Tag: Commentary

President Obama's favorable rating is very strong at 56 percent. It hasn't been that high in this poll since December 2009. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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Bloomberg poll: People love Obama. Democrats, not so much

David Freddoso · December 8, 2016 3:30 pm

Nowhere is the failure to follow the "do not indulge bullies" moral more obvious than the infamous Iranian nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Sajjad Safari)

Rules to live by

Robert Ehrlich · December 8, 2016 3:00 pm

Durbin and Co. seem to have expected the banks to provide their services — processing each debit card transaction — for free. Or at a fixed (lower) price, determined not by the market — but by political/legislative fiat. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Durbin’s debit debacle

Eric Peters · December 8, 2016 5:03 am

President-elect Trump and the GOP Congress ought to do as Obama says, not as he did. (Monica Herndon/Tampa Bay Times via AP, Pool)

National Security

Return war powers to Congress

Washington Examiner · December 8, 2016 5:01 am

Kellyanne Conway walks past reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The Kellyanne factor

Diana Banister · December 8, 2016 5:00 am

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The collapse of the political Left

Michael Barone · December 8, 2016 4:04 am

The mandate now is reform. But the job is going to be tougher than most think. (AP Photo Fernando Vergara)

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How new federal appointees can make an impact

Robert Charles · December 8, 2016 12:00 am

Trump should work to protect the civilians and moderate fighters who could best stabilize Syria. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump must speak out on Aleppo

Mohammed Ghanem · December 8, 2016 12:00 am

There was no question that Time magazine would name Donald Trump as 2016's "Person of the Year." (screenshot)

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People are taking Time naming Trump ‘Person of the Year’ about as well as you’d expect

Becket Adams · December 7, 2016 11:33 pm

Flint River in Flint, Michigan.

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Federal government poised to send $170 million to Flint that city doesn’t need

Philip Wegmann · December 7, 2016 10:56 pm

Washington Post columnist Petula Dvorak argued that fake news stories can have deadly consequences. In making this point, however, she also dusted off a false charge that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin helped inspire a mass shooting in 2011 in Tucson, Ariz. (screenshot)

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WaPo columnist repeats fake news while complaining about fake news

Becket Adams · December 7, 2016 10:50 pm

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Here’s who gamblers are putting their money on for secretary of state

Jason Russell · December 7, 2016 9:09 pm