Tag: Commentary

The Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 was sponsored by then-Sen. Joe Biden and signed into law by then-President George H.W. Bush. The law makes it illegal for anyone "to knowingly possess a firearm" within 1,000 feet of a school zone. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Can Miss Crabtree pack heat? These 18 states allow K-12 teachers to carry.

Philip Wegmann · February 16, 2018 7:21 pm

In this 2016 photo, Pakistani army troops patrol in Rawalpindi. According to a recent Reuters report, Pakistan is now sending its troops abroad to Saudi Arabia to give "training and advice." (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Why Pakistan is sending troops to Saudi Arabia

Tom Rogan · February 16, 2018 7:13 pm

Be under no illusions, the Israelis will keep escalating until Bashar Assad gets the message. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool via AP)

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How Israel intends to defeat Iran in Syria

Tom Rogan · February 16, 2018 6:44 pm

Mark Zuckerberg's supplication to Vladimir Putin is pretty remarkable. (AP)

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Mark Zuckerberg has betrayed American values by abandoning Alexei Navalny

Tom Rogan · February 16, 2018 5:26 pm

While wealthy with plenty of billionaires, Silicon Valley shouldn't ignore this exit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Peter Thiel unfriends Silicon Valley

Philip Wegmann · February 16, 2018 4:55 pm

In a Thursday interview, Oprah Winfrey asked, "[I]f God actually wanted me to run, wouldn't God kinda tell me?" (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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Left mocks Michele Bachmann for religious statement; Oprah says the same thing a month later

Emily Jashinsky · February 16, 2018 4:43 pm

So long as Romney has a solid backing in Utah (where anti-Trump conservatism was the strongest), Mitt Romney is untouchable. He's the only answer to "Teflon Don." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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The Mitt Factor: Romney is the last hope for the GOP

Siraj Hashmi · February 16, 2018 4:38 pm

Agreeing on a precise definition of "identity politics" will be helpful as a means of better explaining the problem. (Pixabay)

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Defining ‘identity politics’

Emily Jashinsky · February 16, 2018 3:36 pm

Congress is asking questions because the International Agency for Research on Cancer findings on the carcinogenicity of certain chemicals, personal behaviors, and environmental factors often diverge from mainstream science. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

Congressional oversight weeds out corrupt international junk science

julie-kelly, Jeff Stier · February 16, 2018 5:01 am

Fentanyl, a synthetic drug 50 times stronger than heroin, and its variations were responsible for nearly 60 percent of all overdose deaths in 2016. Fentanyl's deadly potency, cheap cost, and widespread availability have made it the new scourge of the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. Rob Portman: Closing the loophole that lets drug traffickers exploit the Postal Service

Rob Portman · February 16, 2018 5:01 am

One would think that rebuilding roads and bridges should lead to quick bipartisan agreement, notwithstanding some minor quibbling over the price tag. But Washington's bureaucratic squabbling is truly baked in. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Energy and Environment

Should the new Luddites stall crucial infrastructure investment?

Luke Popovich · February 16, 2018 5:01 am

The judge in the case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has ordered the office of special counsel Robert Mueller to produce any evidence that is favorable to Flynn. Flynn, though, has already pleaded guilty. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Byron York: An unusual turn in the Michael Flynn case?

Byron York · February 16, 2018 4:05 am