Tag: Commentary

This was not another case of a white officer shooting an unarmed black man. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

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Why must the media mislead on police shootings?

Ashe Schow · August 16, 2016 6:46 pm

Donald Trump's candidacy has already defied conventional expectations in plenty of ways. Breaking the Republican L might be added to the list. (AP Photo)

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Could Trump lose the ‘Republican L’?

Jason Russell · August 16, 2016 6:11 pm

Troy Doris, representing his parents' home country of Guyana, finished seventh in the triple jump competition Tuesday. His best distance was 16.9 meters, less than one meter behind the gold medal-winning distance. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Charter school teacher finishes Olympic journey

Jason Russell · August 16, 2016 3:40 pm

A headline in the Greeley (Colo.) Tribune for an Associated Press story read in large bold print: "Phelps ties for silver in 100 fly." It then read in smaller print right underneath: "Ledecky sets world record in women's 800 freestyle." (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Pointless Olympics outrage over female athletes and headlines

Ashe Schow · August 16, 2016 3:15 pm

The fear was less that Donald Trump would become somehow "normal" than that "normal" itself would come to seem Trump-like. (AP Photo)

Normal no more

Noemie Emery · August 16, 2016 4:03 am

Israel last month marked the 10th anniversary of the first Hezbollah war. Newspapers and television featured analysts noting a decade of quiet along the Israeli-Lebanese border. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The next war, they all assume

Eric Rozenman · August 16, 2016 4:03 am

Today, four years after Obama won Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania by over 618,000 votes, the number of registered Democrats in these states has plummeted by more than 775,000. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Voter registration numbers show battleground states are getting redder

Barry Bennett · August 16, 2016 4:01 am

Social Security Trust Funds are projected to become insolvent in 2034. (screenshot)

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How old will you be when the Social Security fund runs out?

Jason Russell · August 15, 2016 10:59 pm

The Washington Post reports that Washington Teachers' Union President Elizabeth Davis called the Walmart promotion a "cynical coverup." Other union members called it "deceitful" and "bogus." (AP Photo)

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Teachers’ union mad Walmart wants to give teachers free supplies

Jason Russell · August 15, 2016 7:31 pm

Guidance from the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has been used by colleges and universities to deny due process rights to accused students and to railroad them. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Evidence should be most important in sexual assault investigations

Ashe Schow · August 15, 2016 7:13 pm

According to the annual Education Next poll to be published in full next week, Democrats say as many as 15 percent of teachers are "unsatisfactory." (iStock photo)

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Poll: Dems don’t agree with Clinton’s education platform

Jason Russell · August 15, 2016 6:01 pm

In September 2015, Hillary Clinton tweeted: "To every survivor of sexual assault ... You have the right to be heard. You have the right to be believed. We're with you." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Hillary Clinton campaign removes statement about believing rape accusers

Ashe Schow · August 15, 2016 3:00 pm