Tag: Commentary

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the commencement address at the University of Michigan's Class of 2016 graduation inside Michigan Stadium on Saturday, April 30, 2016. (Tanya Moutzalias /The Ann Arbor News — MLive.com Detroit via AP)

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Thank you, Michael Bloomberg, for standing up against ‘safe spaces’

Ashe Schow · May 3, 2016 3:11 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears poised to defeat Ted Cruz on Tuesday in Indiana, which would make him the likely nominee. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Byron York: Cruz struggles, Trump confident as Indiana votes

Byron York · May 3, 2016 7:29 am

In last Monday's New York Times, economist/columnist Paul Krugman called Hillary Clinton "arguably the best-prepared candidate on matters economic ever to run for president." (Screen shot)

A history lesson on the presidency for Paul Krugman

John Bicknell · May 3, 2016 4:04 am

The obvious way to do that is to add unisex/family bathroom options. Adding gender-neutral bathroom facilities will not, of course, satisfy everyone. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Take the third door in the ‘bathroom wars’

James Standish · May 3, 2016 4:03 am

Indiana voters will have their say in the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries Tuesday, with both front-runners inching toward clinching their nominations. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Guide to Indiana’s delegate rules

Jason Russell · May 3, 2016 4:01 am

The mass sick-out in Detroit has forced the district to close 94 of its 97 schools. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Detroit teachers’ sick-out — that about sums it up

Washington Examiner · May 3, 2016 4:01 am

Relatives of a soldier killed by Islamic State militants in Syria cry during his funeral. The increase in CPCs is partly due to the inclusion of non-state actors like the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Report: Religious freedom ‘under serious and sustained assault’ globally

Daniel Allott · May 2, 2016 10:57 pm

A few months into his U.S. education at Edmonds Community College outside of Seattle, Wash., Bongani Radebe learned the hard way that American college students are not only sensitive, but that college men have few rights and receive no benefit of the doubt when accused of sexual assault. (Photo courtesy of Edmonds Community College, via Instagram)

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Foreign student expelled and deported — for kissing another student

Ashe Schow · May 2, 2016 8:10 pm

In negative commercials, Donald Trump has been attacked more than every other candidate combined. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Super PACs unload on Trump

Jason Russell · May 2, 2016 7:04 pm

Donald Trump tweeted out a warning to Hillary Clinton to "be careful." (AP Photos)

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Comparing Trump vs. Clinton polls to 2004, ’08 and ’12

Jason Russell · May 2, 2016 6:46 pm

Sanders currently trails Clinton by 327 pledged delegates plus 481 superdelegates. If Sanders could convince the vast majority of Clinton's superdelegates to defect to him, he could in theory win the nomination. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Is it too late for Bernie Sanders to convince superdelegates to choose him?

Ashe Schow · May 2, 2016 5:32 pm

A week ago, Donald Trump emphatically won five northeastern states, and the "inevitability" talk began in the media. (AP Photo)

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PARSING THE POLLS: Indiana’s wild numbers

Timothy P. Carney · May 2, 2016 4:39 pm