Tag: Commentary

Trump will shrink Bears Ears National Monument in what's expected to be one of the largest reductions of protected land in modern history. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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President Trump disarms the Bears Ears bomb Obama left behind for him

Philip Wegmann · December 4, 2017 6:04 pm

In a 2-1 decision a federal court ruled that the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial, built in memory of the 49 men of Prince George's County who died in World War I, was unconstitutional.

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Masterpiece Cakeshop is just the icing on the religious freedom legal cake

Nicole Russell · December 4, 2017 6:00 pm

A cottage industry of for-profit and taxpayer-funded lawyers aid in the circumvention of immigration laws and school others in it. (iStock by Getty Images)

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In sham immigration marriages, the federal government is denying citizens due process

William Perry Pendley · December 4, 2017 5:23 pm

North Korea's investment in its missile systems could mean it could eclipse the United States' missile defense capabilities. (Senior Airman Ian Dudley/U.S. Air Force via AP)

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North Korean nukes might get past US missile defenses

Nikita Vladimirov · December 4, 2017 5:19 pm

"Once again UNESCO member states tried to deny the historical connection of the Jewish people to Israel," said Florida Rep. Ted Deutch, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Trump shouldn’t formally recognize Jerusalem just yet

Tom Rogan · December 4, 2017 4:54 pm

Put another way, you need allies. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Sorry, Rex Tillerson, you can’t survive the swamp without an island

Washington Examiner · December 4, 2017 4:37 pm

The two conversations that Michael Flynn falsely denied having were not criminal. He may have believed they were criminal but, if he did, he was wrong. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

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Alan Dershowitz: Why did Michael Flynn lie, and why did Robert Mueller charge him with lying?

Alan Dershowitz · December 4, 2017 4:23 pm

The JP Morgan CEO has tough words for D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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What was behind Jamie Dimon’s bet against a second term for Trump?

Emily Jashinsky · December 4, 2017 3:35 pm

In many ways, this social media campaign to find women who are "badder" than Taylor Swift is a good thing. But should we use such words to describe inspiring women? (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)

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Should we really be normalizing ‘b—h’ to describe great women?

Siraj Hashmi · December 4, 2017 3:18 pm

In a brutal newspaper market, the Daily Mail remains both popular and profitable. Its print edition is the second-best selling in the UK, and its online edition is the most visited news website in the world. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Stop apologizing to the loons

Dan Hannan · December 4, 2017 5:01 am

The Agricultural Guestworker Act would flood the meat processing and agricultural sectors with hundreds of thousands of untrained visa holders. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Guest worker bill will put hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work

Marc Perrone · December 4, 2017 5:01 am

Common sense legislation that sets American workers and consumers first, like the Sugar Policy Modernization Act, might just get the bitter taste of crony capitalism out of our mouths. (Eduardo / Wikimedia Commons)

Sugar policy reform: Stop paying off the plantation owners

Ted Ellis · December 4, 2017 5:01 am