Tag: Commentary

There’s a dark cloud on the horizon for city budgets: the pressing need to maintain and upgrade crumbling infrastructure and the question of how to fund the effort. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Infrastructure spending can be fiscal time-bomb for cities

Brian Robertson · July 31, 2016 4:03 am

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Khizr Khan, Donald Trump and the debate over Muslim immigration

Byron York · July 30, 2016 9:20 pm

Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said the Trump-Pence ticket intended to "make misogyny great again." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pro-life is pro-woman

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2016 4:25 am

Older Republicans may not recognize today's party as the party of Dwight Eisenhower. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Whose GOP is this?

Fuad Suleiman · July 30, 2016 4:02 am

The 3 million-member NEA was one of the first unions to endorse Clinton's presidential bid in October 2015. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Beltway Confidential

Teachers’ union head says Clinton is with them against school choice

Jason Russell · July 29, 2016 6:48 pm

Here are some of the most interesting attempts at infusing politics with a little pop. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

5 most awkward pop culture references at the DNC

Joshua Axelrod · July 29, 2016 6:12 pm

Republicans predicted Trump would lose, too. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Dem convention-goers predict Dem win; GOP convention-goers predict Dem win, too

Byron York · July 29, 2016 4:02 pm

The Clinton campaign strategy is to re-assemble Obama's 51 percent 2012 coalition. (AP Photo/John Locher)

The Democratic convention: Mission partly accomplished

Michael Barone · July 29, 2016 4:32 am

The most important part of the fix has nothing to do with schools. (Examiner File)

A new path for segregated high schools

Caleb Rossiter · July 29, 2016 4:03 am

This week's convention has been an effort to reinvent Clinton. It was a waste of their time. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Really? You want to listen to Clinton for four years?

Washington Examiner · July 29, 2016 4:01 am

All that matters is how conventions affect poll numbers. Was the Democratic convention actually more successful, or did the Republican message connect better with voters? (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Which party convention was better? We’ll see

Jason Russell · July 29, 2016 3:46 am

Hillary Clinton attempted to thread the needle between acknowledging problems while expressing an optimism that the nation can overcome them. (AP Photo)

Democrats portray two Americas

Philip Klein · July 29, 2016 3:13 am