Tag: Commentary

If skin pigmentation is reason enough to discredit and extinguish one's voice, then we have indeed returned to a day where the separation between one's intellectual individuality and one's skin color is erased. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Gecker)

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Identity politics and the death of the individual

Louis Sarkozy · January 18, 2018 6:15 pm

For whatever reason, Kimmel on Wednesday night felt qualified to lecture a low-level Paul Ryan aide on Twitter. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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Jimmy Kimmel jumps the partisan shark

Philip Wegmann · January 18, 2018 5:32 pm

This pattern of kicking the can down the road has serious consequences for many — especially for women government contractors, a group of small business owners the government has pledged to help. (iStock photo)

Stop passing continuing resolutions

Jane Campbell · January 18, 2018 5:13 pm

When Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., forced a vote recently on obeying the "pay as you go" rule, that would require Congress to offset costs of making large tax cuts by reducing entitlement spending, no Democrats and only seven Republicans joined him. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Sen. Rand Paul: The debt and the decline of empire

Sen. Rand Paul · January 18, 2018 5:00 pm

The lawsuit challenges a California law that forces pro-life pregnancy centers to disclose information about abortion. (iStock photo)

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Pro-life pregnancy centers fight for free speech on eve of March for Life

Nicole Russell · January 18, 2018 4:53 pm

Senate lawmakers will likely reject the bill in favor of a bipartisan deal to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, and lift mandatory spending caps for two years. ( Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

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Byron York: House committee takes step toward making Trump dossier findings public

Byron York · January 18, 2018 4:49 pm

President Trump has now done what Tim Cook's predecessor, Steve Jobs unsuccessfully begged former President Barack Obama to do many years ago and it is paying off for the nation. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)

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Apple just nuked the Democrats’ tax-morality narrative

Tom Rogan · January 18, 2018 4:20 pm

The challenge with the current approach by U.S. Customs and Border Protection is that it sets a very bad first impression for folks who have decided to come here for their annual vacation. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Two simple solutions to America’s tourism problem

Tom Rogan · January 18, 2018 3:59 pm

The new rule basically legalizes affordable health coverage for small businesses. (iStock photo)

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The Trump administration just carved another chunk out of Obamacare

Sally Pipes · January 18, 2018 3:47 pm

Cuts to the corporate tax rate were paired with small business tax cuts in the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, ensuring that businesses of all sizes receive a tax cut under the tax reform bill. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

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Not everything is crony capitalism

Andrew Wilford · January 18, 2018 5:01 am

Earmarks can't bring back that the trust Congress has squandered, Sen. Mike Lee writes. Only transparency and accountability can do that. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Sen. Mike Lee: Say no to the return of the Swamp Thing (aka earmarks)

Mike Lee · January 18, 2018 5:01 am

Pharmaceutical companies vying for public sector spending will compete for positive attention and attempt to shape public opinion. (AP Photo/Carla K. Johnson)

Don’t let opioid treatment turn into a partisan issue

Matt Mossburg · January 18, 2018 5:01 am