Tag: OpinionDigest

Carly Fiorina said, "Watch carefully who is supporting that legislation. ...Â It's the big companies whose ongoing economic benefit depends upon their ability to acquire innovations and patents at a lower cost." (AP)

Conservatives must reject so-called ‘patent reform’

Ken Blackwell · June 25, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., poses for a portrait after speaking about military sexual assaults, during an interview in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kirsten Gillibrand’s assault on reality

Ashe Schow · June 25, 2015 4:01 am

Iran has boosted its stockpile of low-enriched uranium in the past three months, the United Nations nuclear watchdog reported on Wednesday. (AP Photo)

National Security

If you don’t want a nuclear-armed Iran, stop appeasing it

Washington Examiner · June 25, 2015 4:01 am

President Obama seems to lack confidence and, facing a world that resembles 1800 more than 1945, reaches out to Iran's mullahs and the Castro brothers while disrespecting many of America's friends. (AP Photo)Â

Facing a changing world balance, Obama makes odd choices

Michael Barone · June 24, 2015 10:25 pm

The main problem with a conservation-only policy is that urban water use represents just 10 percent of California's developed water (i.e. the water available for human uses). (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

In California, water conservation isn’t enough

Carson Bruno · June 24, 2015 4:01 am

This Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 file photo shows an auction sign at the bankrupt Solyndra headquarters in Fremont, Calif. before an auction. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Ex-Im Deal of the Day: Solyndra subsidy estimated to create ‘0 jobs’ because it comes after the sale

Timothy P. Carney · June 23, 2015 11:47 pm

Blighted property lies June 27, 2005 in downtown New London, Connecticut.Â Today, the land that was once the Fort Trumbull neighborhood of New London, Conn., is a field of rubble. The brilliant plans of the powerful planners failed. They had torn down a neighborhood to make it nicer for a new Pfizer plant. Pfizer left the plant a few years later. Nothing has taken the place of Fort Trumbull.Â (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Property rights are for the little guy: Raisins and Kelo at 10 years

Timothy P. Carney · June 23, 2015 9:03 pm

In the 1990s, Sudan gained infamy for hosting Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, which carried out attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Don’t forget about Bashir and Sudan

George Phillips · June 23, 2015 9:00 am

What’s in a flag?

What’s in a flag?

Noemie Emery · June 23, 2015 4:01 am

On flag issue, South Carolina moves quickly

On flag issue, South Carolina moves quickly

Byron York · June 22, 2015 11:49 pm

A great moment for Nikki Haley and America

Beltway Confidential

A great moment for Nikki Haley and America

Philip Klein · June 22, 2015 9:25 pm

Winning the West

Michael Barone · June 22, 2015 4:01 am