Tag: Commentary

Thanks to the last-minute approval of Norwegian Air International's foreign carrier permit by the Obama administration, the American airline industry now faces a threat very similar to the one responsible for destroying the once-mighty U.S. maritime shipping industry. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Airline jobs threatened by carriers fleeing regulation after late Obama move

Dan Carey · June 7, 2017 4:01 am

Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour enjoys significant support on the left and is sought after for political endorsements despite her flagrant anti-Semitism. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)

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Alan Dershowitz: Tolerance for anti-Semitism is growing on both sides of the aisle

Alan Dershowitz · June 7, 2017 2:59 am

If Trump and Republicans want to keep the national media on the defensive, they can pursue the issues he campaigned on and, other than absolutely necessary bathroom breaks, do nothing else. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Big Business’ Paris love affair

Timothy P. Carney · June 7, 2017 12:27 am

A recent measure passed by parliament in the country of Georgia provides a picture of what could be coming in the United States. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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When it comes to tobacco and cigarettes, people are smarter than you think

Jordan Reimschisel · June 7, 2017 12:00 am

Warnings from legally minded Trump allies ought to be enough to convince supporters that the president is really doing more harm than good with his social media account. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Trump allies say stop, critics say go

Becket Adams · June 6, 2017 11:49 pm

This type of thinking makes it harder for First Amendment supporters to be taken seriously. (iStock by Getty Images)

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Blocking someone on Twitter is not a First Amendment violation

Becket Adams · June 6, 2017 10:23 pm

Insurers, doctor and hospital groups have teamed up with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to ask Congress to continue paying Obamacare subsidies amid reports that President Trump wants to do away with them. The organizations said the uncertainty is creating turmoil on the individual insurance market. The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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The paid-leave compromise dreamed up by two think tanks goes in the wrong direction

Hadley Heath Manning · June 6, 2017 9:57 pm

It was a watershed moment not just in the history of the Second World War, but in world history. (AP Photo)

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D-Day, Europe, and the metaphor of American exceptionalism

Tom Rogan · June 6, 2017 9:10 pm

The longer the fiscal battle rages inside the administration, the harder Spicer's job gets. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Stuck in the middle of a fiscal fight, Sean Spicer admits White House doesn’t have debt ceiling strategy

Philip Wegmann · June 6, 2017 9:01 pm

By February of this year, the Times had already doubled 2016's subscription numbers, and things have only gotten better for them. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

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Chris Christie is right: Trump has been great for media

Becket Adams · June 6, 2017 8:57 pm

The "youts" will now face both charges before the district court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Justices will decide whether to take a critical case to public-sector unions’ future

David Freddoso · June 6, 2017 8:48 pm

To be sure, gender bias exists, and employers' typical reliance on past pay could have an effect in exacerbating any pay inequities that already exist. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Buzzfeed’s feminist fear mongering misleads working women

Emily Jashinsky · June 6, 2017 8:19 pm