Tag: Commentary

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver DeSean Jackson, center, takes a knee during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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NFL and free-speech protesters have lost sight of what they’re protesting

Nicole Russell · September 27, 2017 3:45 pm

Anti-abortion demonstrators gather at San Francisco City Hall for the 13th annual Walk for Life West Coast march, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Gecker)

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The abortion lobby’s indefensible opposition to the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Frank Pavone · September 27, 2017 2:44 pm

I don't believe that spending $250,000 on meeting President Trump is good value. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

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Why I wouldn’t spend $250,000 to chat with President Trump

Tom Rogan · September 27, 2017 1:31 pm

Congress requires Ex-Im to support small business and requires Ex-Im to publicly report its activities by amount of authorizations. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Get the facts right about the Export-Import Bank

Charles Hall · September 27, 2017 12:00 pm

Giving Tehran a free pass is simply too dangerous. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

The world must stop ignoring Iran’s pattern of obstructing nuclear inspections

alejo-vidalquadras · September 27, 2017 4:01 am

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, greets supporters before his election party, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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David slays Alabama Goliath: Roy Moore defeats incumbent Sen. Luther Strange

Philip Wegmann · September 27, 2017 2:43 am

Predictably, some on the Left are criticizing this move. (iStock by Getty Images)

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Don’t victimize me, empower me with the Second Amendment: An appeal from a sexual assault survivor

Savannah Lindquist · September 27, 2017 12:00 am

The press's commitment to using veiled, coded language in place of just saying what it really means is a charade anyway, and it's done in service of appearing above it all or emotionally detached from the issue. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Journalism magazine says it’s time to label Trump’s words ‘racist.’ Good.

Becket Adams · September 26, 2017 11:18 pm

Thirty-five miles from Interstate-65, the city dubbed the "literary capitol of Alabama" is an hour-and-a-half drive South from Montgomery and three hours from Birmingham. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

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Watching the Alabama Senate election from Harper Lee’s home in Monroeville

Philip Wegmann · September 26, 2017 10:57 pm

The National Association of Realtors is not lobbying mostly to preserve their special tax carveout -- they are mostly lobbying against a tax break for middle-class taxpayers. And they are doing this not out of concern for the federal deficit, but because they want to be the gatekeepers of middle-class tax cuts. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Down with the Realtors

Timothy P. Carney · September 26, 2017 9:50 pm

If anyone can heal America, it's singer/songwriter/philanthropist/legend/national hero Dolly Parton. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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Here’s a list of 7 celebrity replacements for Sen. Bob Corker in Tennessee

Emily Jashinsky · September 26, 2017 9:37 pm

By all accounts, the situation in Puerto Rico is dire. But it's too early to say this is "President Trump's Katrina," as several politicos and pundits have suggested this week. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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The rush to label Puerto Rico ‘Trump’s Katrina’

Becket Adams · September 26, 2017 9:33 pm