Tag: Commentary

Republicans plan on repealing Obamacare slowly to give themselves time to draft a replacement. Insurance companies are expected to jump ship during that period, leaving millions without health coverage. (AP Photo)

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Republicans consider paying insurance companies to stay in Obamacare

Philip Wegmann · December 2, 2016 10:50 pm

At the crux of the case is the Friends of Eleanor Collective and the Jerome Lejeune Foundation, who wished to run an advertisement called "Dear Future Mom" which featured smiling children with Down syndrome, shown having happy and relatively normal lives (Screen shot)

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Down syndrome children are latest victim of France’s cultural guillotine

William Upton · December 2, 2016 9:03 pm

If GOP picks winners and losers, they need to explain why Trump ignored the factory down the road from Carrier.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Why didn’t Trump save this company?

Philip Wegmann · December 2, 2016 8:59 pm

The Economist makes a compelling argument that this is where things are headed. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Ready for a second Arab Spring?

Becket Adams · December 2, 2016 8:24 pm

A sign that reads "GODSPEED JOHN GLENN" is displayed in honor of the American astronaut at a local supermarket in his hometown, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in New Concord, Ohio. Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth, piloting Friendship 7 around the planet three times in 1962. Glenn, as a U.S. senator at age 77, also became the oldest person in space by orbiting Earth with six astronauts aboard shuttle Discovery in 1998. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Build that wall carefully, Mr. Trump — there are pipelines

David Freddoso · December 2, 2016 7:43 pm

It's all about to become education secretary designee Betsy DeVos' problem. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Big student loan programs will cost much more than the Dept. of Ed. predicted

Neal McCluskey · December 2, 2016 6:04 pm

As taxpayers fill out returns leading up to Tax Day on Wednesday, they are for the first time encountering questions about the Obamacare tax. (AP Photo)Â

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Obamacare repeal that only helps cronies is for the birds

Charles Sauer · December 2, 2016 5:52 pm

The deal with the Indiana air-conditioning giant, Bernie Sanders argued in the Washington Post, wasted taxpayer dollars and set a dangerous precedent. (AP Photo)

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Bernie Sanders’ fleeting free-market moment

Philip Wegmann · December 2, 2016 5:50 pm

President Obama and the Pentagon announced Thursday they support requiring women to register for the military draft. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

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Don’t make women register for the draft, just abolish it

Jason Russell · December 2, 2016 4:38 pm

President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Sasha lighting the 2016 National Christmas Tree during the tree lighting ceremony. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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White House Christmas tree lighting oozes Obama nostalgia

Mariana Barillas · December 2, 2016 2:30 pm

After the multiple scandals of recent years, this is no time for the Department of Veterans' affairs to be treated like a political bauble to be handed out to a supporter. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

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It’s never been more important to pick a serious veterans’ secretary

David Freddoso · December 2, 2016 1:00 pm

The recession hurt the region's construction industry and with it the fortunes of my cousin Jamie Denkenberger's small land surveying company. (Photo/Rachael Trimber Craven)

Thanksgiving in Trump country

Daniel Allott · December 2, 2016 12:57 pm