Tag: Commentary

One of the sharpest brickbats too often tossed at Tesla Motors Inc. by free marketers and innumerable commenters on investment forums is that Chairman and CEO Elon Musk's crusade to build mass-market electric vehicles is just another exercise in crony capitalism. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

A little context on Tesla’s ‘crony capitalism’

edward-stringham · October 14, 2016 4:03 am

There are those in the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe industry who are engaged in efforts to persuade legislators, water authorities, and the general public that PVC pipe is the solution for replacing aging water systems. While advocacy for their product is understandable, their claims are cause for concern. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Correcting the record on water infrastructure

Jon Runge · October 14, 2016 4:02 am

Just imagine that every household pays every year from now on for each person living there to get the most souped-up version available of the 15-inch MacBook Pro — but the computers are never delivered. That's what Obama's regulations have done for you or, rather, taken away from you. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Obama’s regs cost you a MacBook Pro every year

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2016 4:01 am

The Trump phenomenon is something that will be discussed for the next 50 years. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Donald Trump has divorced the GOP and formed the ‘Party of Trump’

Gianno Caldwell · October 13, 2016 8:58 pm

The death of Republican outrage?

Timothy P. Carney · October 13, 2016 8:45 pm

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Not your father’s NLRB

Robert Ehrlich · October 13, 2016 3:40 pm

Beltway Confidential

The New York Times disagrees with the NAACP

Jason Russell · October 13, 2016 2:26 pm

Donald Trump is the best person for action. That’s the key: action. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Why this Jewish millennial woman supports Trump

Lena Epstein · October 13, 2016 5:00 am

When Islamic State militants swept through northern Iraq in 2014, some 200,000 Christians fled. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)

Christians join the Battle for Mosul to win new province in Northern Iraq

Victor Gaetan · October 13, 2016 4:03 am

Bill Clinton has recently criticized Obama, which Hillary Clinton has claimed credit for in the past. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Even President Clinton opposes Hillarycare

Rep Renee Ellmers · October 13, 2016 4:03 am

National Security

615 more troops won’t fix Iraq

Bonnie Kristian · October 13, 2016 4:01 am

In an email chain discussing New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio's decision to come out in favor of more than doubling the minimum wage, Neera Tanden noted that her group had not formally come out for it, and warned that Hillary Clinton shouldn't either. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

A window into the $15 wage hypocrite’s world

Washington Examiner · October 13, 2016 4:01 am