Plus: Why aren't the Democratic candidates talking enough about child care?; Jar Jar Binks takes over the Internet   Opinions you may have missed. Just how broken is our criminal sentencing system? Virginia resident Paul St. Louis served on a jury last spring that sent Frederick Turner to jail for dealing drugs — for an unconscionable 40 years under mandatory minimum sentences. Turner died in prison in June. St. Louis argues  that the trial, the sentencing and the broader system of justice that led to this tragic outcome are fundamentally broken. Joy Sharon Yi of our visual enterprise team returned from Charleston, S.C., with a powerful perspective on life four years after the shooting at Emanuel AME Church in which an avowed white supremacist killed nine African Americans. If forgiveness came quickly to many of the survivors who lost family and friends, healing has not.    Watching the Democratic debate recently, commentator Michele L. Norris noticed that the issue most American families sweat the most — finding and paying for child care — is barely getting a mention among the candidates running for president. She makes the case for why that has to change. Judy Shelton, President Trump’s latest nominee for the Federal Reserve Board, wrote a piece in The Post  that argued that it was time to set aside the “old labels” of hawks and doves when we think about the central bank and consider monetary policy and its implications instead “across borders.” A day later, Catherine Rampell wrote that Shelton “appears to have deftly tricked the president into thinking she supports all his bad ideas, when she actually supports different, possibly even worse, bad ideas.” Finally, after Molly Roberts watched the Internet devolve last week into what she called “a vortex of never-ending inanity” about the Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks, she reminded us that social media and its momentary obsessions are a “nasty double-edged sword,” both democratic and dangerous. “Or call it a lightsaber,” she added. Thanks for watching and reading. And may the Force be with you. Michael Duffy Deputy Op-ed Editor A man I found guilty of dealing drugs died in prison. I wish I could take that verdict back. Had I known about jury nullification, I would have used that option. Paul St. Louis  •   Read more » She survived the Charleston church shooting. Now she feels rejected by her house of worship. Joe Biden was holding a town hall in Charleston, S.C., when Felicia Sanders posed a question to the former vice president: “With gun violence comes post-traumatic stress disorder. What are we going to do about that?” Joy Sharon Yi  •   Read more » Why don’t Americans talk about child care? It’s a major issue for families. Democrats should seize it. Michele L. Norris  •   Read more » Forget ‘hawks’ and ‘doves’ at the Fed. We need a level monetary playing field. A monetary misstep that exacerbated exchange-rate pressures could raise the specter of global financial instability. Judy Shelton  •   Read more » Judy Shelton is a dangerous pick for the Fed board She has apparently tricked the president into thinking she supports his fiscal ideas. Her actual ideas are worse. Catherine Rampell  •   Read more » Jar Jar Binks takes over the Internet The Star Wars character was trending because he was trending, illustrating a fundamental Internet truth. Molly Roberts  •   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