Tell us your favorite Washington Post article from this week

 Tell us your favorite Washington Post article from this week

I hope everyone had a terrific weekend.


If you’re reading this sentence, you already know what time it is. It’s the start of the week, so I am coming to this lovely congregation of commenters with a single request: to submit your nominations for “Lede of the Week,” a live chat where Post readers celebrate the best writing they read in the paper each week. Here’s how it works:

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