Tag: Commentary

A better data policing effort on both sides will make for a more sober debate with more promising outcomes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Lies, damned lies, and statistics about guns

Ross Marchand · March 13, 2018 5:01 am

In February 2016, a special interest group filed a lawsuit in Missouri asking a federal court to order an all-too-willing EPA to promulgate new rules for nutrients in Missouri lakes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

So long to ‘sue and settle’ at the EPA

Ben Hurst · March 13, 2018 5:01 am

In this photo from Friday, a woman walks by a huge screen showing President Trump and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, in Tokyo. On Thursday, a South Korean official announced at the White House that North Korea had extended an invitation to Trump to meet with Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Trump should talk to Kim Jong Un, but with a stopwatch and conditions

Washington Examiner · March 12, 2018 5:01 am

In a war, you blockade enemy combatants to make them poorer. A tariff, by contrast, is a blockade against yourself.

Trump’s tariffs are America’s self-blockade

Dan Hannan · March 12, 2018 5:01 am

With Hurricane Harvey fresh in everyone's minds, the danger of relying too heavily on any one state's oil refineries should be clear. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Trump must choose between energy security and what Big Ethanol wants

Joey Bradfield · March 12, 2018 5:01 am

The owners of Backpage.com, a classified ad website, have made generous contributions to several state Democratic parties. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

The Senate will act soon to stop online child sex traffickers

Tim Head, Kevin Malone · March 12, 2018 5:01 am

Labor groups have popularized the idea that tip-pooling regulations will cause restaurant owners to pocket tips instead of redistributing them. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Labor unions’ self-interested scheme to abolish tipping

Jennifer Schellenberg · March 12, 2018 5:01 am

Supporting local, less consequential elections as a stepping stone to larger, more consequential elections is one way to try to slowly build a truly liberal democracy. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

America shouldn’t accept ‘illiberal democracy’ in the Middle East

Cliff Smith · March 11, 2018 4:01 am

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a rally for Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, at the Carpenters Training Center on March 6 in Collier Township, Pa. (Photo by Justin Merriman)

What Conor Lamb does and doesn’t tell us about the 2018 electorate

Salena Zito · March 11, 2018 4:01 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and President of Iran Hassan Rouhani, right. Following a Russian veto, the United Nations adopted a toothless resolution drafted by Russia merely renewing the previous arms embargo and piously expressing "grave distress" at the "continued deterioration of the devastating humanitarian situation in Yemen." (Mikhail Klimentyev, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia’s support for Iran’s proxy war in Yemen is further proof it’s enemy No. 1

Sandeep Gopalan · March 10, 2018 5:01 am

Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, has been found guilty of wire fraud and securities fraud. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Beltway Confidential

The ‘Pharma Bro’ is a cautionary tale

Becket Adams · March 10, 2018 5:01 am

The U.S. is trying to hunt down Maulana Fazlullah, a leader of the Pakistan Taliban, and his supporters. (AP Photo/Riaz Khan)

Beltway Confidential

The Trump administration deserves credit for offering dollars in return for Pakistani Taliban scalps

Tom Rogan · March 9, 2018 10:26 pm