Tag: Commentary

There can be no disagreement over Kelly's decency. Planned Parenthood should probably find another target for its shameless race-baiting. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Why the Secret Service fought to protect John Kelly and Trump’s nuclear football in Beijing

Tom Rogan · February 19, 2018 10:40 pm

The dictator has his eyes on a bigger prize. (AP)

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Bashar Assad is playing Syrian Kurds by pledging support against Turkey

Tom Rogan · February 19, 2018 9:00 pm

Nearly half of the total Trump mentions were prior to his election in 2016. (AP)

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Trump already fifth most-mentioned president in music lyrics

Emily Jashinsky · February 19, 2018 7:24 pm

New research suggests that in countries where women have more economic freedom to pursue their preferred careers, they're less likely to study in STEM fields. (iStock by Getty Images)

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Does more freedom and equality lead to fewer women in STEM?

Emily Jashinsky · February 19, 2018 6:23 pm

German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG has made a $66 billion offer to buy U.S.-based crops and seeds specialist Monsanto Company. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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Is China behind this campaign against the Monsanto merger?

Kevin Mooney · February 19, 2018 6:01 pm

With all its problems, the food stamp program is far better as it is now than this plan would be. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Trump’s terrible idea for government food deliveries

Tim Worstall · February 19, 2018 5:08 pm

After all of the controversy over President Trump's decision to shrink Bears Ears National Monument, not one entity has shown up to file a permit application. The remoteness of the area, combined with the reality that few energy-resource deposits exist, provides extraction companies little to no motivation for developing the area. (U.S. Bureau of Land Management via Wikimedia Commons)

Energy and Environment

The mad rush of Bears Ears mining claims that never happened

Matthew Anderson · February 19, 2018 5:01 pm

Late last year, Cristine Garcia's photograph was featured by Time in its "Silence Breakers" article, honoring the #MeToo movement's leading voices. (AP)

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Late-night, drunken spin-the-bottle is the printable part of sexual harassment charges against California Democrat, #MeToo activist

Emily Jashinsky · February 19, 2018 4:02 pm

They seem to take the same view on Title IX, don't they? (AP)

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Michael Barone: Justice Ginsburg and Secretary DeVos agree

Michael Barone · February 19, 2018 1:15 pm

In this Feb. 11, 2018, photo, South Korean President Moon Jae-in (pictured right) talks with Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister. At left is North Korea's nominal head of state, Kim Yong Nam. (Bee Jae-man/Yonhap via AP, File)

It’s not shocking that a few reporters pushed North Korean propaganda, but it is shocking that so many of them did

Dylan Gallimore · February 19, 2018 5:01 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced much controversy after he referred to the "Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement" at a conference last week. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

If you take offense at ‘Anglo-American,’ you probably aren’t very smart

Dan Hannan · February 19, 2018 5:01 am

This past week, the medical director for Aetna admitted to denying treatment despite not even reviewing the cases put before him and his team. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

Denied: Insurers at Aetna admit to bad behavior while patients suffer

Kevin Campbell · February 19, 2018 5:01 am