Tag: Commentary

Students attend a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by riot police, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. (AP Photo)

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Iranian protests give the world a chance to correct its mistakes

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2017 8:12 pm

The debate in its entirety, which was conducted in front of an audience of business people in Dallas as part of the "Old Parkland Debate Series," continued with broad arguments about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the refugee situation, the peace process, terrorism, and other familiar issues. It can be seen in full on C-SPAN. (Image courtesy screenshot)

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Alan Dershowitz: Debating the anti-Semitic BDS ‘movement’ with Cornel West

Alan Dershowitz · December 31, 2017 7:42 pm

Iranian protesters chant slogans at a rally in Tehran on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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To help Iranians, stop enabling the Iranian regime

Andrew Apostolou · December 31, 2017 7:01 pm

The United States needs to avoid getting sucked into another long, no-winners Sunni versus Shiite proxy war. (AP)

Stop the killing in Yemen

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2017 5:01 am

Baltimore Ravens President Dick Cass, in a holiday letter to season-ticket holders, acknowledged that the team is concerned about no-shows during a playoff race. One reason he outlined was the dozen players kneeling before a game in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the National Anthem. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

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Baltimore Ravens finally admit kneeling protests hurt their attendance

Neil Dwyer · December 31, 2017 5:01 am

Big media needs to focus on being correct. (AP)

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How real news outlets can wage a holy war against fake news in 2018

Charles Sauer · December 31, 2017 5:01 am

That's a problem not for reasons of political correctness, but rather because white people aren't terribly predisposed to be able to wander around Karachi or Baghdad or Beijing without being noticed. (AP Photo/Lennart Preiss)

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The UK’s spy agencies need more analysts and minorities

Tom Rogan · December 31, 2017 5:01 am

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When it comes to the #IranProtests, be careful who you support

Siraj Hashmi · December 30, 2017 8:55 pm

An investigation revealing how New York City's "East Side Access" project became the most expensive mile of subway track on the planet shows why the city needs free-market reforms. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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New York’s subway: bureaucracy, cronyism, and unions run amok

Akash Chougule · December 30, 2017 8:03 pm

Despite the United States Postal Service's prominent place in American life, and its $15 billion in outstanding debt, politicians rarely talk about how to improve the Postal Service, let alone actually reform it. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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End the Post Office’s monopoly and special privileges

Laura Nicolae · December 30, 2017 7:25 pm

Among the top 10 worst media blunders of 2017: ABC News' Brian Ross reported on Dec. 1 that former national security advisor Gen. Michael Flynn (pictured above) would testify that, as a candidate, Donald Trump directed him to make contact with the Russians. But the directive, which was about the incoming administration's foreign policy objectives, came after President Trump was elected. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Here are the 10 worst media moments from 2017

Becket Adams · December 30, 2017 7:14 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in an interview: "I'm very disturbed about what the Department of Justice did with this dossier, and we need a special counsel to look into that, because that's not in [Robert] Mueller's charter." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Lindsey Graham: We need new special counsel — just for Trump dossier

Byron York · December 30, 2017 4:27 pm