Tag: Commentary

Journalists, commentators, and lawmakers have become less inhibited in recent weeks, plunging into public speculation over President Trump's mental health. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Media should cool it with the mental health analyses

Emily Jashinsky · August 28, 2017 2:46 pm

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a rally where he announces a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)

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Bill de Blasio puts unions before New York commuters

Tom Rogan · August 28, 2017 2:44 pm

It's time to end the corruption and scandals. Let schools pay athletes. Free athletes to earn what their services are worth. St. John's Malik Ellison (0) rebounds the ball to end the game during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against the Georgetown during the Big East men's tournament March 8 in New York. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

End NCAA cheating and corruption: Just pay student athletes

David Simon · August 28, 2017 12:00 pm

Now is the time to invest in and embrace modern elections infrastructure, before it is too late.

Outdated technology is a greater threat than hackers to US elections

Antonio Mugica · August 28, 2017 4:01 am

Behaving with humanity doesn't mean endorsing the other side's cause. (AP Photo/Julia Rendleman, File)

Will competitive offense-taking become America’s new pastime?

Dan Hannan · August 28, 2017 4:01 am

America's immigration courts haven't always been in dire straits.

How to cut the massive backlog in the immigration courts

Andrew Arthur · August 28, 2017 4:01 am

In this photo taken July 12, 2017, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, talks with the Committee's ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of a Washington opposition research firm that produced a dossier of salacious allegations involving President Donald Trump is to be interviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee next week. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Byron York: Next stop for Trump dossier probe: the FBI

Byron York · August 28, 2017 1:36 am

William Saletan seems to assume that if you just don't write about the well documented racial differences on intelligence tests, people won't know they exist. (iStock photo)

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Michael Barone: Group differences don’t undermine case against racial discrimination

Michael Barone · August 27, 2017 7:17 pm

Friday marked Sebastian Gorka's last day at the White House. (Image courtesy screenshot)

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The political lynching of Sebastian Gorka

Michael Rubin · August 27, 2017 12:38 pm

President Obama once noted that the U.S. has the finest fighting force in the history of the world. Its average age of enlistment is under 21, and the average length of enlistment is 15 years. However, in startling contrast, the length of time the military prepares enlisted service members to reenter civilian life is just five days. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

We can do more to help veterans succeed in civilian life

Michael Kotick · August 27, 2017 4:01 am

A view of the U.S. Capitol Building, Friday, June 23, 2017.

The folly of blindly trusting experts

Paul Winfree · August 27, 2017 4:00 am

In this Feb. 16, 2017, file photo, President Trump shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., during a ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Behind from left are Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.

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Byron York: Trump vs. the filibuster

Byron York · August 26, 2017 10:22 pm