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It's not healthy for America that one of its two major political parties has made the destruction of human life its only non-negotiable principle. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Setting aside morality, Democrats’ abortion extremism is bad politics

Washington Examiner · October 4, 2017 4:01 am

The Second Amendment enshrines the right to bear arms as a basic civil right. As with rights in general, it's not absolute. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The Las Vegas lesson about guns

Washington Examiner · October 3, 2017 4:01 am

ISIS claims responsibility for Las Vegas killings, calls shooter one of its ‘soldiers’

Red Alert Politics

ISIS claims responsibility for Las Vegas killings, calls shooter one of its ‘soldiers’

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2017 2:32 pm

Opponents of school choice should know that children in the program disproportionately come from families with low incomes and, before joining the program, were mostly at bad public schools and did poorly on tests. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The dam holding back school choice will soon collapse

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

The least Washington can do for an ailing San Juan is to free it from the Jones Act, so that a stricken community can recover faster and move on to a more prosperous future. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Help Puerto Rico recover — kill the Jones Act forever

Washington Examiner · October 1, 2017 4:01 am

Hugh Hefner, the massively influential publisher and leader of the 1960s sexual revolution, died of natural causes September 27 at age 91. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hugh Hefner departs — and leaves his damage behind

Washington Examiner · September 30, 2017 4:01 am

The public will judge this bill, Trump advisor Gary Cohn said, on "How much do they get to keep? How much do goes in their pocket versus how much goes to the government?" Cohn is right. So, Congress needs to get the details just right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Finance and Economy

Be careful, Republicans, not to hike taxes on middle-class families

Washington Examiner · September 29, 2017 4:01 am

The long-awaited Republican tax reform framework was released Wednesday, endorsed by President Trump and congressional GOP leaders. Much commentary focused on "winners and losers," but the truth is that effective tax reform creates economic growth that benefits everyone. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

GOP tax plan can raise the economic tide and lift all boats

Washington Examiner · September 27, 2017 9:21 pm

The latest wave crashed on Trump or, more accurately, on his candidate, and instead swept Roy Moore into the general election. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Alabama tide portends another angry voter wave

Washington Examiner · September 27, 2017 1:29 am

If Republicans insist that their choice is either total repeal or nothing, they will get nothing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A healthcare reform journey, like other journeys, starts with the first step

Washington Examiner · September 26, 2017 4:01 am

Debate live blog: Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy vs. Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar on the future of healthcare

Debate live blog: Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy vs. Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar on the future of healthcare

Washington Examiner · September 26, 2017 12:54 am

Millennials can be the generation that ends the perpetual state of war

Red Alert Politics

Millennials can be the generation that ends the perpetual state of war

Washington Examiner · September 25, 2017 2:34 pm