At this rate, Biden is likely to be presiding over a dangerously unstaffed administration even halfway into his term. If the GOP wins the Senate next year, he’s likely to go an entire term without anything close to a full government in place. @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

If you look at the 800 most important jobs a president needs to fill--Biden has confirmed appointees in only 189 of them. This is no way to run a government. My column @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

A few days ago Mark Meadows' lawyer wrote an op-ed arguing that he's entitled to claim executive privilege. Here three lawyers who served in GOP administrations offer a very strong rebuttal @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

From the WaPo editorial board. The jury's verdict deserves respect. But Rittenhouse is no hero. He armed himself with a gun he shouldn’t have had, went where he had no business being, and ended up doing grievous and irreparable harm. @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

So the IOC, incapable of shame or embarrassment, is “encouraged by assurances that she is safe”--she being the disappeared tennis player Peng Shuai. Are Coke and Visa really okay with such total moral cowardice?@postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

China’s Communist leaders, innovative in so many ways, appear to be perfecting a 21st-century approach to genocide. My column @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

How much of your life will you lose by going back to the office? Try our calculator--this one is really fun. @salvesergio @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

More Americans are now being wrongfully detained by foreign governments than by terrorist organizations, militants and other groups. @postopinions dives into this. #BringThemHome washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

From the Washington Post editorial board: She told the truth about Wuhan. Now she is near death in a Chinese prison. @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

The WaPo editorial board asks: Weren’t the Democrats supposed to raise taxes on the rich? Now, per Sen. Sanders, you can make $400,000 a year and deserve a tax break? @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

I was disturbed reading ‘Beloved’ at my Virginia high school — and rightly so, writes @ChristineEmba @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

What Democrats should have said to Big Oil. My suggestion wouldn't make for such good theater, but it would help save the earth. @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

From the WaPo editorial board: The NFL is using secrecy to manage a scandal instead of holding people accountable. Goodell's latest excuses are preposterous. @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

A must-read from @michele_norris: Before Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat on a bus. She’s still on probation. @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Just because adults tend to get sicker than children doesn’t mean covid-19 in kids is benign, writes @drleanawen. During August and September, covid-19 was the sixth-leading cause of death among children ages 5 to 15. @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

From the Washington Post editorial board: Build Back Better is getting worse and worse washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

For Republicans this year, one issue transcends all others: Will you support democracy? From the WaPo editorial board @PostOpinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

The 50 best Halloween songs of all time, each with something from Alexandra @petridishes Petri to recommend it, e.g.: "it is under two minutes long, so by the time people have asked you to turn it off, it is over." @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

The evidence is in, ⁦@jameshohmann⁩ writes. Gift cards and lotteries sounded like a good idea, but— it’s time to get on with mandates. ⁦@PostOpinions⁩ washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

As a House committee weighs contempt charges for Bannon, the WaPo editorial board says: remember the charges he was facing before Trump's pardon came to the rescue. @postopinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…