Today's Opinions: Clarence Thomas has some good advice for his wife

This isn't the U.S. Senate. It's more like day care.; Forget advise and consent. This is smear and degrade.; Why I think Jackson's nomination should be rejected; Voters, remember your role in giving Judge Jackson the chance she deserves ; Ivy League Republicans' phony rebellion against the 'elites'; GOP attacks on Jackson miss the real liberal weakness on crime ; Madeleine Albright's guiding insight: The past is never past; To avoid nuclear calamity, Biden makes a delicate calibration about Putin; House Republicans would only hurt themselves by releasing a detailed midterm agenda; The U.S. shouldn't miss the opportunity to punish Iran's actual terrorists; Why Big Tech has nothing to fear from a Republican Congress; Now is not the time for gas-tax holidays; Performance politics; Until conspiracy theories do us part; Cartoons by Darrin Bell, Matt Davies, Al Goodwyn and Mike Luckovich; Justice Thomas's wife is a political extremist. This is now a problem for the court. ; Saudi Arabia's murderous ruler must not be appeased; Police misconduct payments leave taxpayers on the hook and in the dark ; Readers critique The Post: There's no need to belittle Biden ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your morning dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Patrick Semansky/AP) Clarence Thomas has some good advice for his wife Ginni Thomas's overwrought texts to Trump's chief of staff raise the increasingly legitimate question of whether her political agenda influences her husband. By Karen Tumulty ●  Read more »   This isn't the U.S. Senate. It's more like day care. Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham master self-parody at Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings. By Kathleen Parker ●  Read more »   Forget advise and consent. This is smear and degrade. This was an exercise in personal destruction. By Ruth Marcus ●  Read more »   Why I think Jackson's nomination should be rejected The hearings had their revelations. Only a few were about the nominee. By Hugh Hewitt ●  Read more »   Voters, remember your role in giving Judge Jackson the chance she deserves Her confirmation proves something we've always known: Elections matter. By Colbert I. King ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Ivy League Republicans' phony rebellion against the 'elites' Rich, Ivy-educated Republicans are as elite as anybody they rail against. By Dana Milbank ●  Read more »   GOP attacks on Jackson miss the real liberal weakness on crime The progressive distortion of America's criminal justice system comes long before sentencing, with diminished police forces and highly ideological prosecutors who refuse to bring certain charges. By Jason Willick ●  Read more »   Madeleine Albright's guiding insight: The past is never past The former secretary of state took this wisdom from her diplomat father, Josef Korbel, who happened to have also mentored another secretary of state: Condoleezza Rice. By David Von Drehle ●  Read more »   To avoid nuclear calamity, Biden makes a delicate calibration about Putin Suddenly the most sophisticated of weapons might be used by a moral primitive because of Russia's 10-thumbed mishandling of its conventional forces in Ukraine. By George F. Will ●  Read more »   House Republicans would only hurt themselves by releasing a detailed midterm agenda They would be setting themselves up to be attacked by Democrats. By Henry Olsen ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The U.S. shouldn't miss the opportunity to punish Iran's actual terrorists President Biden has the chance to adopt a more practical and effective approach that could yield positive results. By Jason Rezaian ●  Read more »   Why Big Tech has nothing to fear from a Republican Congress The GOP says if it takes back the House, it will crack down on the tech companies. Don't believe it. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   Now is not the time for gas-tax holidays Letter to the Editor ●  Read more »     Editorial Cartoons Performance politics Republican Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), Ted Cruz (Tex.), Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) are all playing to the cameras. By Ann Telnaes ●  Read more »   Until conspiracy theories do us part By Michael de Adder ●  Read more »   Cartoons by Darrin Bell, Matt Davies, Al Goodwyn and Mike Luckovich Editorial guest cartoons from Darrin Bell, Matt Davies, Al Goodwyn and Mike Luckovich Read more »   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app     The Post's View (Drew Angerer/Getty) Justice Thomas's wife is a political extremist. This is now a problem for the court. Recent reports have spotlighted Ginni Thomas's lifetime of far-right agitation. It is not a good look for the court. But the critics should be careful what they ask for. By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Saudi Arabia's murderous ruler must not be appeased President Biden has been correct to keep a distance from the young Saudi potentate, even as the crown prince hopes to use his oil reserves to pry respect from the president. By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Police misconduct payments leave taxpayers on the hook and in the dark Badly behaved officers are costing departments and taxpayers billions of dollars. Why aren't they being stopped? By the Editorial Board ●  Read more »     Free for All Letters (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) Readers critique The Post: There's no need to belittle Biden This week's Free for All letters Letters to the Editor ●  Read more »     Try our new daily mini meta crossword It's a week-long adventure that connects a daily 5x5 mini puzzle with a special reveal on Saturdays. Play game   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Follow Dana Milbank for email alerts every time Dana publishes a new opinion column. Sign up »

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