Tag: Commentary

Though popular on the campaign trail, tariffs will be dead on arrival in Congress. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

There’s no love for Trump’s tariffs from House Republicans

Philip Wegmann · December 6, 2016 7:31 pm

Mike Pence was one of just 18 Republicans to vote against a GOP-backed bill aimed at shutting down Democratic-leaning advocacy groups. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Beltway Confidential

Trump will get great advice on the First Amendment

David Keating · December 6, 2016 7:29 pm

Recent international exams offer a mixed bag of overall mediocre news for the United States.

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New tests show US education lags foreign competitors

Neal McCluskey · December 6, 2016 5:40 pm

With speech codes, speech zones, funding inequities and more, millennials have been educated in an environment that teaches that free speech can be tolerated if absolutely necessary, but never encouraged. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Why the Constitution still matters at universities

Kevin Glass · December 6, 2016 4:14 pm

Voters overwhelmingly disapprove of Chris Christie's job as governor in New Jersey, according to two new polls. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Beltway Confidential

Chris Christie gets left behind

David Freddoso · December 6, 2016 3:39 pm

If Ivanka Trump uses her role as first daughter to serve as an informal climate change czar, her success could end there. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ivanka Trump will have difficulty pushing father to left on environment

W. James Antle III · December 6, 2016 5:13 am

Trump's brusque dismissal of the niceties is refreshing, and have elicited a measured and somewhat hesitant response from Beijing. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

National Security

Trump tells it like it is on Taiwan

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2016 5:02 am

Strategically, Black Lives Matter follows a 1971 treatise written by Hillary Clinton's mentor, the infamous Chicago community organizer, Saul Alinsky, a Marxist ideologue, and subject of Hillary Clinton's college thesis. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

Presidential election was major setback for cultural Marxism’s hegemony

Victor Gaetan · December 6, 2016 5:00 am

Are New York State's parole boards racially biased? (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Beltway Confidential

NY Times finds racial bias in parole decisions

Daniel Allott · December 6, 2016 4:34 am

The issue is not that wolf-crying cost liberals their credibility in persuading people. What it really did was poison the entire topic of racism for anyone outside their own bubble of partisan motivated reasoning. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Beltway Confidential

The racial wolf-crying problem is deeper than you think

David Freddoso · December 6, 2016 12:34 am

With the death of Fidel Castro, many are wondering what the future holds for Cuba. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Beltway Confidential

Could Cuba be the next Vietnam?

Casey Given · December 6, 2016 12:01 am

The council is considering a ban on the sale and advertising of — don't laugh — "flushable moist wipes." (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Why is the DC Council trying to flush freedom down the toilet?

Gregory Sidak · December 6, 2016 12:00 am