Tag: Commentary

How Obama plays his adoring fans in the press

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2016 12:00 pm

There's nothing wrong with having a great time at the Kentucky Derby or even owning the next American Pharoah, but corporate welfare shouldn't be paying the bill. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Why you’re paying for the Kentucky Derby

Mac Zimmerman · May 7, 2016 4:02 am

Until Trump is formally nominated at the Republican National Convention, Romney is still the titular head of the Republican Party. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Would Romney really run as an independent?

W. James Antle III · May 7, 2016 1:25 am

Seven of those endorsements only came after Trump became the presumptive nominee. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Beltway Confidential

Which 2016 presidential candidates have endorsed Trump?

Jason Russell · May 6, 2016 7:40 pm

I tend to agree that Marco Rubio's campaign was defeated by "a series of completely irrational decisions" by Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and John Kasich. (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Trump wasn’t inevitable — what could have been

Michael Barone · May 6, 2016 6:35 pm

Paul Ryan seems to be acting in the same spirit as Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in 1964. (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Paul Ryan provides cover for abstainers: A historic precedent

Michael Barone · May 6, 2016 6:27 pm

No other school system in the country has as large a share of students in public charter schools. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

More change coming to New Orleans’ unique school district

Jason Russell · May 6, 2016 5:42 pm

Miami's Republican mayor said that he will not vote for Donald Trump in the November general election. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Why conservatism will outlive Trumpism

Philip Klein · May 6, 2016 1:43 pm

Speaker Paul Ryan announced Thursday he does not support his party's presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and might not ever do so. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: What does Paul Ryan want from Donald Trump?

Byron York · May 6, 2016 5:18 am

We've made some meaningful progress by easing some burdens that will help our small businesses prosper. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

Every small business started as an idea

Rep. Steve Chabot · May 6, 2016 4:04 am

In 2012, Obama suggested that school shootings had become "endless" and perhaps were becoming "routine." (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Official innumeracy over school violence

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2016 4:03 am

Former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed reforms to the pension funds into law in December 2013, but the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the reforms as unconstitutional. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Congress should solve America’s pension crisis

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · May 6, 2016 4:03 am