Tag: OpinionDigest

The Clean Power Plan is the thanks that coal gets for helping the United States achieve a standard of living that for generations has been the envy of the world. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

The president’s decarbonization fantasy

Luke Popovich · September 16, 2015 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and former President Bill Clinton, right gesture to supporters Saturday, June 13, 2015, on Roosevelt Island in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Beltway Confidential

Irony: South Carolina emerging as Hillary Clinton’s firewall

Philip Klein · September 15, 2015 7:31 pm

Taken together, Trump and Carson supporters now comprise about 48 percent of the electorate.Â (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Trump and Carson have more support than every other GOP candidate combined

Philip Klein · September 15, 2015 5:50 pm

Countless political and religious leaders from around the world have acknowledged that the Islamic State is committing an ongoing genocide in Iraq. (AP Photo)Â

‘Once again’ breaking the promise of ‘never again’

Frank Wolf · September 15, 2015 4:02 am

The sad stories of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are too much for fiction. (AP photos)

Pitiful pols

Noemie Emery · September 15, 2015 4:01 am

The Texas senator has been on a slow rise in the polls ever since the first debate, moving from sixth place in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls on the eve of the debate to fourth position today.Â (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Trump effect forces GOP rivals to raise game — or lose

Byron York · September 14, 2015 9:03 pm

U.S. Marshalls guard the area outside of the federal U.S. District Court in Washington Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

National Security

The State Department’s billion-dollar boondoggle

Washington Examiner · September 14, 2015 4:02 am

Laura Spaeth looks at a memorial honoring American hostage Kayla Mueller on the corner of courthouse plaza in Prescott, Ariz., Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Why I’ve changed my mind about intervening in Syria

Dan Hannan · September 14, 2015 4:01 am

Most Americans hoped the first black president, Barack Obama, would improve race relations. Now most Americans believe they have gotten worse.Â (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

How Obama has fundamentally transformed politics

Michael Barone · September 14, 2015 4:01 am

This week's debates may be the last time that many voters genuinely check in for the next three months. (AP file)

Why Wednesday’s GOP presidential debates will matter

Hugh Hewitt · September 13, 2015 9:00 pm

Byron & Barone: Hillary hurting, feeling the ‘Bern’

Byron & Barone: Hillary hurting, feeling the ‘Bern’

Lisa Ruhl · September 11, 2015 9:00 am

The most interesting part of Jeb Bush’s tax plan

Philip Klein · September 10, 2015 10:47 pm