Tag: Commentary

Free speech transcends party lines. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)

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The smearing of a free speech survey funded, but not altered, by Charles Koch does no good

Liz Wolfe · September 26, 2017 4:02 pm

Protesters demand the deployment of nuclear weapons in South Korea, near the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. South Korean warships have conducted live-fire exercises at sea. The drills Tuesday mark the second-straight day of military swagger from a nation still rattled by the North's biggest-ever nuclear test. The signs read "The government should to deploy nuclear weapons." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Seoul would survive a North Korean attack; North Korea would not

Tom Rogan · September 26, 2017 1:33 pm

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Lena Dunham: ‘Under different circumstances’ Trump is Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof

Emily Jashinsky · September 26, 2017 10:49 am

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally in Fairhope, Ala. A congregation of about 250 stands on the mulched barnyard floor and listens intently to the sweaty political service on stage. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Inside Roy Moore’s last campaign rally: Rebellion against globalists is obedience to God

Philip Wegmann · September 26, 2017 6:02 am

Next week, Eritreans will celebrate the holiday of Meskel, commemorating the finding of the True Cross. The head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, however, will celebrate this holiday as he has for the past 10 years - under house arrest. (Reinhard Dietrich/Wikimedia Commons)

Restoring religious freedom in the ‘North Korea of Africa’

Thomas Reese · September 26, 2017 4:01 am

If Republicans insist that their choice is either total repeal or nothing, they will get nothing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A healthcare reform journey, like other journeys, starts with the first step

Washington Examiner · September 26, 2017 4:01 am

Working with Russia when our interests align is the right course for America. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Dana Rohrabacher: The case for working with Russia

Rep Dana Rohrabacher · September 26, 2017 4:01 am

The South Carolina Republican said Democrats are "doubling down" on the system established by Obamacare. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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In CNN debate, Lindsey Graham explains why there will be no bipartisan solution to healthcare reform

Emily Jashinsky · September 26, 2017 2:32 am

The GOP's gloomy predicament at present stands in stark contrast with the year's auspicious beginning. (AP image)

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Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare are dead. This simple mistake is why

James Wallner · September 25, 2017 11:10 pm

In this Aug. 10, 2017, file photo, a man watches a television screen showing President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at a train station in Seoul, South Korea. Trump's recent trip to Asia and his designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, unfortunately, reveal either an inability or disinclination to conduct foreign policy in this manner. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

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North Korea’s addition to the travel ban is about Trump’s ego, not security

Gabriella Munoz · September 25, 2017 11:00 pm

"Reform" groups can claim that Trainor is not prepared to "enforce the law," but the real question is: are "reformers" prepared to live within it? (Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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New Republican FEC commissioner nominee, same old smears from the opposition

Bradley A. Smith · September 25, 2017 9:32 pm

If Israel truly wants to support the Kurds, then Israeli leaders could counsel Kurds on tough choices taken by the nascent Jewish state decades ago. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu is playing a cynical game on the Kurdish referendum

Michael Rubin · September 25, 2017 9:17 pm