Opinions P.M.: Conservatives hope to turn back the cultural clock. Can they succeed?

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)) Conservatives hope to turn back the cultural clock. Can they succeed? To succeed, the right will have to escalate its crusade, which carries risks By Paul Starr ●  Read more »   Joe Biden's bad news problem Our system is set up to make every president look like a failure, at least at this stage. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   Twitter is fixable. But pity the fool who does the next deal with Elon Musk. The billionaire can't simply say he goofed. By Adam Lashinsky ●  Read more »   Cartoon by Walt Handelsman A guest editorial cartoon by Walt Handelsman. Read more »   New York Times won't correct its errant essay on ectopic pregnancy Guest essays don't represent the institution that publishes them. But outlets have a duty to facts and science. By Erik Wemple ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Red states with forced-birth laws bask in the right to fall behind MAGA states are hurting women. But they are also damaging their own economic futures. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Shocking new Trump revelations may actually move a few GOP voters Only a very tiny minority of GOP voters sees Trump as a threat to democracy. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   You might not have guessed it, but Biden's not the one with the approval problem The president is unpopular, but Donald Trump is even more so. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   If pols can't make inflation better, they should at least stop making it worse "Relief" checks, tax cuts and rebates would make red-hot demand even hotter. By Catherine Rampell ●  Read more »   Republicans won't say what they're for. But it's not hard to figure out. You can read the party's priorities in the actions of the Supreme Court. By Katrina vanden Heuvel ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The Biden administration's bold embrace of harm reduction will save lives The administration deserves credit for working to normalize what were once controversial drug policies. By Leana S. Wen ●  Read more »   Canada's internet outage should encourage us to dismantle our telecom oligopoly The Rogers outage demonstrated that leaving the operation and security of telecommunications to a handful of corporations is unwise and dangerous. By David Moscrop ●  Read more »   Biden's scheme to cap oil prices reflects his incoherent Russia policy Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen will be trying to drum up support for the risky plan from Group of 20 finance ministers meeting in Bali this week. By John R. Bolton ●  Read more »   Do you have any new thoughts on bananas? Alexandra Petri answered your questions. Read the transcript. Reader Q&A ●  Read more »   Vanita Gupta on the future of policing and American democracy Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta discusses issues central to the future of American democracy, from how the department of justice is fighting violent crime to the impact of the Supreme Court's recent decisions. 'Capehart' Podcast ●  Read more »   As dangerous algal blooms grow, agencies need to pick up the pace They are devastating to public health, marine life and damage many industries and local economies. By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Uber's story shows what happens when a firm moves fast and breaks things Uber might be the model case for the age of disruption. By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 5-Minute Fix for a weekday afternoon cheat sheet on the biggest story in politics — that can be read in 5 minutes or less. Sign up »

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