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Just a reminder that the opinion section is walled-off from the newsroom and is home to about a tenth of the Post's journalists. I have had so many conversations with folks who canceled their subs, urging them to reconsider and stressing that ownership doesn't interfere in

Hundreds of you have trusted us at the The Washington Post with your stories from inside the federal government. They've helped us report on the Trump administration & DOGE's impact on the civil service. That work, so far, continues without interference. Please keep the tips coming.

It's because of exclusives like this today that I will not be canceling my subscription to The Washington Post. I've been disagreeing with editorials in WaPo & elsewhere for 30 years. It's common. The news pages are what count and they are tough and smart wapo.st/41uIOJ4

Learned Spanish watching this great film over and over

The annual feature with the new graph at the end that I will always re-read year after year, by ⁦Dan Zak⁩ ⁦Amy Argetsinger⁩ washingtonpost.com/arts-entertain…

I loved the chance to meet these students and write about the organization they have created to share their love of reading

The crisis in Cuba is the worst in modern times, with the U.S. bent on making it worse. Missing from ideological debates is what it’s like for ordinary Cubans. To find out, I rode a bus from one end of the island to the other. My latest The Nation thenation.com/article/world/…

Recommended reading. An ode to the remarkable people who make up the federal government washingtonpost.com/books/2025/03/…

Calling Franz Kafka. Official response: “Oopsie.”

This, from Nathan Heller, is one of the best distillations of magazine writing that I have ever seen:

Another twist in the legal saga of former Cinci pol PG Sittenfeld. The case raises an elusive and rarely litigated constitutional question: What's the difference between a campaign pledge and a corrupt promise? Next stop: Supreme Court. My latest.paw.princeton.edu/article/pg-sit…

Given recent news about those 3 cute “de-extinction” pups, if no one else will post this song, I will youtu.be/VWY4hyIlsqQ

Reposting when Mario Vargas Llosa spoke to me for a piece on his play at Teatro Gala washingtonpost.com/entertainment/…

The only thing more fun than covering this race would have been paddling a canoe myself! ‘This was awesome’: Paddlers run rapids in annual Potomac Downriver Race bethesdamagazine.com/2025/05/12/pot… via @Bethesda Magazine

So well reported and smartly written by ⁦Amy Brittain⁩ washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Homegrown support for fired federal workers bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/10/sup…

A peace vigil sits near the White House. A congressman wants it gone. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…

Hello runners. Anyone know what happened to Strava in the last 24 hours?

“Higher education in America is under attack, including through arguments that weaponize specious claims about free speech to undermine support for universities, academic freedom, and the quest to make campuses fully welcoming to students of all backgrounds.”

MacKenzie Scott learned about philanthropy when her college roommate loaned her $1000 to help her stay in school “Each unique expression of generosity will have value far beyond what we can imagine or live to see.” paw.princeton.edu/article/macken…