Mark Lasswell

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Associate Op-Ed Editor at The Washington Post

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Houston, JD Vance has a problem

4 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Mark Lasswell

Houston, JD Vance has a problem (washingtonpost.com) Houston, JD Vance has a problem By Mark Lasswell 2025060216521800 JD Vance, it is well known, contains multitudes. He once described Donald Trump as "morally reprehensible" … and now is his vice president. He's a tough Marine who served in the Iraq War … as a public affairs officer.
It was an extreme week in antisemitism. Except for all the others.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Mark Lasswell

It was an extreme week in antisemitism. Except for all the others. (washingtonpost.com) It was an extreme week in antisemitism. Except for all the others. By Mark Lasswell 2025052511002900 LONDON — The ghastly murder in Washington of two employees of the Israeli Embassy outside a Jewish museum — by a shooter, according to police, who afterward proclaimed "free, free Palestine" — was a horrifying eruption of the world's longest-running hatred.
This common phrase is widely misused. Is it worth salvaging?

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Mark Lasswell

This common phrase is widely misused. Is it worth salvaging? (washingtonpost.com) This common phrase is widely misused. Is it worth salvaging? By Mark Lasswell 2025042811004900 Admit it, no matter how tolerant and understanding you might be regarding word usage and other points of grammar — no matter how often you want to tell sticklerish types, hey, calm down, language evolves — some stuff still rankles.
Down with fancy group names! Singing the 'society' blues.

Jan 29, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Mark Lasswell

Once a go-to term for teamwork and common purpose, "society" is now a no-no for the snobbery police. Next month, the Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society International will unite under a new name, the Humane World for Animals. "It's strong, it's memorable, and perfectly captures who we are and what we're striving to achieve," said the animal welfare organization's chief executive, Kitty (yes, Kitty) Block, announcing the change at a New York gala in November.
Britain's merry, miserable Christmas trees

Dec 16, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Mark Lasswell

LONDON - Country Living magazine's U.K. edition marked this festive season with an article offering "22 British Christmas traditions and their meanings." The list included mince pies, mulled wine and other treats but noted, "For most of us, it's not officially Christmas until we've put up our tree and decorated it."Unofficially, it's not Christmas in Britain until everyone starts lashing out at comically forlorn approximations of holiday trees on public display.
Opinion | How well will you do on the George F. Will Quiz?

Nov 25, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Mark Lasswell

Sorry, a summary is not available for this article at this time. Please try again later. For more than a dozen years, George F. Will has welcomed the baseball season and mercilessly tested readers’ knowledge of the game with his annual Opening Day Quiz. In honor of that tradition, as we commemorate his half-century as a Post columnist, here’s the George F. Will quiz. It’s drawn from our archives of Will’s more than 5,000 columns — or about 4 million words.
Trump hush money trial has a major reveal: He likes the Oxford comma - The Washington Post

May 15, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Mark Lasswell

Mark Lasswell is an associate op-ed editor at The Post. Donald Trump’s hush money trial is unfolding mostly according to dismal plan. It’s a smutty, theatrical mashup of “Beauty and the Beast” and “Liar Liar” that the entire country saw in out-of-town tryouts for eight years before it lumbered into 100 Centre St. for its New York debut.
Hamas Oct. 7 attack on Nova music festival in Israel seen in new documentary - The Washington Post

Mar 12, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Mark Lasswell

LONDON — Last week, I attended a screening of “#NOVA,” a new documentary about the trance-music festival where Hamas terrorists killed more than 360 people and took as many as 40 hostages during the Oct. 7 rampage in Israel. The film, without narration, is composed almost entirely of evidence from the phones of festivalgoers and video taken by the terrorists. It unfolds like many a horror movie, with young people reveling in their freedom and having fun, oblivious to the monster stalking them.