Tag: Commentary

Any federal program could put the policy preferences of bureaucrats over states and parents. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The pitfalls, and promise, of a federal tuition tax credit

Max Eden · March 4, 2017 5:03 am

The drama began when Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., heard that House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee had a copy of their Obamacare replacement bill in a secure room in the Capitol building. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare repeal hide-and-seek

Washington Examiner · March 4, 2017 5:01 am

The Drudge Report ran an image from 2003 on its front-page Friday afternoon showing Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., sharing a donut and a cup of coffee with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is moving the goalposts on the Russian question, and people need to stop helping him

Becket Adams · March 4, 2017 3:07 am

Evidence suggests private schools are better than public schools at combatting anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

How school choice can increase religious and racial tolerance

Ian Kingsbury · March 4, 2017 1:00 am

The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University declined to celebrate the peaceful transition of power, an American tradition for more than 200 years. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Beltway Confidential

Princeton has an ideological diversity problem

Mike Kelvington · March 4, 2017 12:00 am

When the owner of a drive-in movie theater located in the 2,300-person town of Henagar, Alabama, took to their business’s Facebook page Thursday night, it’s doubtful they expected to attract the attention of the national media. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Leave that Alabama drive-in alone

Emily Jashinsky · March 3, 2017 10:41 pm

The photo from 2003 was a cheap shot. Back then there was a bipartisan effort to rewarm relations with Russia. (Credit: Donald J. Trump Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans stared deeply into Putin’s eyes, Chuck Schumer just bought him coffee

Philip Wegmann · March 3, 2017 10:08 pm

It's unthinkable that he'd discuss anything except the Trump campaign when he briefly rubbed shoulders with the Russian ambassador. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Beltway Confidential

Of course Jeff Sessions met with the Russians in a political capacity

Philip Wegmann · March 3, 2017 8:38 pm

If you believe in something as deeply as he claimed to, either be consistent or admit your mistakes. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Beltway Confidential

Kaepernick’s cowardly cop-out

Emily Jashinsky · March 3, 2017 8:22 pm

This is not repeal. It's tinkering around the edges, and it's failing to keep campaign promises. (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul’s Obamacare repeal plan gets there — Paul Ryan’s doesn’t

Adam Brandon · March 3, 2017 7:10 pm

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

Beltway Confidential

Federal court cites ‘My Cousin Vinny’ in case against left-wing Supreme Court hecklers

David Freddoso · March 3, 2017 6:49 pm

Violence is not the norm at campus lectures, but it's also not new. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

AP botches campus protest report

Emily Jashinsky · March 3, 2017 6:29 pm