Tag: Commentary

Dan Nicholson, GM's powertrain chief, worries about "customer willingness to pay for fuel-saving technologies" when considering purchasing an electric car. (AP Photo)

Another Volt … called the Bolt

Eric Peters · February 4, 2016 5:02 am

"There is much to learn from the efforts in New Orleans," according to Russ Whitehurst, the Brookings senior fellow who authored the report. "The Recovery District has a high availability of choice, with all of the public schools being charters." (AP Photo)

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School choice expanding in urban districts

Jason Russell · February 4, 2016 5:01 am

Religion and Marx have failed those darker than blue

Charles Michael Byrd · February 4, 2016 12:02 am

Will Ted Cruz fail to duplicate in a state with evangelical Protestants only 22 percent of primary voters what he got in a contest with 64 percent? (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Probing for clues in the Iowa caucus numbers

Michael Barone · February 3, 2016 9:58 pm

The CDC estimated that drinking while pregnant cost the U.S. $5.5 billion in 2010. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

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CDC to women: Don’t drink unless you’re on birth control

Ashe Schow · February 3, 2016 9:31 pm

Luis Vargas, who has been in prison for 16 years, reacts in court as he is exonerated Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, in Los Angeles. A judge exonerated Vargas, convicted of three rapes, after DNA evidence linked the crimes to a serial rapist wanted for assaults dating back two decades. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

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Record number of convicts cleared in 2015

Daniel Allott · February 3, 2016 7:04 pm

Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., has long been a fan of school choice. "It's never too late to celebrate school choice," he said. (AP Photo)

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School choice fans make case to Congress

Jason Russell · February 3, 2016 5:29 pm

Police believe Giants defensive lineman Jay Bromley was falsely accused by a woman seeking money. (AP file photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Another pro athlete appears to have been falsely accused of rape

Ashe Schow · February 3, 2016 5:25 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop at the Radisson Hotel, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, in Nashua, N.H. (AP photo/John Minchillo)

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Byron York: Can Trump retool in New Hampshire?

Byron York · February 3, 2016 3:56 pm

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Paul’s early withdrawal a setback for libertarian Republicans

W. James Antle III · February 3, 2016 2:44 pm

I wrote in early December that Paul had become little more than a message candidate. (AP photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Rand Paul had given up on winning by December

Timothy P. Carney · February 3, 2016 2:23 pm

The Bright Side: The GOP’s two divergent paths to Election Day

Kristen Soltis Anderson · February 3, 2016 5:04 am