Readers discuss the name change at the Pentagon. Also: Fearful sports fans in D.C.; gay Republicans in Washington.

We’ve traveled far beyond political spin.

My city is taking an innovative approach to crime prevention. It does not involve the military.

Should filmmakers have to take a stand on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Prisoners are aging and getting more expensive to house, diverting funds from much better uses.

As China threatens to overtake U.S. leadership in science and technology, America has responded by sabotaging its own engines of progress.

There is a growing mountain of imperfect but troubling evidence that pesticides and other chemicals may be behind the exploding rates of the disease.

Colombia’s return to conflict is a lesson in how hard it is to sustain progress toward peace.

Abigail Disney, a descendant of Disney’s founders, and other readers respond to an essay about Disney and America. Also: A stark contrast between two political parties.

The message to other companies is plain: It pays to break the law.

We do not kill those merely suspected of being criminals from the air.

Dog parenting has gotten out of control. That’s what I said to myself eight months ago.

Size matters in great-power contests, and the U.S. can’t go it alone against China.

Democrats aren’t powerless, and they don’t have to enable autocracy.

Flag football offers girls as well as boys a means of enjoying the sport without the risk of brain damage.

In a few weeks the government’s funding will run out. If Democrats vote for a new spending bill, they will be funding Trump’s autocratic takeover — and I don’t see how they can.

The designer led a fashion revolution, but did so with civility.

The two sexes are looking past each other.

Disposable plastics have profoundly reshaped the way we eat, shop, raise children and understand hygiene and progress.

Because of legalized gambling, baseball has no integrity.

On this week’s round table, the G.O.P’s shutdown spiral.

Readers discuss a guest essay by a woman whose daughter died by suicide.

Why the new model of executive power will likely outlive the Caesar who created it.

On this week’s round table, three Opinion writers discuss how to fight Trump’s takeover.

Economic data suggests labor supply and immigration changes are affecting job growth. The Federal Reserve can’t fix that, but Trump can.

Readers discuss President Trump’s claim that he has the right to conduct the extrajudicial killing of alleged drug dealers. Also: Crime trends.

Many residents are willing to endorse or participate in violent resistance.

The president has ordered up an incomplete and self-serving version of American history.

A sign of the folly of Trump’s trade policy is that it has inspired no apparent envy among other nations.