Tag: Commentary

Christian conservatives were sometimes mocked for their moralizing. But their focus on character served a purpose.

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Donald Trump and the end of the ‘character issue’

Daniel Allott · May 6, 2016 12:04 am

Trump has conned millions of Americans into thinking he'll battle the system. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Donald Trump builds his K Street and Wall Street Gang

Timothy P. Carney · May 5, 2016 11:06 pm

Just one state senator, Joe Markley, opposed the bill, saying it "criminalizes what many of us would consider entirely normal."

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Connecticut senate passes affirmative consent bill

Ashe Schow · May 5, 2016 10:20 pm

They measures include stricter anti-strike policies to crack down on the teacher sick-outs that have kept 45,000 students out of schools and given the struggles of Detroit's schools national attention. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Will these reforms save Detroit’s schools?

Jason Russell · May 5, 2016 9:01 pm

Trump, predictably, is in the stratosphere comparatively when it comes to strong unfavorable ratings, clocking in at 53 percent. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

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The most hated candidate usually wins

Ashe Schow · May 5, 2016 8:23 pm

Sixty percent of those surveyed view Donald Trump negatively and 55 percent view Hillary Clinton negatively. (AP Photos)

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Camille Paglia: Dem strategists knew Trump was ‘most formidable’ challenge to Clinton

Ashe Schow · May 5, 2016 4:14 pm

Ethnic and religious identity matters to the world and apparently to Trump supporters. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Trump, anti-Semitism and remembrance

Annika Hernroth-Rothstein · May 5, 2016 4:03 am

Speaker invitations are usually rescinded to appease a small, loud group of protesting students.

Campuses — unsafe at any price

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2016 4:02 am

D.C. rejoining Maryland would restore voting rights to 600,000 citizens without the Constitutional concerns.

The case for ceding D.C. back to Maryland

Kyle Sammin · May 5, 2016 4:02 am

My party's presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, has laid none of the groundwork necessary for successful fundraising, and I fear it is because he doesn't "get" how political fundraising works. (AP Photo)

‘Trump effect’ on fundraising threatens down-ballot Republicans

Lisa Spies · May 4, 2016 10:25 pm

Trump, despite his complaints about a "rigged" nomination process, used that process to great advantage and won early contests in a 17-candidate field with plurality votes. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Can Trump disrupt the general election as he did the primaries?

Michael Barone · May 4, 2016 10:05 pm

The Republican Party returned to a more narrow gender gap, with 53 percent of the primary electorate made up of men and 47 percent made up of women. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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How women voted in Indiana

Ashe Schow · May 4, 2016 7:43 pm