Tag: Commentary

China is a proud signatory of the Paris Agreement, and American climate scolds regularly hold up the People's Republic as a role model for climate action. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool photo via AP)

China’s climate hoax punks willing American dupes

Timothy P. Carney · July 4, 2017 5:20 pm

Although the idea of the United States was new, the American Revolution affirmed the timeless values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness â" it was rebellious in the sense that it opposed the establishment of tyranny.

The Revolutionary War was conservative

Washington Examiner · July 4, 2017 4:01 am

For our veterans, fireworks can resemble the sounds of war. (AP Photo/Kamenko Pajic)

Beltway Confidential

Why Fourth of July fireworks will never be the same

Mark Vargas · July 4, 2017 4:01 am

One of the great Americans, former President Ronald Reagan, was correct when he said, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." It is even truer today. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart, file)

The enormous risks that led to America’s independence

Rep. Andy Biggs · July 4, 2017 4:01 am

On a warm Fourth of July morning 77 years ago, two British battleships slipped into the Mediterranean harbor of Mers El Kebir. At the personal orders of the prime minister and with two-dozen destroyers in tow, those man-o-wars laid waste to an undefended French fleet. It was Sir Winston Churchill's finest moment. (AP Photo/Staff/Putnam)

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Remember Winston Churchill this Fourth of July

Philip Wegmann · July 4, 2017 4:01 am

President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls, Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Assessing the need for a Council on Women and Girls is in part about good stewardship. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Maybe it’s time for the White House Office of Girls and Women to go

Patrice Onwuka · July 4, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tells reporters he is delaying a vote on the Republican health care bill while the GOP leadership works toward getting enough votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Declaring independence from Obamacare

Sally Pipes · July 3, 2017 11:00 pm

CNN's John King should recall his own missteps as part of the media before he casts stones at Fox News personalities, who are indeed just a bit servile when it comes to President Trump. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Guy who once began GOP debate with question about Gingrich’s ex-wife criticizes Fox News’ standards

Becket Adams · July 3, 2017 9:32 pm

It's the cheapest gas has been throughout 2017 as well. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Beltway Confidential

Gas hasn’t been this cheap on the Fourth of July since 2005

Emily Jashinsky · July 3, 2017 9:20 pm

With 140-characters, he can flush out media's most carefully hidden free speech frauds. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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The upside to Trump’s CNN wrestling tweet

Becket Adams · July 3, 2017 8:48 pm

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is fighting a valiant but losing battle as he tries to stand up to wrong-headed Democrats and unions that are hurting the state's finances and appeal to businesses. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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Illinois Dems take another leap into the economic abyss

Tom Rogan · July 3, 2017 8:46 pm

A Canadian toy company has created the first transgender toy — Sam, a nesting doll — to help "teach kids about gender identity" and reduce transphobia before it starts. (Image courtesy screenshot)

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How the first transgender toy misleads children

Nicole Russell · July 3, 2017 8:09 pm