Tag: Commentary

The poll does a poor job of hiding the true intentions of its organizers, which is to further buy time for a regime whose departure is long overdue. (AP Photo)

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Iran’s female protesters show how vacuous American feminists are

Nicole Russell · January 2, 2018 10:28 pm

Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., announced July 26 that he will challenge Sen. Joe Donnelly, who is considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election next year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Rep. Luke Messer wants to make sure Senate voters know he lives in Indiana

Philip Wegmann · January 2, 2018 10:20 pm

Last week George Ciccariello-Maher said he was driven to resign from his post at Drexel University after enduring "nearly a year of harassment by right-wing, white supremacist media outlets and internet mobs." (Screenshot/YouTube)

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Professor who called for ‘white genocide’ says he’s been hired by NYU

Emily Jashinsky · January 2, 2018 10:01 pm

What will 2018 have in store? Border walls? Landslide elections? The end of Steve Bannon's political career? The Washington Examiner commentary desk takes a swing at the answer. (iStock)

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2018 predictions from the Washington Examiner commentary team

Tom Rogan · January 2, 2018 9:43 pm

The Pakistani military has lost thousands of soldiers fighting terrorists. Their sacrifices helped save American lives. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

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Trump should criticize Pakistan and praise its soldiers

Tom Rogan · January 2, 2018 9:38 pm

There just isn't any evidence to prove Trump's allegation. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Trump’s claim that reporters use ‘fake sources’ is extremely serious (and unfounded)

Becket Adams · January 2, 2018 8:38 pm

Wisconsin's Education Savings Account bill represents an important step in ensuring that can happen, and could serve as a model for other states around the country to focus on the needs of high-achieving students. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

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Is school choice 2.0 coming?

Will Flanders, CJ Szafir · January 2, 2018 8:32 pm

Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch was a fairly conservative senator, but he was always close to K Street and big business, and the lobbyists' pleadings often, though not always, defeated his conservatism. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Orrin Hatch was the top recipient of lobbyist money this year before he stepped down

Timothy P. Carney · January 2, 2018 8:24 pm

Instead of developing long-term investigations against senior leaders and stationing police in a continuous deployment structure, they launch the occasional drug raid but largely leave residents to the mercy of the gangs. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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France’s 2018 problem: Failed integration and endemic criminality

Tom Rogan · January 2, 2018 8:07 pm

Susie Tompkins Buell, a friend and longtime donor to the Clintons, gave the $500,000 to celebrity lawyer Lisa Bloom. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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A Hillary Clinton donor paid $500,000 to fund women who would accuse Trump of sexual misconduct

alana-mastrangelo · January 2, 2018 7:10 pm

Nicolas Maduro announced that he is increasing Venezuela's minimum wage by 40%. But seeing as Venezuela's inflation rate already increased by at least 1,000% last year, Maduro's gambit is only likely to increase the already-catastrophic suffering of his people.

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Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has completely lost his mind

Tom Rogan · January 2, 2018 5:07 pm

President Trump probably had about as much to do with keeping airplanes from falling out of the sky this year as that one passenger who still turns his phone on airplane mode during landing and takeoff. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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Trump didn’t do anything significant to make 2017 the safest year in aviation history

Philip Wegmann · January 2, 2018 4:51 pm