-democrats/Drew GoinsWed, 21 Jun 2023 20:30:40 +0000Plus: The next big Ukrainian weapon. Hefty loans, hefty tuition. A summery quilt. Who the first Republican to drop out will behttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/republican-candidate-2024-maternal-health/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/20/republican-candidate-2024-maternal-health/Drew GoinsTue, 20 Jun 2023 20:30:26 +0000Plus: Fixing Congress? And entitlements?! Gun education. Maternal health.Orca boat attacks are just a fad. Seriously.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/19/orca-boat-attacks-juneteenth-bud-light/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/19/orca-boat-attacks-juneteenth-bud-light/Drew GoinsMon, 19 Jun 2023 20:30:06 +0000Plus: What Juneteenth means. The Bud Light boycott. Republicans in Congress.Dads are the best. Dads deserve the best.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/16/fathers-day-reddit-strike-saudi-arabia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/16/fathers-day-reddit-strike-saudi-arabia/Drew GoinsFri, 16 Jun 2023 20:30:58 +0000Plus: Reddit's mess. Saudi Arabia on the rise. Congress-people playing pretend.The post-indictment multiverse of madnesshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/15/newsletter-indictment-trump-airports-graduates/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/15/newsletter-indictment-trump-airports-graduates/Drew GoinsThu, 15 Jun 2023 20:30:59 +0000Plus: Our new Gen Z columnist. And don't bog down DCA with long-haul airport routes.Republicans undercut one of the best investments the U.S. can makehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/14/republicans-undercut-one-best-investments-us-can-make/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/14/republicans-undercut-one-best-investments-us-can-make/Drew GoinsWed, 14 Jun 2023 20:30:51 +0000Plus: Long live a Mexican theme restaurant. Big-city governance. Book bans.What does Xi Jinping get his dad for Father’s Day?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/13/xi-jinping-father-trump-indictment-canada-smoke/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/13/xi-jinping-father-trump-indictment-canada-smoke/Drew GoinsTue, 13 Jun 2023 20:30:07 +0000Plus: Poor Trump defenses. Smoke's risks. Let China spy!How the war in Ukraine helped Saudi Arabia buy golfhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/12/ukraine-war-saudi-arabia-golf-roberts-voting-rights/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/12/ukraine-war-saudi-arabia-golf-roberts-voting-rights/Drew GoinsMon, 12 Jun 2023 20:35:33 +0000Plus: What's Chief Justice John Roberts up to? Apple Vision Pro goggles. A bad student-debt argument.Target stands with the [redacted] community!https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/target-pride-month-life-expectancy-self-driving-cars/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/01/target-pride-month-life-expectancy-self-driving-cars/Drew GoinsThu, 01 Jun 2023 20:30:46 +0000Plus: Falling life expectancy. Driverless cars. Smart budget cuts.DeSantis is sitting on the Ukraine fence. Here are 10 reasons to hop off.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/31/desantis-ukraine-succession-asian-american-museum/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/31/desantis-ukraine-succession-asian-american-museum/Drew GoinsWed, 31 May 2023 20:30:53 +0000Plus: Why "Succession" was bad for us. An Asian American museum. New voting patterns.An anvil will not crush the economy. At least not today.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/30/debt-ceiling-nigeria-gender-bias-churchgoers/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/30/debt-ceiling-nigeria-gender-bias-churchgoers/Drew GoinsTue, 30 May 2023 20:30:50 +0000Plus: The GOP skips church. Silicon Valley never learns. Forgiving Mama. How to eat better and fend off war doing ithttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/healthy-eating-memorial-day-paris-olympics/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/26/healthy-eating-memorial-day-paris-olympics/Drew GoinsFri, 26 May 2023 20:30:50 +0000Plus: Wetlands in danger. Memorial Day. Olympic-size ticket prices.One challenger stands out against Trump. The others need tips.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/25/migrants-border-republicans-2024-buffett-taiwan/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/25/migrants-border-republicans-2024-buffett-taiwan/Drew GoinsThu, 25 May 2023 20:57:42 +0000Plus: Stuck at the border. The Benin Bronzes. Taiwan's future.The 6 least-bad options Biden has in the debt limit fighthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/24/grief-poetry-debt-limit-biden-indonesia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/24/grief-poetry-debt-limit-biden-indonesia/Drew GoinsWed, 24 May 2023 20:30:16 +0000Plus: Poems for grief. Potty mouths. Indonesia's success story.How two governors came to regret the executions they oversawhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/execution-bans-governors-children-civics-education/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/23/execution-bans-governors-children-civics-education/Drew GoinsTue, 23 May 2023 20:30:51 +0000Plus: Kids no read good. DeSantis is way off track.The secret to living well to 109 — or any agehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/22/aging-secrets-paid-student-athletes-ukraine-war/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/22/aging-secrets-paid-student-athletes-ukraine-war/Drew GoinsMon, 22 May 2023 20:30:45 +0000Plus: Aging officials. Paid student-athletes. Ukraine can win.What it costs to cancel a trip to Papua New Guineahttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/19/papua-new-guinea-dc-bus-fare-clarence-thomas/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/19/papua-new-guinea-dc-bus-fare-clarence-thomas/Drew GoinsFri, 19 May 2023 20:30:58 +0000Plus: No free bus rides. A Republican smear. Hefty sums for the Bidens.Want to be a kid again? Try Zelda.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/18/zelda-ukraine-umpire-ron-desantis/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/18/zelda-ukraine-umpire-ron-desantis/Drew GoinsThu, 18 May 2023 20:55:14 +0000Plus: Helping Ukraine. Hurting academic freedom. Baseball umpires.The Durham report is a flop!https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/17/egypt-prisoners-durham-report-insurance-claims/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/17/egypt-prisoners-durham-report-insurance-claims/Drew GoinsWed, 17 May 2023 20:42:32 +0000Plus: Optimistic climate movies. Unjustly imprisoned friends. Out-of-control insurers.How the winner of the writers strike could be … TikTokhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/16/tiktok-writers-strike-debt-plan-indoor-air/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/16/tiktok-writers-strike-debt-plan-indoor-air/Drew GoinsTue, 16 May 2023 20:30:59 +0000Plus: Too many guns. Cleaner indoor air. Bad debt plans.You’re on the line with heaven. How can we help?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/15/denise-tiktok-2024-candidates-college-enrollment/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/15/denise-tiktok-2024-candidates-college-enrollment/Drew GoinsMon, 15 May 2023 20:30:13 +0000Plus: Failed fake meat. Second-string 2024 candidates. Falling college enrollment.George Santos’s grand jury has great comic timinghttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/george-santos-mothers-day-four-day-week/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/12/george-santos-mothers-day-four-day-week/Drew GoinsFri, 12 May 2023 20:30:50 +0000Plus: Moms love kids! A four-day workweek. Debt and natsec.Social media is bad enough to get the parties to agreehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/11/social-media-trump-town-hall-banned-musicals/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/11/social-media-trump-town-hall-banned-musicals/Drew GoinsThu, 11 May 2023 20:30:27 +0000Plus: Trump's town hall. Germany goes non-nuclear. More banned musicals.How to survive a mass-shooting societyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/10/mass-shootings-ukraine-counteroffensive-kinsey-institute/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/10/mass-shootings-ukraine-counteroffensive-kinsey-institute/Drew GoinsWed, 10 May 2023 20:30:37 +0000Plus: Ukraine's counteroffensive. Sex research. Accountability for Trump.Pickleball should die. Long live pickleball!https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/09/pickleball-ai-jobs-christian-nationalists/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/09/pickleball-ai-jobs-christian-nationalists/Drew GoinsTue, 09 May 2023 20:43:24 +0000Plus: AI and *your* job. Lessons from Mom.Can seeing child labor help us end it?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/08/child-labor-photography-normal-politics-fake-pills/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/08/child-labor-photography-normal-politics-fake-pills/Drew GoinsMon, 08 May 2023 20:30:05 +0000Plus: Counterfeit pills. Inhumane horseracing. Abnormal politics.You may now freak out about the debt crisishttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/debt-crisis-clarence-thomas-baseball-rules/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/05/debt-crisis-clarence-thomas-baseball-rules/Drew GoinsFri, 05 May 2023 20:30:21 +0000Plus: A switch to save the planet. Speed baseball rules. DeSantis loves conservatism. Why doesn’t it love him back?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/ron-desantis-conservatism-federal-reserve-ukraine/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/ron-desantis-conservatism-federal-reserve-ukraine/Drew GoinsThu, 04 May 2023 20:30:43 +0000Plus: Can China help on Ukraine? Don't make the Fed regulate banks.In (grudging) defense of Ed Sheeran — and all musicianshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/03/ed-sheeran-/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/03/ed-sheeran-/Drew GoinsWed, 03 May 2023 20:30:39 +0000Plus: Scenes from occupied Mariupol. The explosion of right-to-repair laws. Why America needs more immigrants. God save the king. King save the planet.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/trans-debate-king-charles-house-renovation/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/trans-debate-king-charles-house-renovation/Drew GoinsTue, 02 May 2023 20:41:36 +0000Plus: The trans brain. Renovating the House of Representatives. Vaccine mandates.Silicon Valley thinking, Kherson implementationhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/01/silicon-valley-ukraine-tech-supreme-court-ethics/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/01/silicon-valley-ukraine-tech-supreme-court-ethics/Drew GoinsMon, 01 May 2023 20:30:29 +0000Plus: Don't police the court. Messy small-dollar donations. Can only Biden beat Trump?The one kinda popular part of the debt plan is bad, toohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/28/debt-bill-medicaid-switzerland-trump-biden/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/28/debt-bill-medicaid-switzerland-trump-biden/Drew GoinsFri, 28 Apr 2023 20:30:06 +0000Plus: Switzerland, please pick a side!He doesn’t have long left. But he’s living, not dying.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/27/terminal-illness-john-roberts-adhd-medication/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/27/terminal-illness-john-roberts-adhd-medication/Drew GoinsThu, 27 Apr 2023 20:50:46 +0000Plus: Wake up, John Roberts! ADHD is a chronic illness. Who does DeSantis want to be?AI is coming for your job but sounds stupid doing ithttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/26/ai-is-coming-for-your-job/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/26/ai-is-coming-for-your-job/Drew GoinsWed, 26 Apr 2023 20:30:06 +0000Plus: Pick out your AI safeword. College is worth the cost. Biden 2024.State legislatures are moving too fast, too furioushttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/25/debt-ceiling-nfl-draft-weed-holiday/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/25/debt-ceiling-nfl-draft-weed-holiday/Drew GoinsTue, 25 Apr 2023 20:30:35 +0000Plus: Get rid of 4/20. More debt-crisis ideas. The NFL draft.A Cold War double feature, with echoes todayhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/24/cold-war-tucker-carlson-india-democracy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/24/cold-war-tucker-carlson-india-democracy/Drew GoinsMon, 24 Apr 2023 20:46:09 +0000Plus: See ya, Tucker. Who can fix India's democracy? Many women can't afford to leave their abusers.Congress celebrates 100 days of not muchhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/21/congress-dylan-mulvaney-netflix-streaming/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/21/congress-dylan-mulvaney-netflix-streaming/Drew GoinsFri, 21 Apr 2023 20:30:50 +0000Plus: The Bud Light brouhaha. RIP old movies. Defunding the IRS.AI, indigenous languages and cocaine hipposhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/20/ai-indigenous-languages-hippos/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/20/ai-indigenous-languages-hippos/Drew GoinsThu, 20 Apr 2023 20:37:36 +0000Plus — wait, you need more than 'cocaine hippos'?!College is in crisis. What crisis? Depends on who you ask.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/19/florida-college-crisis-debt-ceiling-climate-change/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/19/florida-college-crisis-debt-ceiling-climate-change/Drew GoinsWed, 19 Apr 2023 20:30:02 +0000Plus: A debt-ceiling off ramp. Mifepristone. No climate? No kids.Someone please help Joe Biden out of the 1990shttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/18/joe-biden-1990s-vaccine-periods/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/18/joe-biden-1990s-vaccine-periods/Drew GoinsTue, 18 Apr 2023 20:32:28 +0000Plus: Why Fox News is better off settling in the Dominion case. Periods and the coronavirus vaccine. Feds' remote work.Spare a thought for nuclear warhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/17/nuclear-war-china/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/17/nuclear-war-china/Drew GoinsMon, 17 Apr 2023 20:30:47 +0000Plus: Europe's migrant crisis. Stamps are a steal. Kicking fatphobia.Leakers? On gaming servers? Gotta catch ’em all!https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/14/discord-leaks-supreme-court-bud-light/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/14/discord-leaks-supreme-court-bud-light/Drew GoinsFri, 14 Apr 2023 20:58:36 +0000Plus: Bad Court News, The Sequel. Third-party run = danger. A delightful cartoon.Honeybees in the city? Not so sweet.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/13/honeybees-gun-optimism-mexican-cartels/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/13/honeybees-gun-optimism-mexican-cartels/Drew GoinsThu, 13 Apr 2023 20:30:43 +0000Plus: Optimism (!) on guns. How to stop cartel violence. Trump's future.What’s the future of wild sex?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/12/tiger-sex-joe-manchin-job-recovery/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/12/tiger-sex-joe-manchin-job-recovery/Drew GoinsWed, 12 Apr 2023 20:30:33 +0000How to land a tiger in the bedroom. Plus: Unlucky Joe Manchin. Talking about race. Americans want to work!Can AI do your homework? What about assign it?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/11/ai-education-low-taxes-abortion-pills/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/11/ai-education-low-taxes-abortion-pills/Drew GoinsTue, 11 Apr 2023 20:30:48 +0000Plus: Sorry, but you should pay more taxes. Bad abortion politics. Embracing your beauty.Ukraine’s schoolkids have a lesson for ushttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/10/ukraine-children-vladimir-kara-murza-bill-clinton/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/10/ukraine-children-vladimir-kara-murza-bill-clinton/Drew GoinsMon, 10 Apr 2023 20:53:56 +0000Plus: The worst judge in America. How to kick drugs. Northern Ireland’s blueprint for peace.All executions are inhumane. Firing squads make the fact inescapable.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/07/firing-squads-clarence-thomas-iraq-art/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/07/firing-squads-clarence-thomas-iraq-art/Drew GoinsFri, 07 Apr 2023 20:30:50 +0000Plus: What to do about Clarence Thomas. Art out of Iraq. A memory of Megan McArdle's mom.Samaritans still exist. Want to get to know them?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/06/samaritans-wisconsin-supreme-court-desantis/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/06/samaritans-wisconsin-supreme-court-desantis/Drew GoinsThu, 06 Apr 2023 20:30:14 +0000Plus: Ron DeSantis on Ukraine, scooters all along the Seine — we didn't start the fire!As with everything, fighting censorship is all about moneyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/05/book-bans-classics-nicaragua-democracy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/05/book-bans-classics-nicaragua-democracy/Drew GoinsWed, 05 Apr 2023 20:30:25 +0000Plus: Teaching the classics. Dicey indictments. Anesthesia's emissions. Hope for democracy abroad.Racism hurts people. It also hurts birds.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/04/audubon-society-post-grad-internship-history-quiz/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/04/audubon-society-post-grad-internship-history-quiz/Drew GoinsTue, 04 Apr 2023 20:30:16 +0000Plus: An internship for young writers. Republicans' opaque budget demands. Made-up historical documents.Tom Hanks has a history lesson for youhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/03/tom-hanks-1876-nlrb-ruling/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/03/tom-hanks-1876-nlrb-ruling/Drew GoinsMon, 03 Apr 2023 20:30:29 +0000Plus: The danger of the Trump indictment. A plan to fight malnutrition. Badmouthing your old job.The jam-packed Trump indictment commentary editionhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/31/trump-indictment-commentary-medicaid/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/31/trump-indictment-commentary-medicaid/Drew GoinsFri, 31 Mar 2023 20:30:24 +0000We've got it all! Plus: Unfairly losing Medicaid. Hoping through crises.Is there a point to living in a state that hates you?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/30/drew-goins-red-blue-states-migration/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/30/drew-goins-red-blue-states-migration/Drew GoinsThu, 30 Mar 2023 20:30:42 +0000Plus: A possible answer to falling fertility. Marjorie Taylor Greene, money queen. Over-the-counter Narcan.What ‘stopping at nothing’ on guns really meanshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/29/gun-violence-walking-child-care/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/29/gun-violence-walking-child-care/Drew GoinsWed, 29 Mar 2023 20:30:18 +0000Plus: How a long walk can help you see America anew. The true cost of child care.The case for a 9,400-member House of Representatives https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/28/house-of-representatives-size-raccoon-dogs-generic-drugs/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/28/house-of-representatives-size-raccoon-dogs-generic-drugs/Drew GoinsTue, 28 Mar 2023 20:30:46 +0000Plus: Raccoon dogs are innocent. Stop insuring generic drugs. George Will's baseball quiz.You know what they say about strong economieshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/27/inflationwater-infrastructure-dominion-lawsuit/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/27/inflationwater-infrastructure-dominion-lawsuit/Drew GoinsMon, 27 Mar 2023 20:30:18 +0000Big pinch! Plus: Smarter Democratic spending. Scary-leaky water pipes. The Dominion suit against Fox News isn’t a slam dunk.Is it finally time for the ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ analogies?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/24/abortion-handmaids-tale-analogy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/24/abortion-handmaids-tale-analogy/Drew GoinsFri, 24 Mar 2023 20:30:37 +0000Plus: Republican rivals defending Trump. Xi and Putin play democrat. Journalistic objectivity is good!This photo captures Afghan girls’ fierce fight for educationhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/23/afghan-girls-education-fight/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/23/afghan-girls-education-fight/Drew GoinsThu, 23 Mar 2023 20:30:59 +0000Plus: France knows how to protest, but does Israel? Pediatricians are exhausted. An Arizona town tells a national story. How the pandemic got (some) Americans having more babieshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/22/pandemic-birth-rate-russian-sanctions-march-madness/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/22/pandemic-birth-rate-russian-sanctions-march-madness/Drew GoinsWed, 22 Mar 2023 20:45:43 +0000Plus: Bringing back real oversight. How to make Russian sanctions hurt. The beauty of March Madness.Getting indicted is good now, actuallyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/trump-indictment-narrative-crisis-inclusion-fentanyl/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/trump-indictment-narrative-crisis-inclusion-fentanyl/Drew GoinsTue, 21 Mar 2023 20:30:51 +0000The thinking goes that Trump’s supporters will rally to his side if he comes under threat, upping his political outlook.The real ‘territorial dispute’ is what’s going on in the GOPhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/20/gop-territorial-dispute-spring-ron-desantis/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/20/gop-territorial-dispute-spring-ron-desantis/Drew GoinsMon, 20 Mar 2023 20:30:07 +0000Plus: Art to celebrate spring, and healing. Making fun of how politicians eat. What “woke” means (nothing).How are things in Iraq, 20 years post-invasion?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/17/iraq-war-anniversary-algorithm-china-diplomacy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/17/iraq-war-anniversary-algorithm-china-diplomacy/Drew GoinsFri, 17 Mar 2023 20:30:15 +0000It's a mixed bag. Plus: Reining in algorithms. China’s big diplomatic moves. Should the banks fail or not?A Swiss bank is in trouble. So is a Swiss cheese.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/16/credit-suisse-gruyere-cheese-tim-scott/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/16/credit-suisse-gruyere-cheese-tim-scott/Drew GoinsThu, 16 Mar 2023 20:30:49 +0000Plus: U.S. softening on China. Authoritarian abuse in Saudi Arabia. Tim Scott for president?How to kick coal and finally start living the good lifehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/15/climate-abundance-banks-border-biden-2024/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/15/climate-abundance-banks-border-biden-2024/Drew GoinsWed, 15 Mar 2023 20:30:48 +0000Change the mindset, change the climate. Plus: Banks as babies. ‘Trump 2.0’ border policies. A Biden primary challenge.What happens when you find Abe Lincoln’s hair in your basement? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/14/lincoln-hair-russia-demographics-zamora-arrest/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/14/lincoln-hair-russia-demographics-zamora-arrest/Drew GoinsTue, 14 Mar 2023 20:30:51 +0000Or a chief justice's bladder stones? Plus: Russia’s population crisis. Guatemala’s crackdown on journalism. The bad ‘bootstrap’ narrative.Can’t get customer support on the phone? You’re not alone.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/13/customer-service-ai-art-census-manipulation/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/13/customer-service-ai-art-census-manipulation/Drew GoinsMon, 13 Mar 2023 20:30:01 +0000Press 1 for a better future. Plus: Art by AI. Census manipulation. How to make headway on climate.These Oscars are a breakthrough for Asians. Especially ‘weird Asians.’https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/10/everything-everywhere-oscars-putin-national-debt/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/10/everything-everywhere-oscars-putin-national-debt/Drew GoinsFri, 10 Mar 2023 21:30:59 +0000A round of hot-dog finger applause. Plus: Putin’s backstory. The national debt. A one-woman book ban.Fox News’s no-good, very bad weekhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/09/tucker-carlson-fox-news-medicaid-rubio/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/09/tucker-carlson-fox-news-medicaid-rubio/Drew GoinsThu, 09 Mar 2023 21:30:41 +0000Tucker can turn things around. Plus: Medicaid for food? Weaning off China. Democracy’s comeback tour.Hold your horses on the lab-leak theory. Let’s talk animal spillover.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/08/covid-lab-leak-peru-protests-wokeness/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/08/covid-lab-leak-peru-protests-wokeness/Drew GoinsWed, 08 Mar 2023 21:30:17 +0000Plus: Peruvian politics. The economy’s blinking red light. Woke words. CPAC is 100 percent not cursedhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/07/cpac-school-boards-comedy-public-health/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/07/cpac-school-boards-comedy-public-health/Drew GoinsTue, 07 Mar 2023 21:30:42 +0000No curse! Plus: Surprise civility at a school board, the mythic working-class vote and constraints on comedy these days.Our columnists made their midterm picks. Here are the final results.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/midterms-predictions-quiz-power-rankings-3/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/midterms-predictions-quiz-power-rankings-3/Drew Goins, Yan WuWed, 02 Nov 2022 14:52:26 +0000In a special edition of the Post Pundit Power Ranking, we want readers to play pundit and tell us who you predict to win this cycle’s biggest midterm battles.What if Trump doesn’t run? Here’s who gets the GOP nomination.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/05/republican-nominee-trump-doesnt-run-2024/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/05/republican-nominee-trump-doesnt-run-2024/Drew GoinsFri, 05 Aug 2022 11:00:49 +0000The Power Ranking picks the nine likeliest Republicans to win a 2024 primary fight.Let’s say Biden isn’t the nominee. Here’s who runs — and wins.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/29/democratic-nominee-biden-doesnt-run-2024/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/29/democratic-nominee-biden-doesnt-run-2024/Drew GoinsFri, 29 Jul 2022 11:00:43 +0000The Power Ranking picks the nine likeliest Democrats to win a 2024 primary fight.Will Biden run for president again? 12 of our columnists have the answer.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/24/will-biden-run-2024-president-power-ranking/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/24/will-biden-run-2024-president-power-ranking/Drew GoinsFri, 24 Jun 2022 11:00:46 +0000Age might not be the only thing that keeps the president from vying for a second term.Will Trump run for president again? 12 of our columnists have the answer.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/17/will-trump-run-2024-president-power-ranking/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/17/will-trump-run-2024-president-power-ranking/Drew GoinsFri, 17 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000Barring a crystal ball, there’s only one way to find out the former guy’s plans for sure. Here's our best guesses. Biden’s new report card is here. What grade does his first year get?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/20/biden-first-year-report-card-power-ranking/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/20/biden-first-year-report-card-power-ranking/Drew GoinsThu, 20 Jan 2022 13:00:50 +0000Our columnists — and you, the readers — assess how the president performed during his first year in office.Los deportes solían liderar el progreso social. Carl Nassib muestra que ahora es al revés.https://www.washingtonpost.com/es/post-opinion/2021/06/24/carl-nassib-gay-primer-jugador-raiders-nfl-pride/https://www.washingtonpost.com/es/post-opinion/2021/06/24/carl-nassib-gay-primer-jugador-raiders-nfl-pride/Drew GoinsThu, 24 Jun 2021 22:35:29 +0000Nassib es el primer jugador activo de la NFL, en toda la historia, en declararse gay. Y si hizo su histórico anuncio de forma casual, no es porque el futbol americano haya cambiado, sino porque el mundo lo hizo.Sports used to lead social progress. Carl Nassib shows it’s now the other way around. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/22/carl-nassib-gay-nfl-coming-out-big-deal/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/22/carl-nassib-gay-nfl-coming-out-big-deal/Drew GoinsTue, 22 Jun 2021 21:51:12 +0000The NFL's Carl Nassib came out as gay, and he wants it to be no big deal. Can that happen?What the pope got right with his decree on gay marriagehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/19/pope-francis-gay-marriage-stance-evangelical-church/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/19/pope-francis-gay-marriage-stance-evangelical-church/Drew GoinsFri, 19 Mar 2021 17:22:33 +0000LGBTQ Christians deserve to know exactly what they're getting into with a church.The Scripps spelling bee was canceled. So we decided to do our own.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/28/scripps-spelling-bee-was-canceled-so-we-decided-do-our-own/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/28/scripps-spelling-bee-was-canceled-so-we-decided-do-our-own/Drew GoinsThu, 28 May 2020 14:30:30 +0000Eight contestants. Four rounds. One bonus B-U-T-T-I-G-I-E-G.On the coronavirus, don’t freak out; do get factshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/10/amp-stories/coronavirus-dont-freak-out-do-get-facts/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/10/amp-stories/coronavirus-dont-freak-out-do-get-facts/Drew Goins, Kate WoodsomeTue, 10 Mar 2020 22:04:06 +0000There is a run on hand sanitizer, and people are putting masks on their cats. This is your guide to not panicking about covid-19.Here’s how to make sense of the Democratic primaries so farhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/20/you-dont-have-be-so-overwhelmed-by-primaries-heres-how/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/20/you-dont-have-be-so-overwhelmed-by-primaries-heres-how/Karen Tumulty, Drew Goins, Joshua Carroll, Danielle Kunitz, Kate WoodsomeFri, 20 Dec 2019 20:07:24 +0000Why has the Democratic primary race been so crazy? Who do we need to be paying closest attention to? And can anyone really beat Trump? Columnist Karen Tumulty and assistant editor Drew Goins work through the big political questions.The first gay Hallmark movie will be so boring. That’s great news.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/16/first-gay-hallmark-movie-will-be-so-boring-thats-great-news/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/16/first-gay-hallmark-movie-will-be-so-boring-thats-great-news/Drew GoinsTue, 17 Dec 2019 00:08:23 +0000It's the final bastion of acceptance.Trump is America’s first camp presidenthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/07/trump-is-americas-first-camp-president/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/07/trump-is-americas-first-camp-president/Drew GoinsTue, 07 May 2019 22:03:43 +0000The problem is, he's deadly serious.‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 premiere recap: No big deaths — except the show’s whole M.O.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/15/game-thrones-season-premiere-recap/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/15/game-thrones-season-premiere-recap/Drew GoinsMon, 15 Apr 2019 01:58:42 +0000We were hungry for blood that, for once, wasn't spilled.Of course Pete Buttigieg is ‘gay enough’ to make historyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/01/course-pete-buttigieg-is-gay-enough-make-history/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/01/course-pete-buttigieg-is-gay-enough-make-history/Drew GoinsMon, 01 Apr 2019 17:46:55 +0000And being white and male does not negate his milestone candidacy.