Tag: Commentary

Amazon is on the prowl for a location for its second headquarters, dubbed HQ2. It's narrowed down the list of potential cities to 20. (Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

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Lure Amazon the right way

James Quintero · January 24, 2018 5:22 am

Only a week ago, it was easy to see Sen. Chuck Schumer's political calculus: tie DACA to a critical spending bill, and when Republicans balked, blame President Trump, and let the media do its usual hatchet job on the White House. But this time, the media did its job, and it's important to give credit where credit is due. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer’s shutdown fell apart when the mainstream media refused to shield Democrats

Dylan Gallimore · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

If the American government declines to respect the laws of other countries, why should they feel obliged to respect ours? (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

Justices can put a leash on America’s Inspector Javert

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

U.N. funding must be guided by security realities on the ground, not on arbitrary calls from above. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

The UN is reformed and ready

Peter Yeo · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

Both Voice of America and Radio Farda have come under intense criticism from anti-regime Iranians for continuing to propagate the Obama administration line on Iran. (AP Photo, File)

Voice of America’s failure in Iran and China

Ted Lipien · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

General Electric is cooperating with a Justice Department probe of a discontinued mortgage business.

The decline and fall of General Electric, the poster child of Obamanomics

Timothy P. Carney · January 24, 2018 4:07 am

Congressional staffers in December heard rumors that it was about to get much, much worse — as many as 1 in 10 male lawmakers were going to be exposed and summarily booted off of Capitol Hill. But a month and a half later, nothing has happened. Why? (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner)

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What happened to that wave of sexual harassment resignations that was supposed to come out of Congress?

Philip Wegmann · January 24, 2018 1:21 am

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, ended up having to use a talking stick to keep order. But shouldn't our elected officials be able to make it through tough or unpleasant discussions without the use of gimmicks or toys? (AP Photo/Alan Fram)

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Losing all faith in Congress, one interview at a time

Becket Adams · January 24, 2018 12:51 am

On Monday, President Trump's trade enforcer, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (pictured left), announced new tariffs on solar panels and washing machines assembled outside the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Workers can’t afford tariffs or a trade war, President Trump

Yael Ossowski · January 24, 2018 12:39 am

As tax reform begins to take effect, its positive benefits will make it harder for the Democrats - particularly those who are more open to Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., (pictured center) and his policies - to sell their economic message. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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On taxes, Democrats are trapped in a minefield of their own making

Tom Rogan · January 24, 2018 12:28 am

The seminar seemed largely uninterested in exploring the many media missteps that have contributed to the decades-long trend of distrust for the press. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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An entire seminar on distrust in the media, and few were willing to blame the press itself

Becket Adams · January 24, 2018 12:06 am

"I will not be shouted down, silenced or frightened away," Dershowitz said in a statement. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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Alan Dershowitz: Do the Jews control the world?

Alan Dershowitz · January 23, 2018 11:12 pm