Tag: Commentary

While the Women's March organizers shunned conservatives groups, many protesters welcomed them. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Beltway Confidential

Women’s March protesters had surprising message for conservatives

Emily Leayman · January 23, 2017 4:38 pm

The "Women's March on Washington" should've been called "The Feminist March on Washington." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Beltway Confidential

Why it shouldn’t be called the “Women’s March”

Suzanne Venker · January 23, 2017 4:18 pm

"I'll probably set up a firm of my own," Kirk told a bipartisan crowd of Illinoisans the night before the inauguration. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Beltway Confidential

The great 2016 cashout: Mark Kirk wants to launch his own lobbying firm. ‘I’ve already talked to Boeing.’

Timothy P. Carney · January 23, 2017 4:06 pm

The demonstration, according to one protester, was about "challenging the basic paradigm that people must work in order to be worthwhile, or that to survive you have to toil." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Beltway Confidential

Why we riot: Trump protestors explain what makes mayhem okay

Philip Wegmann · January 23, 2017 2:48 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, "[P]hotographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed in a way, in one particular tweet, to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the National Mall." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Trump should stop choosing molehills to die on

Washington Examiner · January 23, 2017 1:23 pm

Known as Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, this experiment has hurt far more people than it has helped. (iStock Image)

Putting patients back in control of healthcare

Rep. Kevin Brady · January 23, 2017 5:04 am

Our National Guard celebrated its 380th birthday Dec. 13, making it America's oldest military force. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

National Security

Extend our nation’s oldest defense force to lift service strain

Michael Edwards · January 23, 2017 5:03 am

After decades of stagnation, math and reading scores on the Nation's Report Card declined last year. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

During National School Choice Week, celebrate the promise of educational choice

Inez Feltscher Stepman · January 23, 2017 12:00 am

The minimum wage is poised to go as high as $15 an hour in New York and California. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Beltway Confidential

Time for change: Obama’s stale workplace regulations won’t help women

Heather Madden · January 23, 2017 12:00 am

The relatively weak December job growth was not the major story. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Beltway Confidential

The real surprise from December’s jobs report

Bruce Yandle · January 22, 2017 8:00 pm

The very wealthy men the United States has elected to the presidency have, by most accounts, done a good job in office. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Will Trump follow in the footsteps of other very wealthy presidents?

Eli Lehrer · January 22, 2017 7:00 pm

Saturday's Women's March on Washington marks at least the eleventh time women have organized a large-scale march on the capital, on issues ranging from war to the right to vote. (Mairead McArdle/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Why does history find women’s marches so forgettable?

Zachary Michael Jack · January 22, 2017 12:00 am