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Opinion: Analysis: A 30-Year-Old Saudi Prince Could Jump-Start The Kingdom - Or Drive It Off A Cliff

David Ignatius, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 29, 2016

Starting in January 2015 with the accession of King Salman, Saudi Arabia has been shaken by the bold reform campaign of his son, known at home and abroad by his initials, MBS.

Opinion: I Hate Donald Trump, But I Might Vote For Him

Jim Ruth, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 29, 2016

No Trump campaign buttons or bumper stickers for me. I'm part of the new silent majority: those who don't like Donald Trump but might vote for him anyway.

Opinion: The Orlando Shooter Googled My Name. I Wish He Had Reached Out To Me.

Hamza Yusuf, The Washington Post | Tuesday June 28, 2016

A few days ago, a colleague from the college where I teach and serve as president called to let me know the FBI had just paid a visit. They wanted to inform me that the Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, had been Googling me on his computer and iPhone.

Opinion: For Millions Of Muslims, Murder Of Singer Amjad Sabri Is About More Than Music

Haroon Moghul, The Washington Post | Monday June 27, 2016

Amjad Sabri, a master of qawwali, the devotional music that is wildly popular across the Indian subcontinent and well beyond, was gunned down in Karachi, Pakistan.

Blog: Pulling Your Hair Out Is Actually A Mental Illness. Here's How I Learned To Stop Doing It.

Cynthia McCloud, The Washington Post | Friday June 24, 2016

For years Cynthia McCloud suffered from trichotillomania, TTM for short, the uncontrollable urge to pull out hair strand by strand; with the help of a therapist, she has stopped pulling out her hair.

Opinion: Can 30-Year-Old Saudi Prince Really Transform Saudi Arabia?

The Washington Post | Tuesday June 21, 2016

The issues facing Mohammed bin Salman - rivalry with a rising Iran, which has bred multiple proxy wars; disaffection among youth and women, who chafe at repressive religious strictures; a bloated government overly dependent on volatile oil prices - bear some resemblance to those Gorbachev confronted.

Opinion: It's Easier For Privileged Men Like The Stanford Attacker To Bounce Back From Prison

Ted Gest, The Washington Post | Tuesday June 14, 2016

Judge Aaron Persky explained his six-month jail sentence for Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner this way: A longer term "would have a severe impact on him."

Opinion: 47 Years Ago, Hillary Clinton's Practice Nomination Speech

Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post | Sunday June 12, 2016

Almost half a century ago, when Hillary Rodham became the first student to speak at a Wellesley College commencement, she dismissed, 1969-style, the tired cliche of politics as the art of the possible. "The challenge now," Rodham said, channeling what students graduating this spring might describe as her inner Bernie Sanders, "is to practice politics as the art of mak...

Opinion: Why I Might Marry For Friendship And Money - Not Love

Kim A. Calvert, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 08, 2016

After decades of being single, I'm thinking of getting married. It's not because I finally found true love, or because I want to wear a white dress (again) or because I fantasize about domestic bliss. It's because I'm tired of being shut out from the perks and benefits that marriage provides.

Opinion: The Next US President Should Keep India Close: Foreign Media

Nicholas Burns, The Washington Post | Tuesday June 07, 2016

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the White House on June 7, Republicans and Democrats will have a chance for redemption by lending bipartisan support for such leadership - in the form of an ambitious strategic partnership with India and its 1.25 billion people.

Opinion: How I Mourned My Sister Through The Books She Left Behind

Tom Rachman, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 01, 2016

My sister always wanted built-in bookshelves. So when she bought a one-bedroom apartment in downtown Washington, she hired a carpenter. Soon there were glossy cookbooks as you stepped through the front door, fiction when you crossed the living room, travelogues by her desk, academic tomes at the foot of her bed. I remember admiring all her novels, saying I wished to h...

Opinion: These Days, It's Facebook That Defines Pornography

Jillian C. York, The Washington Post | Saturday May 28, 2016

In the 1964 case Jacobellis v. Ohio -- on whether the state of Ohio could ban the showing of a film it had deemed obscene -- Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously defined hardcore pornography, a genre not constitutionally protected

Opinion: Beating Trump Won't Be As Easy As Many Democrats Think

Stephen Stromberg, The Washington Post | Monday May 09, 2016

Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Tuesday night, turning his sights on Hillary Clinton, who, he says, will be easy to beat. She will not be - at least not for him. But Democrats must avoid making a similar mistake, dismissing Trump based on his historically high negative poll numbers without understanding why people are voting for him...

Opinion: Tesla Is The Spark That Apple Needs

Vivek Wadhwa, The Washington Post | Friday April 29, 2016

Apple's dismal earnings announcement shows why it badly needs to rethink its innovation model and leadership. Its last breakthrough innovation was the iPhone -- which was released in 2007. Since then, Apple has simply been tweaking its componentry, adding faster processors and more advanced sensors, and playing with its size -- making it bigger in the iPad and smaller...

Opinion: If You Wouldn't Say It To Our Faces, Don't Type It In A Tweet.

Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post | Thursday April 28, 2016

The trolls hide behind screens. And I've wondered: If some of these online creeps were face-to-face with the woman they are trashing, looking into her eyes, rather than the glow of their phone or laptop, would the vicious words they type with such abandon actually leave their mouths?

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