Tag: Commentary

In a survey from the online dating service Coffee Meets Bagel, 82 percent of Democrats said, "It's more important that my matches' political views are similar to mine," while 66 percent of independents and Republicans expressed the same sentiment. (iStock)

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Has Trump spoiled online dating for millennials?

Brendan Pringle · November 20, 2017 5:01 am

Following the presidential election, President Trump's tone changed toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We're going to have a great relationship with Putin and Russia," he told a victory rally. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP)

Dan Hannan: The Republicans’ astonishing, Orwellian change of heart on Putin

Dan Hannan · November 20, 2017 5:01 am

There are two major reform paths state legislators can follow. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

States shouldn’t rely on Congress to reform Medicaid

Tim Huelskamp · November 20, 2017 5:01 am

We need to first look back at the damage he has left in his wake. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Now that Richard Cordray is gone, it’s time to undo his work

Rick Manning · November 20, 2017 5:01 am

I encourage all of my colleagues in the House and Senate to give Americans their first major tax relief in three decades. (Wikipedia Commons)

Rep. Doug LaMalfa: The tax bill means tax cuts for Middle America

Rep. Doug LaMalfa · November 20, 2017 5:01 am

In face-to-face briefings with congressional staff, according to those sources, FBI and DOJ officials have said they cannot verify the dossier's charges of a conspiracy between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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FBI has not verified Trump dossier

Byron York · November 19, 2017 11:01 pm

The terrorism practiced by the VC was constant and widespread. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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What Ken Burns’ Vietnam War docu-series on PBS gets wrong

Del Vecchio · November 19, 2017 5:01 am

In a 1994 study on the motives for false rape reports, Purdue sociologist Eugene Kanin found a false-report rate for sexual assault of 40 percent in the community he was studying. #MeToo Marchers in Los Angeles will be parading through the streets to rally against a probability, not an injustice. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

#MeToo on the march: The groupthink and hysteria begin

alexander-grass · November 19, 2017 5:01 am

Salena Zito: Erie tells an ominous sign for Democrats

Salena Zito · November 19, 2017 5:01 am

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's remarks this week on the Lewinsky scandal are so disingenuous, so contemptibly opportunistic, that it's difficult not to come away from this deeply annoyed. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

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Sen. Gillibrand stabs her patrons in the back

Becket Adams · November 18, 2017 6:09 pm

Has Sen. Al Franken acknowledged the misconduct alleged by radio host Leeann Tweeden? The answer is no. Franken has acknowledged the actions in a photo in which he mimics groping a sleeping Tweeden. But Franken has not admitted Tweeden's more serious charge that he physically forced himself on her while rehearsing for a skit during a USA tour in 2008. (AP Photos)

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No, Al Franken has not admitted what his accuser alleged

Byron York · November 18, 2017 3:52 pm

If the UK adopted U.S. standards to facilitate transatlantic trade, as U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recently demanded, it would have to diverge from EU agricultural regulations. That would mean UK produce and food products would start to face customs and sanitary checks at the EU's border, even if tariffs could be avoided. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

A US trade deal is not the answer for Britain’s food sector

Chris Haskins · November 18, 2017 5:01 am