Plus: Thank (or blame) John Paul Stevens for your binge-watching habit; What the political parties can learn from 'The Bachelorette'   Opinions you may have missed. When John Paul Stevens died last week, you may have read about his enormous influence on gay rights, restraint of executive power and other weighty matters during his long tenure as a Supreme Court justice. You might not have known that this courtly, bow-tied liberal lion was also the intellectual godfather of binge-watching. Charles Lane explains . Lori Garver, a former deputy administrator of NASA, says the agency wasn’t created to do something again. She proposes a different mission for the 21st century. David Byler, watching "The Bachelorette," has an epiphany about what’s wrong with our primary system — and why the best "Bachelorette" contender may be more likely to rise to the top than the best Democratic or Republican candidate. Megan McArdle has an illuminating Washington tale on the imminent death of Obamacare's “Cadillac tax” and what it teaches us about the prospects for health-care reform — or any other big policy change. Of course, much of our commentary last week was about President Trump’s tweets that four liberal congresswomen should pack up and leave America. Historian Robert Kagan stepped back, tuned out the noise and offered a thought-provoking view of the fundamental question raised by the ensuing political fracas. Ted Lieu shared a more personal reaction  as a member of Congress and an Air Force veteran who nonetheless is frequently told to “go back” to China. Thank you for reading, and have a good week. Fred Hiatt Editorial Page Editor Thank (or blame) John Paul Stevens for your binge-watching habit Justice Stevens was the author of a landmark 1984 ruling that cleared a legal path not only for the VCR but for all the consumer-controlled viewing that followed it — from the DVD to Facebook to Netflix. Charles Lane  •   Read more » Forget new crewed missions in space. NASA should focus on saving Earth. Climate change is today’s existential threat. Lori Garver  •   Read more » What the Republican and Democratic parties can learn from ‘The Bachelorette’ Luke P. and Trump ran the same strategies, but it worked out for only one of them. Also Chris Harrison for RNC and DNC chair. David Byler  •   Read more » Why the wheels are coming off the Obamacare ‘Cadillac tax’ Its fall offers some lessons for would-be reformers. Megan McArdle  •   Read more » We are all ‘the Squad’ now Disagree with them, refute them, argue with them, vote against them. But also defend them, as the Founding Fathers intended. Robert Kagan  •   Read more » I have served in the Air Force and in Congress. People still tell me to ‘go back’ to China. Trump’s attacks on legal immigration go against the people’s sentiment. Ted Lieu  •   Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT     Share The Week in Ideas:          Twitter          Facebook    Trouble reading?  Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for The Week in Ideas or because it is included in your subscription. Manage my email newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe from The Week in Ideas Privacy Policy | Help ©2019 The Washington Post  |  1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071 Democracy Dies in Darkness