Tag: Commentary

Twenty states led by Texas and Wisconsin have filed a suit that argues that the individual mandate is inextricably linked to the rest of the law, so if the mandate is unconstitutional, the entire law must be struck down. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Reasons to be skeptical about latest Obamacare mandate case

Philip Klein · February 28, 2018 2:59 pm

While President Trump should authorize more aggressive NSA action to disrupt Russian cyberwarfare activities, like his predecessor, Trump has one good excuse for not taking action. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Trump has one good excuse for restraining the NSA on Russia

Tom Rogan · February 28, 2018 2:56 pm

The discoveries in Wisconsin's John Doe case and the Robert Mueller investigation teach the same lesson, unaccountable agencies have become powerful tools that partisan cabals can use to undermine representative government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A lesson from Wisconsin’s witch-hunt: Shut down Mueller’s investigation

Eric O'keefe · February 28, 2018 12:00 pm

Contacting Congress and making the voice of the public heard could be necessary to break the deadlock surrounding the status of Dreamers in time for the March 5 deadline. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Take action now to help Dreamers

Diana Bate Hardy · February 28, 2018 5:01 am

Seyyed Alireza Avaei, minister of justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addressed the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)

By providing a forum for murderers, the UN Human Rights Council undermines its own mission

Giulio Terzi · February 28, 2018 5:01 am

Pope Francis' remarks perpetuate the myth that globalization and free markets have hurt the world's poor. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis has it wrong on global poverty and its cure

Robert Murphy · February 28, 2018 5:01 am

Steve Wynn stepped down as CEO of Wynn Resorts in early February after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced. He also left his post as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa,File)

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Is it time for the RNC to give away Steve Wynn’s donations after rape allegations?

Siraj Hashmi · February 28, 2018 1:31 am

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, responding to a question about why he is thinking about running for president in 2020, said: "Well, because I care a great deal about this country. I've spent the vast majority of my professional life in public service. I think I've got ideas that I hope would resonate with the American people. I think I've got the guts to potentially do the things that I think the next president would have to do."

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Say hello to ‘President Eric Holder’!

Becket Adams · February 28, 2018 1:19 am

In this 2017 photo, Delta Air Lines airplanes line the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York City. Delta is one of several companies that severed its relationship with the National Rifle Association after the mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

The Left is right on Delta, the NRA, conscience rights, and the separation of industry and state

Timothy P. Carney · February 28, 2018 1:11 am

With one tweet, President Trump said that he would endorse incumbent Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker over his challenger in the Republican primary, Chris McDaniel. Given the timing and given the history, this seems especially personal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Why did Trump throw water on Chris McDaniel by endorsing Sen. Roger Wicker?

Philip Wegmann · February 28, 2018 12:28 am

Early Tuesday morning, Internet shoppers started noticing and documenting digital gaffes after it appeared Google had started filtering shopping searches for the word "gun." (iStock)

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Google tried censoring ‘gun’ shopping searches. It backfired

Philip Wegmann · February 28, 2018 12:28 am

At Carleton College in Minnesota, students for three years have replaced "The Vagina Monologues" by playwright Eve Ensler with "Stripped," a play written by 2016 graduate Kat George, to address concerns regarding "Ensler's embodied trans exclusive writings" and "the production's exploitation of brown, black, and non-western bodies." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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Students create ‘all-gender’ answer to problematic ‘Vagina Monologues’

Emily Jashinsky · February 27, 2018 11:13 pm