Tag: Commentary

The Jones Act requires four conditions for all goods transported between two U.S. ports. The goods must be transported by ships made in America, that are registered in America, are primarily owned by Americans, and whose crews include at least 75 percent American citizens or permanent residents. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman)

The Jones Act: An out of date anchor on the American economy

Martin Rodriguez · May 5, 2017 2:54 pm

By itself a debit card's a piece of plastic, but if it's backed by a multi-billion dollar payment network in every store in the developed world, it's the equivalent of carrying around your entire bank account. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Rep. Ted Budd: On Dodd-Frank, the Durbin Amendment, and the endpoint of all innovation

Rep. Ted Budd · May 5, 2017 11:00 am

On Obamacare, 217 Republicans voted for partial repeal, while just 20 — a little under ten percent of the House GOP conference — voted against it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Byron York: Spending bill, not Obamacare, reveals deep GOP division

Byron York · May 5, 2017 10:59 am

There's a possibility the title regarding Tennessee State Sen. Mark Green, a Republican, was meant to be a joke, but the story mostly dispels that. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Huffington Post utterly confounded by Christianity

Becket Adams · May 5, 2017 2:42 am

The poorly named American Health Care Act does the first part: It substantially improves upon Obamacare. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump needs to become the marketer-in-chief for the healthcare bill

Quin Hillyer · May 4, 2017 10:57 pm

In a tweet linking to the Middlebury Campus's article reporting on the first hearing, Murray slammed the school for caving to his detractors. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Charles Murray: Middlebury caved to protesters

Emily Jashinsky · May 4, 2017 10:28 pm

McCormick claimed the city was the victim of unfair treatment from the "right wing" media. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Emails show Berkeley city official called pro-Coulter demonstrators her ‘army of groupies,’ complained about press coverage

Emily Jashinsky · May 4, 2017 10:20 pm

A look at the Washington Post's coverage of the two healthcare bills after they passed the House shows a split in what the Post considers "controversial." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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A tale of two healthcare headlines: What a difference eight years makes for the Washington Post

Becket Adams · May 4, 2017 10:04 pm

Defense hawks, establishment types, realists, non-interventionists, and deficit hawks disagree on pretty much everything, but burden sharing isn't one of them. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

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Sharing the burden of defense spending is a win-win

Daniel DePetris · May 4, 2017 8:43 pm

Manchin, a centrist, discussed the pressure he’s faced to obstruct the work of the new administration. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Joe Manchin won’t simply obstruct Trump: ‘I cannot be against my country’

Emily Jashinsky · May 4, 2017 8:16 pm

The networks are obviously free to editorialize as they please. But they should also at least try to be consistent. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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CNN, MSNBC dub religious liberty executive order ‘controversial’

Becket Adams · May 4, 2017 8:11 pm

These stories are from books. You may have heard of them? (Screengrab/Twitter)

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The reaction to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ shows people need to read more

Nicole Russell · May 4, 2017 7:17 pm