Commentary

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)

Beltway Confidential

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)

Beltway Confidential

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)

Beltway Confidential

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)

Beltway Confidential

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)

Beltway Confidential

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)

Beltway Confidential

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)

Beltway Confidential

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)

Economy

Infrastructure won’t be great again without an education shift

George Nash -

February 21, 2018 5:01 am

Thankfully, the attempt by the former CFPB head Richard Cordray to choose his own successor is faltering. (Flickr)

Op-Eds

CFPB leadership fight exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy

Colin Hanna -

February 21, 2018 5:01 am

Last October, Richard Cordray, then Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, released his Vehicle, Title, and Other High-Cost Installment Loans Rule — also known as the small dollar loan rule. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Economy

Those people who rely on small-dollar loans are real Americans

Robert Sherrill -

February 21, 2018 5:01 am

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Tag: Commentary

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

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

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

How the US can force Europe to take their security seriously

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

What does it mean to be ‘feminine’?

Infrastructure won’t be great again without an education shift

CFPB leadership fight exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy

Those people who rely on small-dollar loans are real Americans

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