Tag: Commentary

President-elect Trump must improve the Antiquities Act and rein in federal overreach into western lands. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Obama must keep his hands off western lands in his final days

Ken Buck · January 5, 2017 12:00 pm

The violations took place eight years ago. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The disruptor Cabinet

Kristen Soltis Anderson · January 5, 2017 5:04 am

President Obama working overtime to push through major initiatives before leaving office. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hard to leave

Robert Ehrlich · January 5, 2017 5:03 am

Republicans, roughly, could kill the taxes and the spending in the law, but not the regulations. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Repeal Obamacare when a replacement is ready

Washington Examiner · January 5, 2017 5:01 am

Unfortunately for France, reality can be a harsh master. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Beltway Confidential

With after-work email ban, France reaches peak socialism

Tom Rogan · January 5, 2017 3:58 am

"Our source is not the Russian government, and it is not a state party," said Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: After Assange claim, evidence of Russia-WikiLeaks connection will be critical

Byron York · January 5, 2017 2:51 am

Cattleman and cowboys are up in arms over Obama's midnight regulation run. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Beef Magazine blasts Obama’s crony regulations

Philip Wegmann · January 5, 2017 12:13 am

States should enact legislation to address court-created fatherlessness. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

GOP must act on the national epidemic of absent fathers

Suzanne Venker · January 5, 2017 12:00 am

In North Carolina Roy Cooper, the newly elected Democratic governor is trying to expand Medicaid before President Obama leaves office. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Beltway Confidential

Congress is repealing Obamacare, but don’t tell North Carolina’s new governor

David Freddoso · January 4, 2017 10:22 pm

Obama has gotten scant attention is his habit of nominating big donors to top diplomatic posts. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Beltway Confidential

Obama habitually gave ambassadorships to unqualified donors

Daniel Allott · January 4, 2017 8:50 pm

If Iowa follows the path of Missouri, from swing-state to Republican powerhouse, it will change the way we view the electoral map in 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

Graph: Iowa’s Republican Party is on the rise

David Freddoso · January 4, 2017 8:20 pm

Beltway Confidential

Pickup trucks: A media Rorschach test

Becket Adams · January 4, 2017 8:12 pm