Tag: Commentary

Anastasia Vashukevich arrives at the immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, after being arrested Sunday in the Thai resort. Vashukevich said that she fears for her life, and wants to exchange information on alleged Russian ties to President TrumpÃ¢â¬â¢s campaign for her own personal safety. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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US should grant asylum to Belarusian escort Anastasia Vashukevich

Tom Rogan · March 6, 2018 10:00 am

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently estimated that trade with Canada and Mexico supports nearly 14 million American jobs. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Trump’s plans for ‘energy dominance’ depend on NAFTA’s survival

Kyle Isakower · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Don’t cut families out of the farm bill

joel-gasper, catherine-lacour · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

While ensuring on-time loan payments is an important goal, these laws can hurt upstanding, well-intentioned citizens who never could have imagined themselves facing default. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

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Behind on your student loans? Some want the government to keep you from working

Shoshana Weissmann, Jarrett Dieterle · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Jobs and security for those displaced by ISIS

stephen-hollingshead, lotta-moberg · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump risks scaring or exhausting a sufficient number of people into thinking he in himself is enough of a threat to the orderly process of government that he may eventually warrant removal without having committed a crime. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump is his own worst enemy

Noemie Emery · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

On Sunday, Microsoft co-founder and Seahawks owner Paul Allen helped discover the wreckage of the lost USS Lexington. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Paul Allen, the USS Lexington, and the measure of a celebrity

Tom Rogan · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

We have an extremely long southern border: 1,954 miles, to be exact. Although walls have been effective for short distances, the prospect of physically preventing illegal immigration across the length of our southern border is another thing altogether. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

How to fix illegal immigration: For every deportation, admit one vetted guest worker

David Unsworth · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Despite a not-short criminal record, late D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is revered by thousands in the city. (screenshot via Associated Press/ABC7)

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How do you write an entire article about Marion Barry’s legacy and not once mention the fact he went to federal prison?

Becket Adams · March 6, 2018 4:47 am

At the Oscars Sunday night, actor Wes Studi introduced a tribute to films that honor service in the military. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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Native American veteran trolls Oscars audience over lack of military experience

Siraj Hashmi · March 6, 2018 12:24 am

The answer to prison radicalization is surely better solutions against prison radicalization, not to stop sending those who have committed crimes to jail. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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The most ridiculous logic on terrorism you’ve ever heard

Robin Simcox · March 5, 2018 11:58 pm

Entrepreneur Steve Brill will ask independent journalists to screen online media outlets for Facebook and Google for his new media venture, Newsguard. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Steve Brill’s plan: How not to address the fake news problem

Becket Adams · March 5, 2018 11:14 pm