Tag: Commentary

Trump is right to demand a strategy that matches U.S. interests to strategic feasibility. (AP Photo)

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Trump is right to be angry about Afghanistan

Tom Rogan · August 3, 2017 4:13 pm

The Trump administration has a dangerous and increasingly frequent habit of talking out of two sides of its mouth. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Trump just contradicted Vice President Mike Pence on the world stage

Philip Wegmann · August 3, 2017 3:52 pm

College graduates.

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It looks like the New York Times really botched its affirmative action report

Emily Jashinsky · August 3, 2017 2:56 pm

FILE - In this Oct 14, 2003, file photo, Steve Bartman, top center, catches a ball as Chicago Cubs left fielder Moises Alou's arm is seen reaching into the stands, at right, against the Florida Marlins in the eighth inning during Game 6 of the National League championship series Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs announced Monday, July 31, 2017, they were giving a 2016 World Series championship ring to Bartman, the fan remembered for deflecting a foul ball that appeared destined to land in left fielder Moises Alou's glove with Chicago five outs from the World Series in 2003. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

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Steve Bartman’s saga with the Chicago Cubs shows the danger of losing your privacy

Eric Peterson · August 3, 2017 2:09 pm

President Trump's draft budget would cut the renewable office from $762 million for fiscal 2017 to $160 million. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ignoring the lessons of effective presidents

Michael Barone · August 3, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump should use his constitutional power to encourage a lackluster Senate to do its job. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Trump can and should cancel the Senate’s recess

Matthew Spalding · August 3, 2017 4:01 am

Medicare and Medicaid have historically reimbursed physicians via price controls, and their main cost control mechanism is to pay physicians less. (iStock photo)

The healthcare problems of 2009 have not been fixed

Jason Fodeman · August 3, 2017 4:01 am

More government subsidies for more expensive energy, and less for cheaper energy is highly problematic. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Wasteful subsidies for me and thee, not for that fossil guy behind the tree

Benjamin Zycher · August 3, 2017 4:01 am

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Fearful Gov. Greg Abbott is ringing false alarms in Texas

Matt Angle · August 3, 2017 12:01 am

Over the last 15 years, both the globe's wealthiest citizens and its poorest citizens saw strong growth, while the incomes of the poor in the U.S. and in parts of Europe began to stagnate. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Abandoning capitalism is a cure exponentially worse than the disease

Jordan Shimer · August 2, 2017 11:00 pm

Tired, poor, or otherwise, immigrants sailed for America for a life where, if they were accepted as citizens, their freedom would be protected.

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Poets don’t set federal immigration law, Jim Acosta, free people do

Philip Wegmann · August 2, 2017 10:23 pm

If the government is paying Centene to provide insurance, it's not exactly a market-economy corporation. (iStock by Getty Images)

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What’s going on with the New York Times story on the Justice Department’s affirmative action plans?

Emily Jashinsky · August 2, 2017 9:52 pm