Tag: OpinionDigest

Joe Raben drives his combine past an oil well as he harvests corn on land he farms with his father and uncle on October 4, 2008 near Carmi, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

GOP candidates should oppose ethanol subsidies

Jason Russell · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

It's getting worse every day in Iraq, mostly as a result of the seriously flawed policies of the Bush and Obama administrations. (AP Photo)Â

Our failed Iraq policy: Dumb, dumber and dumbest

Daniel Gallington · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at a campaign event Saturday, July 11, 2015, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Beltway Confidential

Why is Marco Rubio sliding in the polls?

Byron York · August 5, 2015 2:23 am

Environmental activists in kayaks protest the arrival of the Polar Pioneer, an oil drilling rig owned by Shell Oil, on May 14, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. The rig is part of a fleet that will lead a controversial oil-exploration effort off Alaska's North Slope. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

We must increase access to Alaska’s resources

Charles Cicchetti · August 4, 2015 4:01 am

Daily on their routes, letter carriers save elderly residents who've fallen or taken ill, remove people from burning cars after accidents, find missing children and stop crimes in progress.Â (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Moving beyond the ‘conventional wisdom’ about the U.S. Postal Service

Fredric Rolando · August 4, 2015 4:01 am

Protester condemns the alleged poaching of Cecil the lion, in the parking lot of hunter Dr. Walter Palmer's River Bluff Dental Clinic on July 29, 2015 in Bloomington, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)

Kingdoms of Life

Noemie Emery · August 4, 2015 4:01 am

Lindsey Graham has taken to calling the second-tier event the "happy hour debate."Â (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

For GOP ‘kids,’ no Trump could mean better debate

Byron York · August 4, 2015 1:44 am

Alaska is the state with the lowest rate of personal taxation in the Union, a Republican redoubt, and a place synonymous with Big Oil. Yet it turns out to be a remarkably good steward of rare animals.

The sea otters and the case for conservative optimism

Dan Hannan · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

Marco Rubio has consistently voted for and defended the federal sugar program. (AP photo)

Beltway Confidential

At Kochfest, Rubio defends sugar subsidies on national security grounds

Timothy P. Carney · August 2, 2015 10:47 pm

Presidential contender Donald Trump arrives by helicopter during the 1st first day of the Women's British Open golf championship on the Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, Thursday, July 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Trump is exactly what GOP debate needs

Hugh Hewitt · August 2, 2015 9:00 pm

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump will participate in theÂ Fox News debate for the 10 candidates who rank highest based on an average of the most recent national polls.Â (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Debating Trump

Ashe Schow · July 31, 2015 4:01 am

A study from theÂ Peterson Institute for International EconomicsÂ predicts rising U.S. trade deficits in heavy manufacturing, light manufacturing, autos and auto parts as to the tune of more than $39 billion by 2025.Â (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

There’s still time to get the TPP’s trade rules right

Scott Paul · July 31, 2015 4:01 am