Tag: Commentary

Racial preferences may affect feelings about immigration and vice versa. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Affirmative action vs. immigration

Mike Gonzalez · July 18, 2016 4:04 am

Clinton has emerged as the defender of the status quo, or worse, of returning to failed policies of yore. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Think Clinton’s foreign policy experience makes her qualified to be president? Think again.

Fuad Suleiman · July 18, 2016 4:03 am

"After eight years of deepening division, dependency and deception, and the prospect of four or eight more from Hillary Clinton, you could say Donald Trump represents hope," writes Jan Brewer. (AP Photo)

Donald Trump understands what it takes to be president

Jan Brewer · July 18, 2016 4:03 am

National convention seating arrangements are the prerogative of the presumptive nominee. (Phil Klein/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Guess which delegates are seated in Siberia?

Michael Barone · July 18, 2016 3:18 am

Trump supporters and others at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland speak up on what percentage of the popular vote they think Trump will get in November. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Guess Trump’s November percentage: Chapter 1

Michael Barone · July 18, 2016 2:57 am

You have to work hard not to like Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Trump makes a governing choice

Hugh Hewitt · July 17, 2016 9:00 pm

A United States Secret Service agent closes a security fence, as preparations are made for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Violence against police on convention eve tests Trump, Clinton

W. James Antle III · July 17, 2016 8:36 pm

It's the first time Trump has led in the survey since tracking started in June. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Will Trump’s OPM campaign prevail over Clinton’s standard tactics?

Michael Barone · July 16, 2016 2:00 pm

Groundbreaking human rights of children bill introduced in Congress

paulo-barrozo, elizabeth-bartholet · July 16, 2016 4:03 am

Unlike Obama, French President Francois Hollande has already been forced to change his government's footing, invoking the emergency powers that his nation's constitution permits and urging his countrymen, with a sense of national purpose, to "absolute vigilance." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

If Orlando couldn’t shake off Obama’s complacency, how can Nice?

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2016 4:01 am

Taylier Tibbetts accused the father of her child of abusing the boy, and even went so far as to alter photos of her son to make him appear bruised. She also opened a GoFundMe account to raise money for herself and her son using the false claim. (Screenshot: Fox News)

Beltway Confidential

False accusations should receive harsh punishments

Ashe Schow · July 15, 2016 7:00 pm

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni found that less than one-third of the undergraduate history majors at the top colleges and universities in the country require even a single U.S. history course. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

A union of dunces

Eric Bledsoe · July 15, 2016 5:31 pm