Tag: Commentary

Using such standards of review, Sen. Jeff Sessions is an outstanding choice for U.S. attorney general who will surprise his most outspoken critics with his concern for their rights and for constitutional order. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Sessions is a respecter of the law

Alan Sears · December 12, 2016 12:00 am

The outstate Midwest is the region that defeated Hillary Clinton and elected Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

More analysis of the outstate Midwest

Michael Barone · December 11, 2016 10:34 pm

Pruitt and Puzder: A pair of brilliant nominees

Hugh Hewitt · December 11, 2016 10:00 pm

The first thing Democrats need to do is to end the alibi game. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Some free advice for the Democratic party

Michael Barone · December 11, 2016 2:31 pm

For the past year, supporters have been stridently defending and praising Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump in the same breath. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

CIA figures out what pretty much everyone else knew

David Freddoso · December 11, 2016 1:47 pm

Just as the electorate rejected elites at the ballot box in November, so audiences are ditching the establishment news media. They're tired of journalists accepting fluff for fact, lecturing instead of reporting, and getting the story plain wrong. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)?

Beltway Confidential

How a free press became fake

Washington Examiner · December 11, 2016 8:00 am

Everyone wants a civil court system in which those genuinely harmed can seek fair compensation from those who caused them harm. But opportunistic lawsuits targeting the deepest pockets threaten to cannibalize the national economy and sap the vitality of its industry.

The public nuisance that is the plaintiff’s bar

David Freddoso · December 11, 2016 5:01 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin is a very clever man, but he wasn't internationally powerful until the United States gave him what he wanted during the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Putin had his cake and ate it too, thanks to Obama

Anne Pierce · December 11, 2016 12:00 am

A former senior member of Hillary Clinton's staff tried to explain how they lost the election. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Defeated Clinton strategist offers lots of excuses

Becket Adams · December 10, 2016 5:18 am

Trump, a career showman who loves putting his name on things, is in danger of falling into the Santa trap. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Don’t put on the Santa hat, Mr. Trump

Washington Examiner · December 10, 2016 5:01 am

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling e-cigarettes an emerging public health threat to the nation's youth. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Beltway Confidential

Surgeon general abandons public health for e-cig hysteria

Guy Bentley · December 10, 2016 12:02 am

Swamps are very valuable ecosystems and everything in them have evolved to play a crucial role in nature. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, file)

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‘Drain the swamp’ is a misunderstood metaphor

Ed Gibney · December 10, 2016 12:00 am