Tag: Commentary

As Berin Szoka of think tank TechFreedom puts it: "Europe has a collective insecurity complex about the Internet." When it isn't attacking Google, it's trying to regulate blogs. (istock photo)

The European Union picks a fight with Google

Dan Hannan · April 25, 2016 4:02 am

It is important for politicians to adapt to the time in which they live, and to absorb and accept that the national mood today is not one favoring largesse for lawmakers. (AP Photo)

Freezing pay up on Capitol Hill

Washington Examiner · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Will Harriet Tubman's presence on currency end even a single injustice toward women or blacks in this country? No. That's not to say she doesn't deserve to be honored. (AP Photo)

I don’t care if there’s a woman on our money

Ashe Schow · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Ted Cruz's campaign concedes that next Tuesday's primaries in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Maryland will be difficult for Cruz. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Cruz chair admits Pennsylvania ‘will likely go mostly for Trump’

Byron York · April 24, 2016 10:30 pm

Ted Cruz and John Kasich could find themselves working together during the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Brokering a convention, part V

Hugh Hewitt · April 24, 2016 9:02 pm

Beltway Confidential

How Trump can still win 1,237 — and even 270

W. James Antle III · April 24, 2016 5:32 pm

We're encouraged to believe ethnicity doesn't matter much any more; only race does. This is the implicit assumption behind the analyses that divide the electorate into four racial categories. (AP Photo)

Ethnicity still matters in the politics of 2016

Michael Barone · April 24, 2016 4:07 am

Two new Indiana polls show Trump with a lead in the state. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Indiana race close; Trump leads; Wisconsin replay?

Byron York · April 23, 2016 12:09 pm

Later this month, Chariot for Women will begin operations in the Boston area. Founded by former Uber driver Michael Pelletz, Chariot markets itself as a ride-sharing service "Driven by women. Exclusively for Women." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Will litigiousness wreck Chariot for Women?

William Watkins · April 23, 2016 4:02 am

There is long-running debate about what sort of science the NSF should be spending money on. Scientists are broadly united in resisting congressional involvement except to dole out large dollops of taxpayers' money. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A $149,000 question not worth asking

Washington Examiner · April 23, 2016 4:01 am

Charter schools are clearly doing better than traditional public schools, contrary to claims. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

What teachers’ unions get wrong about charter schools

Jason Russell · April 22, 2016 8:29 pm

If the poll numbers hold up, the odds are in Donald Trump's favor in his effort to secure 1,237 bound delegates before the Cleveland convention. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Beltway Confidential

PARSING THE POLLS: Trump’s strong Indiana and California numbers pave path to 1,237

Timothy P. Carney · April 22, 2016 7:24 pm