Tag: Commentary

It's all fun and games until Uncle Jim changes the subject during dinner to tax policy. (AP Photo/Bree Fowler)

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A flowchart to navigate politics at Thanksgiving dinner

Beverly Hallberg · November 22, 2016 6:58 pm

What very few Trump critics have done, however, is take a step back to reconsider how best to resist America's incoming president. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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A smarter way to resist Trumpism

Becket Adams · November 22, 2016 6:24 pm

Trump is following the historical pattern of gaining popularity but is well behind his predecessors. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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Trump is gaining popularity but still behind predecessors

W. James Antle III · November 22, 2016 5:31 pm

This January, it will be Trump's turn to follow Ronald Reagan's example. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Will Trump block taxpayer dollars from funding abortion overseas?

Philip Wegmann · November 22, 2016 5:30 pm

Election Day exit polls show Donald Trump prevailing among Catholic voters by 52 to 45 percent. Above, Trump, right, laughs at a joke with Cardinal Timothy Dolan during the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in October. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Why Catholics switched to Trump at the last minute

Kevin Mooney · November 22, 2016 12:00 pm

Federal agencies routinely conflate the risks of using smoke-free tobacco products with the risks of smoking. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

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Motorcycles aren’t cars and cigarettes aren’t smoke-free tobacco

Brad Rodu · November 22, 2016 5:02 am

The Washington Post revealed that Sheldon Adelson gave $20 million to a political action committee with close ties to the Republican leadership. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Loaded dice

Eric Peters · November 22, 2016 5:01 am

President-elect Donald Trump asked why the United States and "all countries" have not joined the fight against religious terrorism. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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How Trump could reform Obamacare on his own

Maxim Jacobs · November 22, 2016 5:01 am

Jeff Sessions has the right experience and temperament to serve as attorney general. (AP Photo)

Sessions will make a fine attorney general

Washington Examiner · November 22, 2016 3:35 am

Election Day leftovers rolling in for Hillary Clinton are meaningless. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Hillary Clinton’s popular vote victory doesn’t mean voters like her

Philip Wegmann · November 22, 2016 12:11 am

Though she doesn't quite come out and say it, Liz Spayd appears to agree with the many irate readers who say the Times could have done a better job covering the 2016 presidential election. (Mark Ralston/Pool via AP)

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NYT’s public editor is right. Its 2016 coverage could have been better

Becket Adams · November 21, 2016 9:27 pm

Hill staffers preferred Tim Ryan over Nancy Pelosi for minority leader, according to a report. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Republicans better hope Nancy Pelosi defeats Tim Ryan

Philip Wegmann · November 21, 2016 8:34 pm