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If Breyer can learn to recognize political reality, Biden can, too, writes @LindaHirshman1 washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…

Perspective | If Breyer can learn to recognize political reality, Biden can, too

Both men believed — against most of the evidence — in old-fashioned compromise.

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Offshore accounts aren’t for evading taxes. They’re for evading laws altogether: washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…

Perspective | Offshore accounts aren’t for evading taxes. They’re for evading laws altogether.

World leaders who don’t even owe taxes still use hidden trusts.

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An aide dishes on the Trump White House. But what does she say for herself? washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…

Review | An aide dishes on the Trump White House. But what does she say for herself?

Review of “I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House” by Stephanie Grisham

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Who could guess Brexit would cause food and gas shortages? Actually, anyone. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…

Perspective | Who could guess Brexit would cause food and gas shortages? Actually, anyone.

Brexiters insisted none of these problems would happen — though it was obvious they would.

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I bought my kids dinner — and saw firsthand how overdraft fees punish the poor washingtonpost.com/outlook/i…

Perspective | I bought my kids dinner — and saw firsthand how overdraft fees punish the poor

Poor people feel the most pain from overdraft fees, which often seem deliberately designed to keep them from getting ahead.

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Monoclonal antibodies save covid patients. Why are they hard to get? washingtonpost.com/outlook/m…

Perspective | Monoclonal antibodies save covid patients. Why are they hard to get?

Florida makes this lifesaving therapy as easy to get as the vaccine.

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The best pandemic advice comes from the very young and the very old washingtonpost.com/outlook/t…

Perspective | The best pandemic advice comes from the very young and the very old

Stop fixating on the big questions and enjoy what’s wonderful.

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Merkel rose to command Europe — thanks to her East German humility washingtonpost.com/outlook/m…

Perspective | Merkel rose to command Europe — thanks to her East German humility

From the start, she knew which reforms to push for and which traditions to keep

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The debt ceiling is an absurd problem. Only an absurd solution can save us. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…

Perspective | The debt ceiling is an absurd problem. Only an absurd solution can save us.

A platinum coin worth $1 trillion — or more — would put an end to dangerous budget fights

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Old debt ceiling fights had a purpose. This one doesn’t. washingtonpost.com/outlook/o…

Perspective | Old debt ceiling fights had a purpose. This one doesn’t.

The whole standoff is about which party has to vote for the increase, not about policy

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“Manchin talks like a maker. His state is a taker,” writes @Swerdlick. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…

Perspective | Manchin wants to limit federal spending. West Virginia gets more than its share.

The senator’s budget-hawk rhetoric doesn’t square with his state’s federal dependency.

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Five myths about electric vehicles washingtonpost.com/outlook/f…

Perspective | Five myths about electric vehicles

No, they aren’t only for rich people

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Boris Johnson liked Trump. Now he seems to love Biden. washingtonpost.com/outlook/b…

Perspective | Boris Johnson liked Trump. Now he seems to love Biden.

The British prime minister speaks with The Post about submarines, Afghanistan and lamb

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You may get more work done at home. But you’d have better ideas at the office. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…

Perspective | You may get more work done at home. But you’d have better ideas at the office.

Innovation — and productivity — would suffer if remote work became permanent for most employees

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The debt limit fight is a scam. The GOP counts on voters not knowing that, writes @BruceBartlett. washingtonpost.com/outlook/d…

Perspective | The debt limit fight is a scam. The GOP counts on voters not knowing that.

Raising it means paying America’s bills, not borrowing more money.

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Five myths about Cuba washingtonpost.com/outlook/f…

Perspective | Five myths about Cuba

The U.S. embargo isn’t to blame for all its problems, and the island isn’t frozen in time.

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How Trump endangered democracy, and how Biden hopes to repair it washingtonpost.com/outlook/h…

Review | How Trump endangered democracy, and how Biden hopes to repair it

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa underline the two presidents’ different realities.

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Gay rights advanced significantly in the last 25 years—no thanks to Congress washingtonpost.com/outlook/g…

Perspective | Gay rights advanced significantly in the last 25 years — no thanks to Congress

Progress is possible even without the legislative branch

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Intelligence agencies can help stop future pandemics. Here’s how. washingtonpost.com/outlook/i…

Perspective | Intelligence agencies can help stop future pandemics. Here’s how.

We can’t rely on public health agencies alone.

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The Senate knew about Kavanaugh’s partisan history. It confirmed him anyway. washingtonpost.com/outlook/b…

Perspective | The Senate knew about Kavanaugh’s partisan history. It confirmed him anyway.

‘What goes around comes around,’ the future justice warned. Now it really could.

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