Tag: Commentary

Recently, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association joined other ethanol-industry heavyweights in making a case for the dubiously named Consumer Fuel and Retailer Choice Act, saying the government should stop impeding the free market and allow expanded sales of less energy-dense E15 fuel during summer months. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Energy and Environment

Big Ethanol is fooling no one in E15 and RFS fights

autumn-hanna · June 30, 2017 4:01 am

South Korean President Moon Jae-in recently arrived in the U.S. to discuss about national security and foreign trade. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Presidents Moon and Trump can fix the US-Korea trade agreement

John Shu · June 30, 2017 4:01 am

The New York Times could use some humility. Although it was correct that the intelligence community agrees Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election, it clearly borrowed the line citing all 17 agencies from the Hillary Clinton campaign itself. Importantly, it's erroneous, and the intelligence community itself has clarified this. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

A rather large New York Times correction

Becket Adams · June 30, 2017 4:01 am

Charlie Gard was born in October with encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, or MDDS. It has left him crippled and with brain damage. He depends on a ventilator to keep him alive. (Family handout/PA Wire)

A baby is condemned to death by socialized medicine

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2017 4:01 am

Boy, did PETA appear to muck things up this week when it tweeted this. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Does PETA enjoy the abuse?

Becket Adams · June 29, 2017 10:00 pm

Though he expected his counterparts in the Senate to face the same hurdles that initially derailed the House bill, Scalise was not at all pessimistic about passing reform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

How Steve Scalise predicted the Senate’s healthcare dilemma just last month

Emily Jashinsky · June 29, 2017 9:30 pm

Words cannot be held responsible for the wrongdoings of others. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

You’re not helping free speech when you suggest Trump is going to get journalists hurt

Becket Adams · June 29, 2017 9:14 pm

Todd described Cruz as appearing on "both sides of the personhood issue," before questioning the senator about when life begins. (AP Photo/The Washington Post, Nikki Kahn, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Chuck Todd’s criticism of Trump’s ‘war on truth’ would be more credible if he hadn’t helped Trump’s rise

Jay Caruso · June 29, 2017 9:06 pm

Massachusetts charges a flat 5.1 percent income tax rate and Utah 5 percent. Florida has no income tax at all. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Beltway Confidential

Could Massachusetts taxes prevent the Celtics from signing Gordon Hayward?

Tom Rogan · June 29, 2017 9:03 pm

No matter the issue, conservatives can all do a better job of making arguments from principle rather than potential consequences. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Have conservatives completely forgotten how to make a moral argument?

Jason Russell · June 29, 2017 8:50 pm

Trump, from the Oval Office, pollutes our politics and degrades our culture — particularly through Twitter. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s tweet about Mika Brzezinski’s ‘face-lift’ proves he’s an unshakeable lout

Quin Hillyer · June 29, 2017 8:40 pm

Ultimately, this summit poses much more of a security challenge than others in previous years. (Bodo Marks/dpa via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Germany’s four security challenges at next week’s G-20 summit

Tom Rogan · June 29, 2017 8:13 pm