Tag: Commentary

Will Ferrell was perfectly cast for a film whose plot has "goofball" written all over it but aimed, contemptibly, to perpetuate the left-liberal myth that Ronald Reagan was stupid. (AP Photo)

Hollywood can’t help hating on Reagan

Washington Examiner · April 30, 2016 4:00 am

So does it make sense for Republicans to emphasize an issue which splits them and unites Democrats, or to nominate a presidential candidate who does so? Doesn't seem so. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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Republicans failing to adjust to changes in opinion on immigration

Michael Barone · April 30, 2016 1:40 am

The Secretary of Agriculture appoints board members, and the federal government collects mandatory dues from all watermelon producers except for small producers. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Agriculture subsidy agencies stick FOIA exemption into spending bill

Timothy P. Carney · April 29, 2016 7:15 pm

So far, California, Hawaii and New York have made affirmative consent the standard on college campuses. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

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Connecticut could become next state to adopt affirmative consent

Ashe Schow · April 29, 2016 7:14 pm

The program was a longtime favorite of former Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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School choice fans celebrate House extension of D.C. voucher program

Jason Russell · April 29, 2016 5:21 pm

Two well-known Democrats were vying for Mikulski's open seat — Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Maryland Democrats have a woman problem

Ashe Schow · April 29, 2016 4:20 pm

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Byron York: How GOP bigwigs made their peace with Trump

Byron York · April 29, 2016 12:50 pm

How did Britain react? Not for the first time, there was a divergence between what the pundits and politicians thought, and what everyone else thought. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Barack bombs in Britain

Dan Hannan · April 29, 2016 4:03 am

LGBT and abortion backers won't admit the conscience laws they oppose are themselves nondiscrimination laws. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

The Left was for nondiscrimination laws before it was against them

Matt Bowman · April 29, 2016 4:03 am

Tubman was a gun-toting black female Republican replacing the recognized founder of the Democratic Party. (H.B. Lindsley/Library of Congress via AP)

The real significance of Harriett Tubman’s image on the $20 bill

allen-west · April 29, 2016 4:03 am

Johnson & Johnson, the 800-pound gorilla of the contact lens industry, is one of the crony capitalist entities trying to peel back even the modest market-minded reforms enacted by the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Contact cronies

Eric Peters · April 29, 2016 4:01 am

In the Indiana primary, a vote for Kasich is basically a vote for Trump. But a vote for Cruz is also a vote for Kasich. (AP Photos)

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In Indiana, a vote for who is a vote for what?

David Freddoso · April 29, 2016 1:30 am