| Growing up in central Ohio, I learned like most kids that tornadoes come reliably with the spring. We didn't live out in the country, but we all knew what the local air raid sirens meant when they screamed from city hall, usually on balmy afternoons in April and May. So, when a supercell that began in eastern Arkansas and ended in northern Kentucky killed scores over a weekend in mid-December, the news was doubly terrifying. Tornadoes of this power, at this time of year? They are part, writes Post columnist Eugene Robinson, of an increasingly familiar pattern. "No smoking gun proves climate change played a role in the tornadoes that destroyed a 275-mile swath of the nation's heartland," Gene says. "But there is a lot of haze, and a strong whiff of gunpowder. . . By continuing to spew heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, we're daring nature to do its worst. I fear the consequences are just beginning."  (Austin Anthony for The Washington Post) Climate change may or may not have affected Kentucky's tornadoes. But there's plenty of circumstantial evidence. By Eugene Robinson ● Read more » | | | | If the candidate can't move to the border, the border must move to the candidate. By Catherine Rampell ● Read more » | | | | Trump's scheme to privatize Medicare is still unfolding. Biden isn't stopping it. By Helaine Olen ● Read more » | | | All those single dollar bills the teachers dove for — but with firefighters! By Alexandra Petri ● Read more » | | | | The PowerPoint that landed in Mark Meadows's inbox shows he's guilty of contempt of competence. By Dana Milbank ● Read more » | | | | The enormity of the plan to overthrow democracy is coming to light. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | This policy could be legacy defining for the party. Letting it die would be terrible. By Greg Sargent ● Read more » | | | | The FDA's glacial time frame for releasing documents on the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is only the latest evidence that the agency needs some major changes. By Christopher J. Morten, Reshma Ramachandran, Joseph S. Ross and Amy Kapczynski ● Read more » | | | | Everyone agrees they should express concern about high drug costs. But don't let your opponents get credit for it! By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | | The hardliners believe that the governor-elect owes them, and they will not afford him the indulgence he got as a candidate. By Mark J. Rozell ● Read more » | | | | Unions are still weak, and many of Biden's actions could be undone by the next Republican president. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | |
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