Tag: Commentary

Many Hollywood celebrities now seek the president's death. They say so openly.

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Fantasizing about Trump’s assassination, Hollywood shows its moral sickness

Tom Rogan · June 23, 2017 5:42 pm

Controversy over campus events featuring conservative speakers rocked higher education last year and it's easy to imagine this process is designed to justify greater university control over lectures and events with the potential to irritate progressive campus activists. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Tracy Wilcox)

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University of Florida asks students to evaluate ’emotional risk’ of campus events

Emily Jashinsky · June 23, 2017 3:34 pm

It has just burned a whopping $735,000 on behalf of Jon Ossoff. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

The story behind Planned Parenthood’s big, bad investment in Jon Ossoff

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie · June 23, 2017 3:32 pm

Trump pledged to end the era of cronyism and special interests. This appointment proves the contrary. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Trump’s pick for US ambassador to London, Woody Johnson, is unqualified

Tom Rogan · June 23, 2017 3:17 pm

Amor Ftouhi is accused of stabbing a Flint, M.I., police officer on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Don’t underestimate the threat of visa waiver nation terrorists

Tom Rogan · June 23, 2017 2:19 pm

It's no surprise that marketing works. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Are Big Pharma gifts to physicians an expensive problem, or a red herring?

Brian Joondeph · June 23, 2017 12:00 pm

Though Uber is a great example of how technology is changing the ways that people live and work, the economic trends that enable the sharing economy extend far beyond Uber. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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The sharing economy is much bigger than Uber

Jared Meyer · June 23, 2017 4:01 am

The "mean" and "meaner" comparisons aren't being touted by just one or two Democratic lawmakers. This is the party line (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Democratic message discipline is a thing to behold

Becket Adams · June 22, 2017 11:58 pm

Insulated in campus bubbles, academics have steadily descended deeper into the rabbit hole of radical theory. (AP Photo/Bob Child)

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Professor plays victim after publishing ‘#LetThemF**KingDie’ post about white people

Emily Jashinsky · June 22, 2017 10:05 pm

Without a president to take the lead, painstaking work must be done by legislative leaders to attract such a rally. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Senate Republicans need to work on selling their healthcare bill to voters

Quin Hillyer · June 22, 2017 8:54 pm

Pelosi brushed off the mounting critiques at a Thursday news conference, calling herself "a master legislator" and "a strategic, politically astute leader." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Nancy Pelosi’s aides reportedly providing allies with suggested tweets to dampen efforts to oust her

Emily Jashinsky · June 22, 2017 8:52 pm

What McConnell said will loom over the current healthcare debate until some bill finds its way to Trump's desk. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The Obamacare roots and branches that will loom over the Mitch McConnell’s healthcare plan

Philip Wegmann · June 22, 2017 8:43 pm