Tag: Commentary

House Speaker Paul Ryan's "A Better Way" healthcare proposal commits $25 billion over 10 years for state high-risk pools. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

GOP’s healthcare proposals no cause for alarm

Sally Pipes · November 28, 2016 3:47 pm

The election exposed how isolated and insulated journalists and professors are from the typical Trump voter: A Republican who lacks a college degree living in Middle America, according to exit polls. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Beltway Confidential

Trump win is lesson for media and academia

Mark Grabowski · November 28, 2016 2:55 pm

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, wants to make his party great again by taking over from Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as House Democratic leader. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Tim Ryan is right — and that’s why he won’t beat Pelosi

David Freddoso · November 28, 2016 1:42 pm

The case for a US-UK trade deal

Dan Hannan · November 28, 2016 5:05 am

Trump should work with Congress to enact meaningful criminal justice reforms, including axing some mandatory minimum sentences, repealing outdated criminal laws and ending racial disparity for drug crimes. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump’s Nixon-in-China opportunity with black voters

Washington Examiner · November 28, 2016 5:03 am

The reasoning and stated positions of the protesters seem to have little to do with the citizens of Morton County, N.D., or even the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Who are the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters standing with?

Bruce Strinden · November 28, 2016 5:02 am

Will the 45th president do for infrastructure what he did for Wollman Rink? (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Will Donald Trump do for infrastructure what he did for Wollman Rink?

Michael Barone · November 28, 2016 5:01 am

Will Republicans hold our party to the same standards we expected from Democrats under President Obama? (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Will Trump’s supporters assess him honestly?

Lauri Regan · November 28, 2016 5:01 am

I've made it a rule to go easy on those still smarting from Hillary Clinton's stunning loss. But for Wolverine fans? C'mon. (AP Photo)

Deep breaths, everyone. All will be well.

Hugh Hewitt · November 27, 2016 10:00 pm

Trump draws impressive talent into his circle

Washington Examiner · November 27, 2016 12:00 pm

Drugs have been carrying alarming costs, and health plans are increasingly asking people to shoulder a share of the price. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

How to combat soaring drug prices

Julia Michaloski · November 27, 2016 5:01 am

Post Fidel Castro, Cuba still has problems. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Beltway Confidential

Will Cuba’s economy continue to suffer, post Fidel?

Philip Wegmann · November 27, 2016 12:59 am