Tag: Commentary

Empower American workers, not union bosses

rep-david-rouzer · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

An amendment authored by Senator Durbin was attached to Dodd-Frank and passed in the dead of night with little scrutiny or debate. The provision, which dictates price controls on debit card transactions, was hailed as a consumer benefit because advocates said that the money it generated would go directly back into the pockets of hardworking Americans. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Durbin Amendment offers no fairy tale ending for consumers

Molly Wilkinson · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has nearly a 2-1 advantage over his next closest Republican rival Sen. Ted Cruz, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Brokering a convention, part IV

Hugh Hewitt · April 17, 2016 9:00 pm

New York, like Donald Trump, loves winners and disdains losers. (Bloomberg/John Taggart)

New York exceptionalism and Donald Trump

Michael Barone · April 17, 2016 12:00 pm

When it comes to outrageousness, Donald Trump has dialed it back, on purpose. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: For Donald Trump, two outrage-free weeks

Byron York · April 17, 2016 3:54 am

As with any other industry, gunmakers have a limit to how much time and money they can afford to spend in court defending such cases before business becomes prohibitively expensive. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Sandy Hook lawsuit proves Congress was right

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2016 4:02 am

F-4 Phantom IIs were really Navy aircraft designed for fleet defense. Due to consolidation at the Defense Department during the Vietnam War, the Air Force had been ordered to use them, too. (AP Photo/Matt York)

National Security

50 years later, we must not let Vietnam repeat itself

Rep Sam Johnson · April 16, 2016 4:01 am

In Denver, 14 percent of students from low-income families enrolled in college. That's disappointingly low, but it's much preferable to the five percent number for the rest of the state. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Beltway Confidential

School choice is turning urban schools around

Jason Russell · April 15, 2016 11:39 pm

Trump has taken many stances while seeking the nomination that are incompatible with conservative ideology. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Conservatives engage in wishful thinking on channeling Trumpism

Philip Klein · April 15, 2016 4:44 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has made cutting interest rates on undergraduate student loans the central component of her plan to make college more affordable. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Beltway Confidential

Clinton’s ineffective student loan plan

Jason Russell · April 15, 2016 4:02 pm

Trump can try to change the story as much as he likes, but that's what really happened in Colorado. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

In Colorado, Trump was no great leader

Simon Lomax · April 15, 2016 3:00 pm

The problem, according to Donald Trump: "Our country's going to hell with being politically correct." In short, we need to stop being so nice and start busting heads, Trump says. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)

In Trump country, an old cop hopes a wall comes down

Timothy P. Carney · April 15, 2016 2:22 pm