Petula Dvorak
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Dvorak: On Columbus Day, a Fortnite discovery
"I almost forgot what he looks like in the daylight," my husband said, as he called me with urgent news from home Monday morning: Our younger son had left his...

White supremacists are recruiting white teens online. Parents must stop them.
It's time, parents of white boys, for The Talk.

Dvorak: Everything wrong with Congress — in one ballgame
It's 110 years old. And it's showing its age.

D.C. as the new Amsterdam? Pot-infused tourism takes renting AirBnb space to another level
Sure, we've got cherry blossoms, museums and monuments. But our nation's capital is also a cannabis-friendly island surrounded by pot prudes, and it may be on its way to becoming...

Dvorak: Kellyanne and George Conways’ power marriage gone way wrong
This devil's triangle of a married couple and a president has taken one of Washington's standard story lines - the madcap misadventures of a mixed-marriage - and twisted it into...

Guest commentary: Virginia’s descent from darling to dumpster fire leaves residents reeling
There's a new move out there -- the Virginia facepalm.

Column: At Unite the Right, black-clad antifa again give peaceful protesters a bad name
The crowd in Washington's Lafayette Square on Sunday was buzzing and anxious, ready for the clash.

Dvorak: Melania Trump has been given a powerful platform. It’s time for her to use it.
Melania Trump isn't bound by the days when women weren't expected to learn, to think and to speak. She has a a public ready to hear from her. She owes...

Dvorak: 2017 was the Unexpected Year of the Woman
2017 has turned out to be the Unexpected Year of the Woman. It's a shocker, since 2016 was supposed to be the official, glass-shattering Year of the Woman -- and...

Dvorak: Juli Briskman flipped off Trump. Now she’s a patriot … or a pariah.
We've done a brilliant job of cleaving our country in two over guns, golf, kneeling, pizza, the first lady's shoes -- and now Juli Briskman, who was photographed flipping off...