Tag: Editorials

A vast majority of gun murders are committed with hand guns, the type a mother might keep in her bedroom to defend against intruders. The most popular single weapon in the U.S. is the AR-15, and an overwhelming majority of them are never used in a crime. (iStock)

The right of self-defense is fundamental

Washington Examiner · February 27, 2018 2:02 am

The pain and fear the teenagers feel are pertinent to the debate on gun control and policy, driving home the truth that while any single student is unlikely to be a victim of a school shooting, such events are nevertheless monumentally traumatic for many of them. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

The debate we need on school shootings

Washington Examiner · February 26, 2018 5:01 am

The late evangelist Billy Graham transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history. (AP Photo, File)

Billy Graham pointed the way to God, not government

Washington Examiner · February 25, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump doesn't seem able to admit that China is betraying its pledges. He quickly needs to adjust to reality. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Our Korea strategy is failing. Trump must adapt

Washington Examiner · February 24, 2018 5:01 am

Rather than being mindless cheerleaders, CPAC attendees need to think of themselves as the nagging conscience of future Republican officeholders and administrations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CPAC and the conscience of a conservative

Washington Examiner · February 23, 2018 12:42 pm

When Mitt Romney was running as the GOP presidential candidate six years ago, he was mocked by the Left for saying Russia was the country's greatest geopolitical threat. The Left appears to have changed its mind. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump’s election finally has liberals taking Putin’s threat seriously

Washington Examiner · February 22, 2018 5:01 am

Hundreds of Americans have taken to the streets to campaign for stricter gun laws over the past week after a deadly school shooting in Florida took 17 lives. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Gun control is a fantasy. Start a realistic conversation about preventing school massacres

Washington Examiner · February 21, 2018 5:01 am

Unions should earn their money and membership the way most institutions do, by convincing people that they are worth joining and funding. (AP)

Remember freedom of association? Union membership should not be forced

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2018 10:16 pm

President Trump entered office with the most ostentatious promises, but, ironically, his tenure could end up remembered more like Silent Calvin Coolidge than Rough Rider Teddy Roosevelt. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Making presidents less great again

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2018 5:01 am

Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter signed an executive order last year paving the way for non-Obamacare-compliant health insurance plans to be sold in his state, and Lt. Gov. Brad Little has since cobbled together what is sure to be the nation's most controversial healthcare initiative. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)

Blowing off Obamacare — Idaho shows how

Washington Examiner · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg created one of the world's largest and most important platforms for spreading news and information, even when it's fake. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Mark Zuckerberg colludes with Russia

Washington Examiner · February 16, 2018 9:54 pm

Republicans need to tailor immigration reform as narrowly as possible. Not everything needs to be fixed at once. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Keep immigration simple, Republicans, and get it done

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2018 10:07 pm