Tag: Commentary

Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders promised, at the debate hosted by Univision, to quit enforcing immigration law altogether. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

Do Democrats want to be the open borders party?

Michael Barone · April 19, 2016 6:10 pm

In the five schools investigated, 95 percent of black students were failing reading or math. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Beltway Confidential

Reporters who exposed failing schools win Pulitzer

Jason Russell · April 19, 2016 5:30 pm

Head of Chicago Public Schools says the union is having trouble dealing with reality. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

Chicago school head says union in ‘Alice in Wonderland world’

Jason Russell · April 19, 2016 5:12 pm

If Hillary Clinton does end up winning the nomination thanks to the superdelegates, her nomination will forever be tarnished by —œthe establishment—? having chosen the nominee instead of the people. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Hillary Clinton

Ashe Schow · April 19, 2016 3:54 pm

New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday to have their say in the presidential primary process. (John Taggart/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Guide to New York’s delegate rules

Jason Russell · April 19, 2016 4:10 am

Judge Merrick Garland, left, met with Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., at Coons's office on Capitol Hill Thursday, April 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Merrick Garland deserves the Senate’s consideration and respect

Chris Coons · April 19, 2016 4:04 am

According to the Charlotte Observer, North Carolina added $220 million to its economy in 2011 off projects filming within its borders. Even if that number has doubled, maybe tripled in recent years, that would be a drop in compared to North Carolina's GDP in 2014 was $481.9 billion, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (AP Photo/Jerry Wolford, News & Record)

Hollywood can’t pressure states into repealing controversial laws

Joshua Axelrod · April 19, 2016 4:01 am

Today, about 37 percent of Denver public school students attend charter schools (18 percent) or innovation schools (17 percent), whereas only 7 percent attended charters in 2005. (AP Photo)

An old idea — freedom — catches on at schools

Washington Examiner · April 19, 2016 4:01 am

There is more than one unintended consequence of China's one-child policy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Beltway Confidential

The other victims of China’s one-child policy

Daniel Allott · April 18, 2016 8:19 pm

Despite GOP presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich's reluctance to drop out of the race, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz apparently don't feel much of a need to attack the Ohio governor. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Beltway Confidential

Are rivals threatened by Kasich?

Jason Russell · April 18, 2016 6:01 pm

A thoughtful approach to the ‘transgender bathrooms’ controversy

Washington Examiner · April 18, 2016 4:03 am

The British media's complaint, it soon became clear, was that David Cameron was richer than the rest of us, which was meant to make us all very angry. (AP Photo)

What Great Britain can learn from Texas

Dan Hannan · April 18, 2016 4:02 am