Tag: Commentary

"Secretary [John] Kerry's announcement that what ISIS has done to Christians, Yazidis and others is genocide is significant," Andrew Doran told the Examiner. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Will Christianity survive in the Middle East? An interview with Andrew Doran, Part I

Daniel Allott · March 18, 2016 4:53 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump boosters often accuse his detractors of being "out of touch" with America. (AP Photo/Eric Schultz)

Beltway Confidential

Actually, Trump fans are out of touch with America

Philip Klein · March 18, 2016 4:48 pm

Democrats, combined with the GOP support, will produce more than the 218 signatures needed to push the bill that would revive the Export-Import Bank to the floor for a vote in late October. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Export-Import Bank under investigation for shelving job applications from veterans

Timothy P. Carney · March 18, 2016 12:41 pm

White identity politics mixes very easily with a blood-and-soil conservatism, and Trump is playing to that expertly. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Immigration: the mother of all issues

Timothy P. Carney · March 18, 2016 12:04 pm

"Naming these crimes is important," Kerry said in announcing the genocide designation. "But what is essential is to stop them." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Obama finally names Islamic State’s ‘genocide’ — now end it

Washington Examiner · March 18, 2016 4:03 am

There will be no "replacing" Justice Scalia, but his legacy reveals just how much is at stake. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The president’s prerogative, and the Senate’s

Erin Hawley · March 18, 2016 4:02 am

Once Sen. Marco Rubio was launched, Florida Republicans had high hopes that he would blossom and grow into a national conservative leader representing Florida for many years. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)

The real reason Rubio crashed and burned

Myra Adams · March 18, 2016 4:01 am

In this election cycle, we have seen time and again that a small number of votes have made a big difference. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

A very few votes can make a big, big difference

Michael Barone · March 17, 2016 8:50 pm

Jack Montague's lawyers have acknowledged that he did have sex with his accuser but that it was consensual. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Beltway Confidential

Jack Montague, free speech and the rush to judgment

Ashe Schow · March 17, 2016 5:33 pm

"Too many people are in prison for too long, and too often, at a financial cost disproportionate to the enhancement of public safety. Texas has used alternatives to imprisonment to save $3 billion while crime rates have declined," Will writes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

George Will touts criminal justice reform

Daniel Allott · March 17, 2016 5:19 pm

Canada's experience with regulatory budgeting can offer useful insights to its neighbor to the south. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg)

Look to Canada for lessons on cutting red tape

Sean Speer · March 17, 2016 4:01 am

Dems shouldn’t wish Trump’s ‘moral catastrophe’ on GOP

Christopher Regan · March 17, 2016 12:02 am