Tag: Commentary

Government data could do a lot of good in the hands of informed citizens but all too often are out of reach. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Republicans should be the party of ‘open data’

Kristen Soltis Anderson · April 13, 2016 4:03 am

What do Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's campaigns have in common? In short, a damaging overemphasis on the importance of a woman's body — in particular how it looks — or, on the other side, an erroneous under-emphasis of the significance of a woman's body. (AP Photos)

Donald Trump’s — and Hillary Clinton’s — war on women

Jeanne Mancini · April 13, 2016 4:02 am

Protesters express their opposition to the fact the the Federal Reserve bank bailed out Wall Street but not Puerto Rico outside International House, Thursday, April 7, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

What it would take to make a control board work for Puerto Rico

Gretchen SierraZorita · April 13, 2016 4:02 am

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Energy and Environment

Grandstanding AGs vs. free speech

Washington Examiner · April 13, 2016 4:01 am

This is yet more evidence of what some have called a Ferguson Effect, of police refraining from proactive law enforcement and criminals shooting more victims, almost all of them black. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Beltway Confidential

Crime rates are rising and the crime issue may be coming back

Michael Barone · April 13, 2016 2:23 am

A President Trump would be dangerous, but not for the reason you think

Timothy P. Carney · April 12, 2016 10:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

Republicans might have a married women problem too

Ashe Schow · April 12, 2016 5:42 pm

Bernie Sanders outperformed his New Hampshire expectations even more than Donald Trump did. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Progressives: Sanders and Trump are ‘delusional’ on this issue

Jason Russell · April 12, 2016 5:24 pm

The law passed Congress with majority support from both parties in December 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Senator, Ed. Sec. quarrel over whether department is ignoring new law

Jason Russell · April 12, 2016 4:03 pm

The U.S. government is prepared to treat artificial intelligence in Google's "self-driving" car as a legal "driver," likely clearing a major obstacle on the way to reinventing transportation as we know it. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

California’s race to regulate slams brakes on innovation

robbie-diamond, Mark Goldfeder · April 12, 2016 4:02 am

it is likely that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz will be the only ones to qualify under the RNC Rule 40(b). (AP Photo)

A conservatives’ guide to a contested GOP convention

Merrill Matthews · April 12, 2016 4:02 am

Trump, who didn't do the necessary legwork, didn't get the delegates. It's that simple. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Donald Trump’s tiny violin

Washington Examiner · April 12, 2016 4:01 am