Tag: Commentary

Ryan is pleading ignorance of details in order to avoid confronting inflated numbers coming out of the White House. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

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Paul Ryan supports a Trump budget he hasn’t even read

Philip Wegmann · May 23, 2017 4:36 pm

The Manchester attack is terrorism, plain and simple. There is no justification nor would any self-respecting politician nor diplomat even attempt to offer one. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

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Manchester bombing highlights UN hypocrisy on terror

Michael Rubin · May 23, 2017 3:31 pm

While the American Health Care Act does say that pre-existing conditions will be covered, I fear that by leaving much of this to the states, we will likely create a system in which many are left out. (AP)

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Obamacare widened the health gap between the haves and have-nots — will the American Health Care Act make it any better?

Kevin Campbell · May 23, 2017 3:23 pm

A combination of a lower rate for repatriated earnings abroad with immediate expensing of business investment in equipment and operations, and with lower overall rates for businesses large and small, would send a powerful and encouraging message to multinationals and to the small and medium-sized American businesses that are part of their supply chains. (iStock by Getty Images)

How tax reform can bring back US manufacturing jobs

David Melcher · May 23, 2017 4:01 am

The Trump-Russia case could become the ultimate illustration of the old Washington saying that it's not the crime, it's the cover-up. In this case, there might be no underlying crime at all. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Byron York: At this rate, it won’t matter if Trump colluded with Russia

Byron York · May 23, 2017 3:43 am

Vice President Mike Pence spoke about the need for both healthcare and tax reform at the Tennessee GOP 2017 Statesmen's Dinner at Music City Center in Nashville. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Mike Pence and Barack Obama’s commencement speeches had one point in common: defenses of free expression

Emily Jashinsky · May 23, 2017 2:00 am

Yes, the vaunted Howard County plan probably had some good elements with the bad. But it sowed divisiveness, put government resources to improper purpose, and rested on a premise of frank paternalism. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Howard County’s anti-sugar campaign is no example for the rest of the country

Walter Olson · May 23, 2017 12:00 am

It is not uncommon for insurance companies to require a patient to try a different treatment before allowing the patient access to a medication or treatment that the doctor has prescribed.(iStock by Getty Images)

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Healthcare reform must end interference in the doctor-patient relationship

Lynn Julian Crisci · May 22, 2017 11:00 pm

Flynn may have failed to disclose -- or more accurately, lied about -- at least one source of foreign income. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Why Flynn is taking the Fifth

David Freddoso · May 22, 2017 10:59 pm

Though currently the most popular politician in America, Sanders couldn't score an invite to the influential "Ideas Conference" in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Was Bernie Sanders too radical for CAP’s Ideas Conference?

Philip Wegmann · May 22, 2017 9:49 pm

Obama's greatest legacy in the Middle East is the sheer hatred which he engenders among traditional U.S. allies. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Trump is winning over US allies in the Middle East simply by not being Obama

Michael Rubin · May 22, 2017 9:26 pm

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg leads a company where moderators must quickly decide whether to flag posts containing nudity, child abuse, violence, homicide and hate speech, and naturally not everyone agrees it's doing the job right. The company allows some darker material, marking it disturbing rather than banning it, because it believes exposure is an educational opportunity. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

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Documents revealing Facebook moderator guidelines show the worst of humanity and a company torn

Nicole Russell · May 22, 2017 9:24 pm