Tag: Commentary

Republican losers need to stop ‘winnowing’ and start winning

W. James Antle III · February 24, 2016 11:24 am

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Byron York: With Nevada triumph, Trump aims to win, while rivals aim at each other

Byron York · February 24, 2016 7:34 am

The betting markets at Betfair.com and PredictWise both give Marco Rubio better than a 40 percent chance of winning the GOP nomination. (AP Photo)

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Despite Nevada loss, things looking up for Rubio

Jason Russell · February 24, 2016 5:30 am

Sadly, Black History Month now seems to represent another milestone in the miseducation of millions of young blacks and others who are being indoctrinated with beliefs that the causes of widespread self-destruction within the black community have their origins in slavery and Jim Crow. (AP Photo)

Another milestone in the miseducation of Black History Month

Robert Woodson · February 24, 2016 5:03 am

Support for Donald Trump is indeed born of emotive desperation, but not of the economic variety as President Obama and Bernie Sanders would have it. (AP Photo)

Trump and Obama promise to be terrible negotiators

Sally Pipes · February 24, 2016 5:03 am

Nevada has exactly one potentially reliable poll, and the latest survey is an entire week old. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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PARSING THE POLL[S]: Nevada is very underpolled

Timothy P. Carney · February 24, 2016 1:03 am

Donald Trump finds abortion acceptable. That makes Donald Trump unacceptable. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Trump the intolerable

Timothy P. Carney · February 23, 2016 11:23 pm

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Obama’s moral mirage at Gitmo

David Freddoso · February 23, 2016 10:41 pm

Mass incarceration is not a myth, unless you believe America should be incarcerating a higher share of its population than any other country in the world. (AP Photo)

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Is mass incarceration a myth?

Daniel Allott · February 23, 2016 10:02 pm

Judge William E. Smith, a George W. Bush appointee, allowed an accused student's lawsuit against Brown University to survive the school's motion to dismiss. (iStock photo)

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A win for due process at Brown University

Ashe Schow · February 23, 2016 9:52 pm

The charter school flip-flop could be because Bernie Sanders changed his mind on charter schools in the past 18 years. Alternatively, it could be that Sanders is trying to take a harsher stance against charters than Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo)

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Democratic group calls out Sanders’ school choice flip-flop

Jason Russell · February 23, 2016 9:49 pm

In Iowa and New Hampshire, turnout of both evangelicals and non-evangelicals was almost identical in 2008 and 2012. In 2016, turnout of both groups increased. (AP Photo)

Who’s expanding the Republican electorate?

Michael Barone · February 23, 2016 7:03 pm