Tag: Commentary

Trump will come up during Thanksgiving dinner. You need to know how to handle it. (iStock Photo)

Your Thanksgiving guide to explaining Trump to your liberal relatives

Timothy P. Carney · November 24, 2016 5:00 pm

Chris Hunter and his co-owners of Wonder Ranch in southwestern Montana have decided it’s their time to be brave. They’re taking on the government and fighting for land that is rightfully theirs. (AP Photo/The Montana Standard, Lisa Kunkel)

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Forest Service trying to seize private land from Montana ranchers

Charles Sauer · November 24, 2016 12:00 pm

At a time of unprecedented national division, at the height of the Civil War, President Lincoln issued his famous "Proclamation of Thanksgiving," on Oct. 3, 1863. (AP Photo)

Proclamation of Thanksgiving

Washington Examiner · November 24, 2016 7:01 am

These were/are classic swing voters disillusioned with Obama era slow growth. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)

Facts … and opinions

Robert Ehrlich · November 24, 2016 5:03 am

Here are some Thanksgiving Day fun facts to share with your relatives around the dinner table. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Thanksgiving 2016 by the numbers

Jason Russell · November 24, 2016 5:01 am

Marko Milosevic didn't have to attend college to know the past sacrifices of American patriots or the goodness of the U.S. (Screenshot)

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A simple gesture, a grateful heart: A Thanksgiving lesson from Staff Sgt. Milosevic

Mary Rice Hasson · November 24, 2016 5:01 am

Though 664,435 is still a high figure, and it doesn't include abortion data from California, New Hampshire and Maryland, data from state health departments shows the number continues its steady decline. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Number of abortions decline: Report

Becket Adams · November 23, 2016 10:02 pm

The Betsy DeVos and Jef Sessions selections make sense based on their career experiences. The Nikki Haley and Ben Carson nods, and the Mitt Romney rumors, are a bit of a head-scratcher. (AP Photo)

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Trump’s moneyball cabinet

Becket Adams · November 23, 2016 9:16 pm

Here are a few things to know about the next secretary of education. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Betsy DeVos, who never endorsed Trump, tapped as education secretary

Jason Russell · November 23, 2016 8:01 pm

There has been a recent spate of fakes hate crimes supposedly inspired by the election of Trump, Reason has reported. (AP Photo)

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Stop faking hate crimes. You’re hurting your own cause

Becket Adams · November 23, 2016 6:36 pm

Trump is not an ideological conservative and will want to be a popular president. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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New poll a warning sign for limited government conservatives in the Trump era

Philip Klein · November 23, 2016 5:44 pm

President-elect Trump could be hounded by accusations he used his position of power and his charity to enrich himself. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Turning Trump into the new Hillary Clinton

W. James Antle III · November 23, 2016 2:55 pm