Tag: Commentary

What is Trump thinking?

W. James Antle III · January 27, 2016 7:31 am

Grumblings from insurers indicate that part of the healthcare law is collapsing. (AP Photo/David Mercer)

Obamacare’s crumbling facade

John Daniel Davidson · January 27, 2016 5:02 am

The prospective 51st state is headed toward skid row on an epic scale: $72 billion in debt and an unemployment rate pushing 15 percent -- the direct result of decades of big government spending programs that continue unabated. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

No bailout for ‘Uncle Louie’

Eric Peters · January 27, 2016 5:01 am

"I don't think the soft expectations have benefitted minority communities very well, I think we still suffer from that." (AP File Photo/Richard Shotwell)

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Failure of public schools has led to ‘segregation of schooling’

Jason Russell · January 27, 2016 3:53 am

At the moment, the U.S. is the only industrialized country that puts children in solitary confinement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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An Obama executive action conservatives can support

Daniel Allott · January 26, 2016 10:19 pm

Donald Trump is well versed in the art of the deal, as he will tell you. If he were dealing with taxpayer money, it would be plush times on K Street. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Donald Trump: The lobbyists’ dream come true

Timothy P. Carney · January 26, 2016 9:46 pm

Results vary from city to city, but it's rare for a charter school to cause black students to learn less, on average. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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How school choice helps black students

Jason Russell · January 26, 2016 8:37 pm

Barnett was suspended after his then-fiancee, who wasn't a UT student, posted criticism of two UT professors. (AP Photo/Brandi Simons)

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Student suspended over someone else’s Facebook post is suing

Ashe Schow · January 26, 2016 7:20 pm

Look at the percentages for each of the Republicans (Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio) and for Clinton. Theres not that much difference. (AP Photo)

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Would Trump be an electoral disaster, or would voters just divide by party as usual?

Michael Barone · January 26, 2016 6:21 pm

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POWER RANKINGS: Trump and Cruz fight to the finish line as Iowa looms

W. James Antle III · January 26, 2016 6:02 pm

Lena Dunham has stumped for Hillary Clinton in early voting states Iowa and New Hampshire (and elsewhere), yet Clinton is doing no better in those states. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP)

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Lena Dunham isn’t helping Hillary Clinton

Ashe Schow · January 26, 2016 5:52 pm

Thanks to Grassley's evenhandedness, Trump has an effective comeback to Cruz's attack. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Did Grassley win Iowa caucuses for Trump?

Byron York · January 26, 2016 4:38 pm