Tag: Commentary

Combs was born in Harlem and said in a statement that opening the school is —œa dream come true for me.—? (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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Diddy to open Harlem charter school

Jason Russell · March 29, 2016 5:45 pm

"I never touched you," he claimed. "As a matter of fact, I have never even met you." (Screengrab)

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Trump aide called Fields ‘delusional’ for saying he touched her, police video proves otherwise

Philip Klein · March 29, 2016 5:07 pm

Just because a family can't afford private school doesn't mean its members shouldn't be able to attend. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Private schools are overwhelmingly white — but they don’t have to be

Jason Russell · March 29, 2016 4:28 pm

In an article critical of campus "sensitivity," Harvard student Rachel Huebner explains that movements purporting to protect students have gone too far. (AP Photo)

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Harvard student speaks out against campus coddling

Ashe Schow · March 29, 2016 3:04 pm

Amid controversies over lethal injection drugs, several states are in the midst of reintroducing the electric chair as a method of state-sanctioned capital punishment. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

The shocking truth about the electric chair

Daniel Allott · March 29, 2016 4:05 am

One recommendation on how to cut government spending is to allow veterans to use any U.S. hospital for health care. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Five ways to cut government spending immediately

Gary Shapiro · March 29, 2016 4:02 am

"The whole psychology about work changes when you're on these programs. All the sudden, the value of the programs becomes greater than a job you could get," Conyers said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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How welfare hurts those it’s supposed to help

Jason Russell · March 29, 2016 4:01 am

Standing with Israel against the BDS movement is not only a national security and moral imperative but an economic one, as well. (AP Photo)

California should stand with Israel and boycott the boycotters

Assemblyman Travis Allen · March 29, 2016 4:01 am

The defining issue of the Democratic presidential race may now be: Is there still a Democratic presidential race? (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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Is the Democratic presidential race over?

W. James Antle III · March 28, 2016 6:34 pm

Bob Livingston, who was appropriations committee chairman in the 1990s, and almost the speaker of the House, is now a big-deal corporate lobbyist on K Street. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Earmark lobbyist Bob Livingston endorses Donald Trump

Timothy P. Carney · March 28, 2016 3:50 pm

The report points out that OCR broadly defines sexual harassment and sexual assault, which has led to the belief that there’s a national —œepidemic—? of sexual violence. (AP Photo)

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College trustees group applauds criticism of Title IX enforcement

Ashe Schow · March 28, 2016 3:37 pm

The growth of international jurisdiction since the early 1990s has been extraordinary. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, File)

Justice and jurisdiction

Dan Hannan · March 28, 2016 4:03 am