Tag: Commentary

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011 file photo, U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia looks into the balcony before addressing the Chicago-Kent College Law justice in Chicago. A letter from the Supreme Court's doctor says Scalia suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity and diabetes, among other ailments that probably contributed to the justice's sudden death. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Scalia’s legacy of objectivity

Joel Stonedale · March 9, 2016 5:00 am

The first campaigns of Donald Trump and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder share some similarities. (AP Photos)

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Trump’s Michigan performance parallels another outsider

Jason Russell · March 9, 2016 4:03 am

Trump needs a majority (1237) of the 2473 delegates. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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DELEGATE CHASE: In Mississippi and Michigan, Trump on pace for a majority of delegates

Timothy P. Carney · March 9, 2016 3:10 am

"I've never seen anything like this," Les Moonves, CEO of CBS said just before Super Tuesday, "and this going to be a very good year for us. Sorry. It's a terrible thing to say. But, bring it on, Donald. Keep going." (Bloomberg/Daniel Acker)

Our major media are not up to this election

Timothy P. Carney · March 9, 2016 12:51 am

Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, wrote to congressional leaders Monday in support of federal funding for the city's school voucher program. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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D.C. council changes course; supports school vouchers

Jason Russell · March 9, 2016 12:12 am

I've written (satirically) before that the only true way to close the gap is to control the choices women make, since currently most of the gap is due to choices women (and men) make in their lives. (iStock photo)

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How do we ACTUALLY close the wage gap?

Ashe Schow · March 8, 2016 10:01 pm

Voters in Hawaii, Mississippi, Michigan and Idaho head to primaries or caucus sites Tuesday to have their say in the Republican presidential primary process. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz)

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Guide to the GOP’s March 8 delegate rules

Jason Russell · March 8, 2016 7:10 pm

The survey's finding was that two-thirds of women said they had experienced some form of sexual harassment. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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Take the UK sexual harassment survey with a grain of salt

Ashe Schow · March 8, 2016 6:31 pm

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5 questions that will determine cost of stopping Trump at convention

Philip Klein · March 8, 2016 6:02 pm

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Why the net cost of stopping Trump at a contested convention would be worth it

Philip Klein · March 8, 2016 5:50 pm

Ehrhart may be one of the only legislators in the U.S. who is standing up for due process this aggressively. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Georgia lawmaker calls on Georgia Tech president to resign

Ashe Schow · March 8, 2016 5:22 pm

The idea that Trump scores will with evangelicals illustrates who identifies as "evangelical" in polls. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong/File)

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Trump and the ‘marginalized lukewarm’

Daniel Allott · March 8, 2016 4:16 pm