Tag: Editorials

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, center right, and veterans, signs an Executive Order on "Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection" at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

A good start at reforming the Veterans Administration

Washington Examiner · October 18, 2017 4:01 am

The President wrongly sees international trade as a zero-sum game and appears dead set on America winning by defeating Mexico and Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Art of the free-trade deal doesn’t require losers

Washington Examiner · October 17, 2017 4:01 am

By advocating censorship, Trump sways his supporters and followers towards the censorious views that have taken over academia and much of the Left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Presidential pining for censorship hurts the country

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2017 3:43 pm

For decades, the SALT deduction has encouraged liberal states to raise their taxes without making their taxpayers feel they're actually paying more. When state income taxes rise, taxpayers are simply able to deduct it from their federal taxes to offset. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Cut SALT from the GOP tax reform diet

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2017 1:44 pm

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday ruling the Department of Health and Human Services may not dole out subsidies to insurance companies that Congress has not first appropriated. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Constitution trumps Obamacare

Washington Examiner · October 14, 2017 4:01 am

It looks like Trump's new Iran policy will be the first step in placing a more serious check on Iranian aggression in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Trump gets realist on Iran

Washington Examiner · October 13, 2017 9:01 am

A faulty census will lead to a dubious reapportionment of congressional districts among states, and an even more dubious redistricting. (iStock by Getty Images)

A few cents, a lot of sense, and the Census

Washington Examiner · October 12, 2017 4:01 am

The Trump administration, thankfully, is poised to grant some relief through executive action later this week. The president's action should give health insurance customers at least a few ways outta the Obamacare confusion by allowing them sometimes to buy insurance across state lines, by expanding health savings accounts, and by quadrupling the upper limit on short-term health insurance plans from three months to nearly a year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The answer to Obamacare ain’t blowin’ in the wind

Washington Examiner · October 11, 2017 4:01 am

Any new climate rules should be as neutral as possible. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)

EPA, do us all a favor and don’t pick favorites

Washington Examiner · October 10, 2017 4:01 am

Christopher Columbus is believed to be from Genoa, and Italian-Americans were the ones who first lobbied for a Columbus Day celebration in the U.S. (Wikipedia)

Christopher Columbus deserves celebration

Washington Examiner · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

The Trump administration has tweaked the rule so employers who object on moral or religious grounds to providing birth control can get an exemption. Workers who want birth control will have to find it elsewhere. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

The birth control mandate has been stalled. Now let’s kill it

Washington Examiner · October 8, 2017 4:01 am

Decertifying Iran on October 15th would hurt, not help, Trump's appropriate and urgent pursuit of a better deal. (AP)

Diplomacy is to win, not for show — recertify the Iran deal, then make it better

Washington Examiner · October 7, 2017 4:01 am