last season, the Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith stood in shotgun formation, five yards behind the line of scrimmage. As he called his signals, a Houston Texans cornerback, Kareem Jackson, suddenly sprinted forward from a position four yards behind the defensive line.To hear more feature stories, or Jackson’s timing was perfect. The ball was snapped. The Texans’ left defensive end, J.J. Watt, sprinted to the outside, taking the Redskins’ right tackle with him. The defensive tackle on Watt’s right rushed to the inside, taking the offensive right guard with him. The result was a...…last season, the Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith stood in shotgun formation, five yards behind the line of scrimmage. As he called his signals, a Houston Texans cornerback, Kareem Jackson, suddenly sprinted forward from a position four yards behind the defensive line.To hear more feature stories, or Jackson’s timing was perfect. The ball was snapped. The Texans’ left defensive end, J.J. Watt, sprinted to the outside, taking the Redskins’ right tackle with him. The defensive tackle on Watt’s right rushed to the inside, taking the offensive right guard with him. The result was a...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe authors are on the advisory board of .This November, Americans will cast their most consequential votes since Abraham Lincoln’s reelection in 1864. We confront a constellation of crises: a public health emergency not seen in a century, an economic collapse set to rival the Great Depression, and a world where American leadership is absent and dangers rise in the vacuum.Today, the United States is beset with a president who was unprepared for the burden of the presidency and who has made plain his deficits in...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe authors are on the advisory board of .This November, Americans will cast their most consequential votes since Abraham Lincoln’s reelection in 1864. We confront a constellation of crises: a public health emergency not seen in a century, an economic collapse set to rival the Great Depression, and a world where American leadership is absent and dangers rise in the vacuum.Today, the United States is beset with a president who was unprepared for the burden of the presidency and who has made plain his deficits in...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAmong Donald Trump’s many flaws as president is one that’s as fundamental as any: He simply doesn’t understand his job. When he ran a private company, one he owned, Trump could command all its constituent parts to do his bidding and make the rules himself. You’d think by his fourth year in the White House, he would have learned that the presidency doesn’t work that way. But obviously he hasn’t.Trump made this clear during his briefing Monday, with — well, perhaps extraordinary for anyone but him. Referring to restrictions...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAmong Donald Trump’s many flaws as president is one that’s as fundamental as any: He simply doesn’t understand his job. When he ran a private company, one he owned, Trump could command all its constituent parts to do his bidding and make the rules himself. You’d think by his fourth year in the White House, he would have learned that the presidency doesn’t work that way. But obviously he hasn’t.Trump made this clear during his briefing Monday, with — well, perhaps extraordinary for anyone but him. Referring to restrictions...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareGeorge T. Conway III is a lawyer and is also an adviser to the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC.“So we’ll probably have to do it again.” the already-once-impeached President Trump on Thursday in the East Room, musing about the possibility he could become the first president to be impeached more than once. And on the very next day, as though he were competing for it, Trump showed precisely why he could be destined to achieve that ignominious fate.With essentially no pretense about why he was doing it, the president...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareGeorge T. Conway III is a lawyer and is also an adviser to the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC.“So we’ll probably have to do it again.” the already-once-impeached President Trump on Thursday in the East Room, musing about the possibility he could become the first president to be impeached more than once. And on the very next day, as though he were competing for it, Trump showed precisely why he could be destined to achieve that ignominious fate.With essentially no pretense about why he was doing it, the president...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share the president Made America Great Again. I believe we need him reelected to .I believe Joe Biden is “” and “.” I believe Biden could “” and .I believe that if Biden is elected, there will be “,” and he would confiscate all guns, “” He would “” “,” not to mention “.” There would be “” in buildings.I believe the news media would have “” if the president loses — and that this would be bad even though the media is fake.I believe it’s normal for the president to say “,” “,” “--,” “,” “” and “.” I believe it’s Biden who’s...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share the president Made America Great Again. I believe we need him reelected to .I believe Joe Biden is “” and “.” I believe Biden could “” and .I believe that if Biden is elected, there will be “,” and he would confiscate all guns, “” He would “” “,” not to mention “.” There would be “” in buildings.I believe the news media would have “” if the president loses — and that this would be bad even though the media is fake.I believe it’s normal for the president to say “,” “,” “--,” “,” “” and “.” I believe it’s Biden who’s...WW…

Opinions (Doug Chayka for The Washington Post) By The question came out of the blue and has haunted me ever since. It was Jan. 17, 2017, three days before Donald Trump’s swearing-in, and my wife and I sat with him in the near-empty main cabin aboard the Trump Organization’s Boeing 757 en route to Washington for a pre-inaugural gala. So, asked the president-elect: Should he retain or fire , the U.S. attorney for the powerful Southern District of New York? I gave what I thought was an obvious, anodyne answer: All other things being equal, it’s better to have your own people in place. Within...…Opinions (Doug Chayka for The Washington Post) By The question came out of the blue and has haunted me ever since. It was Jan. 17, 2017, three days before Donald Trump’s swearing-in, and my wife and I sat with him in the near-empty main cabin aboard the Trump Organization’s Boeing 757 en route to Washington for a pre-inaugural gala. So, asked the president-elect: Should he retain or fire , the U.S. attorney for the powerful Southern District of New York? I gave what I thought was an obvious, anodyne answer: All other things being equal, it’s better to have your own people in place. Within...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhat do a gripping family and a momentous Supreme Court decision have in common? Quite a lot, it turns out.The book, to be published next week, comes from Mary L. Trump, a clinical psychologist who happens also to be niece of Donald Trump, the president of the United States. It describes how Donald Trump has been protected by institutions his entire life.Trump v. Vance, the decided Thursday, illustrates how the president has pushed those protections to the limit — and how they’re about to end.Mary Trump’s ”Too Much and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhat do a gripping family and a momentous Supreme Court decision have in common? Quite a lot, it turns out.The book, to be published next week, comes from Mary L. Trump, a clinical psychologist who happens also to be niece of Donald Trump, the president of the United States. It describes how Donald Trump has been protected by institutions his entire life.Trump v. Vance, the decided Thursday, illustrates how the president has pushed those protections to the limit — and how they’re about to end.Mary Trump’s ”Too Much and...WW…

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