Tag: Commentary

This is the headline that was published two years ago by The Tab: "I was able to buy an AR-15 in five minutes." No he wasn't, according to his own reporting. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)

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That story about a 20-year-old who said he was ‘able to buy’ an AR-15 in five minutes with no ID is an outright lie.

Becket Adams · February 21, 2018 6:58 pm

Recently at the Law Library of Congress, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (pictured front, fourth to the right) said he regretted the "myth-making around the court and who we are" as justices and people, which has created a contrast between the "real world" of the Supreme Court and how it is portrayed outside the court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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During an epic Supreme Court term, it’s hard not to mythicize the justices

Nicole Russell · February 21, 2018 6:48 pm

The justices could decide whether or not to take the DACA case on as early as their Feb. 16 conference. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Teachers’ unions profit while kids pick up the tab

Corey DeAngelis, Ben DeGrow · February 21, 2018 6:41 pm

When we asked her about her past statements, Leah Vukmir didn't back down from her criticism of "the self-esteem movement" but added that school shootings are "a multifaceted problem."

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Wisconsin Senate candidate Leah Vukmir still says ‘the self-esteem movement’ is one factor in school shootings

Philip Wegmann · February 21, 2018 6:27 pm

For those quick to grab guns, we should ask whether it is out of love for people, or hatred for things. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The mass shooting cycle continues: More solutions to problems we don’t have

Matthew Larosiere · February 21, 2018 6:25 pm

Clarksburg High School student Alwin Chen (pictured left) was arrested after a school resource officer found a loaded handgun in his backpack. Police later found an AR-15 style rifle, a shotgun, two handguns, ammunition, a tactical vest, a detonator for landmines, and a list of grievances against other students and the school. (Photos courtesy of Montgomery County, Md. Police Department)

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Maryland school shooting prevented with better policing, not just gun laws

Siraj Hashmi · February 21, 2018 6:14 pm

The maximum pressure strategy isn't just dead, Seoul and Beijing are dancing on its grave. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

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North Korea played Mike Pence at the Olympics, proving failure of Trump’s maximum pressure strategy

Tom Rogan · February 21, 2018 6:05 pm

After 25 years of low defense budgets — supplemented by defense welfare at the expense of U.S. taxpayers — NATO member states are just beginning to dig themselves out of their spending hole. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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How the US can force Europe to take their security seriously

Daniel DePetris · February 21, 2018 5:14 pm

The Congressional Review Act, passed by a Republican Congress and signed into law by President Clinton in 1996, allows 30 senators to bring a vote on a proposed rule to the Senate floor and a simple majority to stop the rule for being implemented. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

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Those who want to repeal the filibuster today will regret it tomorrow

Charles Sauer · February 21, 2018 5:00 pm

The Trump administration unveiled a budget plan that cuts domestic spending, but does not balance the budget within a decade, which misses a fiscal goal most conservatives are seeking. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

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Trump’s budget shows peril of surging Social Security and Medicare costs

Brian Riedl · February 21, 2018 4:53 pm

There are 27 more synonyms for the word masculine than there are for the word feminine at Thesaurus.com. (iStock photo)

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What does it mean to be ‘feminine’?

Suzanne Venker · February 21, 2018 3:30 pm

Together we can help build a safe, skilled, productive workforce that can become the time-tested foundation we need to build America. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Infrastructure won’t be great again without an education shift

George Nash · February 21, 2018 5:01 am