Tag: Commentary

West Virginia is the 26th state to pass right-to-work legislation. (AP Photo/Vicki Smith)

West Virginia: Center of the battle for workplace freedom

Matt Walter · February 26, 2016 5:02 am

Now that hoverboards have finally arrived, they're not exactly what we expected. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Can federal regulators ground hoverboards?

Joe Colangelo · February 26, 2016 5:01 am

With five people in the debate, Donald Trump spoke for nearly one-third of the time. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Who got the most speaking time at the GOP debate?

Jason Russell · February 26, 2016 4:42 am

When it comes to the campaign, Kasich's unwillingness to battle Trump shows he is not the man for the moment. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Time for Kasich to go

Timothy P. Carney · February 26, 2016 4:06 am

Polls undermine hope that Donald Trump can be defeated if field is winnowed down to two candidates. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

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PARSING THE POLLS: Trump wins in two-way GOP races

Timothy P. Carney · February 26, 2016 12:13 am

Hillary waits to eviscerate Trump with a parade of his victims

Timothy P. Carney · February 26, 2016 12:11 am

The three students at the State University of New York at Albany claimed they were attacked by a dozen white people while riding on a bus in January, but evidence showed the attack was a hoax. (AP Photo)

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Students who falsely reported a racist attack will be charged

Ashe Schow · February 25, 2016 11:37 pm

Students claim they were supposed to do almost weekly in order to participate in the class: Disrobe, wrap themselves in a towel, lie on a sonography station and allow fellow students to probe their vaginas with a lubricated transvaginal ultrasound wand, like the one pictured above. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Were female students retaliated against for objecting to transvaginal ultrasounds?

Ashe Schow · February 25, 2016 11:00 pm

Speaking at John Kings confirmation hearing before the Senate education committee, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., asked King if the department would uphold the letter of the law on Common Core. (AP Photo)

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Ed. sec. promises department won’t touch Common Core

Jason Russell · February 25, 2016 9:45 pm

Patty Murray used the one-in-five statistic during her questioning of acting Education Secretary Dr. John B. King during his Senate confirmation hearing. (AP Photo)

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Senator cites faulty statistic while sucking up to acting education secretary

Ashe Schow · February 25, 2016 9:02 pm

Students complained that the term reminded them of slavery.

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Harvard students can’t handle the word ‘master’

Ashe Schow · February 25, 2016 7:15 pm

U.S. student debt slipped from $1.261 trillion to $1.259 trillion in the second quarter, New York Fed says. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

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Student loans aren’t racist

Ashe Schow · February 25, 2016 6:44 pm