Tag: OpinionDigest

Palmyra is one of a handful of places on the planet whose presence can't easily be conveyed through a camera lens. (AP Chart)

Islamic State is destroying the common patrimony of the human race

Dan Hannan · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

Beach goers barbecue and gather around traditional beach bonfires on July 6, 2013 in Huntington Beach, Calif. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Congress’s shameful Patriot Act brinksmanship

Hugh Hewitt · May 31, 2015 9:00 pm

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, like Huckabee and Santorum, frames some of his political agenda as an expression of his Christianity. (AP)

Three strains of Republican populism

Philip Klein · May 29, 2015 1:06 pm

Byron & Barone: The GOP field grows as Hillary hones her coalition

Ed Sykes · May 29, 2015 10:55 am

Royal Dutch Shell will halt construction on a site that could have produced 80,000 barrels of oil per day in the Canadian tar sands, and the delay in approving the Keystone XL pipeline could be a factor.Â (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Energy and Environment

Why is Obama blocking infrastructure projects?

Merrill Matthews · May 29, 2015 9:00 am

The EPA sought to expand their federal regulatory jurisdiction to include isolated waters they deem to have a "significant nexus" to navigable waters. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

EPA’s triple threat to the economy

John Eick · May 29, 2015 9:00 am

Former State executive secretary said he witnessed Clinton using her BlackBerry in the hall outside her office. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

If Hillary becomes president, who will make her obey the law?

Byron York · May 28, 2015 11:16 pm

Dan and Fran Keller pose outside of the Travis County, Texas, courthouse. They are trying to prove their innocence in the infamous day care sexual assault case from the early 1990s. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ricardo B. Brazziell)

We still haven’t recovered from the last moral panic over sexual assault

Ashe Schow · May 28, 2015 9:00 am

"It has become impossible to imagine a President Paul defeating radical Islam and it's time for the rest of us to say it," Gov. Jindal said in a statement. (AP)

The GOP is having a foreign policy fight

W. James Antle III · May 28, 2015 9:00 am

Santorum made immigration a major part of his program to protect blue-collar and manufacturing jobs. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

In announcing run, Santorum delivers toughest message of any Republican on immigration

Byron York · May 28, 2015 6:04 am

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Colleges and universities have grown bloated and dysfunctional

Michael Barone · May 27, 2015 9:00 pm

James Brown, principal economist for the New York State Department of Labor, speaks during the first meeting of the state wage board, May 20, 2015, in New York, as demonstrators hold up signs for $15 an hour pay. The panel, established by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is considering raising the minimum wage for those in the fast food industry. New York's current minimum wage is $8.75 an hour (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The fix is in on Cuomo’s wage-fixing panel

Ashley Pratte · May 27, 2015 9:00 am