Tag: Commentary

China's economy only exploded after Deng Xiaoping and Zhao Ziyang introduced major liberalization reforms to turn China into an export-driven economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beltway Confidential

Debunking socialist claims, part 1: Capitalism has not helped the poor

Tom Rogan · November 7, 2017 6:49 pm

The Paradise Papers remind the public how distant the world inhabited by elite power brokers is from their own. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Wilbur Ross may not have done anything illegal in the Paradise Papers, but it’s still sketchy

Emily Jashinsky · November 7, 2017 6:42 pm

President Donald Trump arrive for a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Akasaka Palace, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Tokyo. Trump is on a five country trip through Asia traveling to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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After Texas and New York attacks, Trump must abandon the double standard

Philip Wegmann · November 7, 2017 6:24 pm

Northam making light of mentally disabled kids to make fun of the president seems out of line. (AP)

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Ralph Northam compares Donald Trump to mentally disabled child

Philip Wegmann · November 7, 2017 5:56 pm

Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., sat next to a stack of Internal Revenue Code volumes as the House Ways and Means Committee began the markup process of the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul Monday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Ban congressional hearings

Pete Kasperowicz · November 7, 2017 5:01 pm

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie faces Democrat Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam in Tuesday's election. President Trump, tweeting about how Northam is soft on crime and bad on the economy, could either help or hurt Ed Gillespie's chances in the election. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Beltway Confidential

The Ed Gillespie Trump gamble that could save moderate Republicans in 2018

Philip Wegmann · November 7, 2017 3:04 pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos actually travels in her own private jet and at her own expense. Amazingly enough, her to-date travel expenses submitted for reimbursement amount to a mere $184. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Beltway Confidential

Newsweek lumps Betsy DeVos with other shady Trump Cabinet figures, doesn’t explain why

Becket Adams · November 7, 2017 1:00 pm

It will be even more so if the Republican wins. (AP)

The Virginia governor’s election is just like the 1988 presidential race

Noemie Emery · November 7, 2017 5:01 am

According to a report from the IP Commission, America loses between $225 billion and $600 billion in intellectual property each year. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg)

Abroad, intellectual property rights are under assault

Dan Schneider · November 7, 2017 5:01 am

Six weeks after the storm, still only about 30 percent of the island has power. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Up from the ashes, a chance to build a functioning power grid for Puerto Rico

Jean Card · November 7, 2017 5:01 am

Given that the shooting in Texas on Sunday took place in a church, anger over calls to prayer appeared to escalate, with some in the media pointing to the location of the crime as proof that prayer is useless under such circumstances. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Beltway Confidential

Attacks on prayer prove that the media still don’t get religion

Emily Jashinsky · November 6, 2017 11:57 pm

Billionaire and casino owner Sheldon Adelson is not only pushing to curb Internet gambling state by state, but he's also supporting federal legislation that would prohibit most online forms of gambling nationwide. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Sheldon Adelson and his astroturf lobbyists don’t want to let you gamble online

Matthew Boyer · November 6, 2017 11:27 pm