Tag: Commentary

A blanket ban on all refugees, as Trump signed into effect in an executive order on Wednesday, effectively says to people in war-torn countries, "We don't want you here." (Bernard Thomas/The Herald-Sun via AP)

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A refugee ban is just what ISIS wants

Jason Russell · January 29, 2017 7:04 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer has an admitted addiction to gum. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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How many journalists does it take to write about gum?

Becket Adams · January 29, 2017 5:16 pm

Today the Blue Dogs are decimated, there are only 17 left, only two of them women. And every year they face expensive, heated primary battles from progressives, and are about to face the same onslaught next year from the 2018 Bernie Sanders purists who want them out of "their" party.

The Democrats’ diversity challenge

Salena Zito · January 29, 2017 5:02 am

President Trump won over many wary conservatives last fall when he pledged to nominate conservative, textualist, justices to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Gorsuch is right for Supreme Court

Washington Examiner · January 29, 2017 5:00 am

How does President Trump have the authority to do this? (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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What’s the real deal on this ‘Muslim ban’?

Timothy P. Carney · January 29, 2017 3:12 am

Pundits are jumping on Andy Puzder as an excuse to criticize companies that provide low-wage jobs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Low-wage jobs don’t increase welfare spending

Andrew Wilford · January 29, 2017 12:00 am

The law doesn't require Trump to sell his hotel business. Good government and basic ethics do. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump’s hotels already creating conflicts

Washington Examiner · January 28, 2017 2:43 pm

Failure to cross T's and dot I's could be very costly for the liberal agenda Obama sought to advance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Congress might be able to axe a lot more Obama regulations than you thought

David Freddoso · January 28, 2017 2:00 pm

There was an uproar among journalists earlier this week after leaked internal memos seemed to suggest the Trump administration had banned the Environmental Protection Agency from communicating with the public or awarding grants to states. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Media Freakout: EPA ‘standard practice’ called a ‘gag order’ by reporters

Becket Adams · January 28, 2017 1:00 pm

President Donald Trump points towards members of the media while seated at his desk on Air Force One upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Media’s self-regard backfires

Eddie Scarry · January 28, 2017 5:03 am

The best way to understand the March for Life is to realize it's not tens of thousands of individuals — it's hundreds and hundreds of groups. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

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March for Life is a patchwork of little platoons

Timothy P. Carney · January 27, 2017 11:57 pm

The Democratic Party has a pro-life legacy that those who now control it don't care to remember. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Defunding Planned Parenthood is good politics, even for Democrats

Marjorie Dannenfelser · January 27, 2017 11:13 pm