Tag: OpinionDigest

Donald Trump speaks during the Freedom Summit on May 9, 2015 in Greenville, South Carolina. Trump joined potential presidential candidates in addressing the event hosted by conservative group Citizens United. (Photo by Richard Ellis/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Taking Donald Trump seriously

Byron York · May 10, 2015 9:32 pm

Students wave during graduation ceremonies for the University of Massachusetts Amherst at McGuirk Stadium on campus in Amherst, Mass. on Friday, May 8, 2015. (Don Treeger/The Republican via AP)

Advice to graduates: Don’t take our way of life for granted

Hugh Hewitt · May 10, 2015 9:00 pm

"You know you've drafted a strong bill when it unites both national security hawks and civil libertarians," said Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis. (AP)

Court slaps down NSA spying, Congress should not raise it back up

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2015 9:00 am

Puerto Rico's financial unraveling has been coming for years. Its debt obligations now add up to a jaw-dropping $164 billion. (Getty Image)

No bailout for Puerto Rico

Jim Martin · May 8, 2015 9:00 am

The Ronald Reagan Centennial GOP Presidential Primary Candidates Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 7, 2011 in Simi Valley, California. Expect this presidential election season's GOP debates to be even bigger. (Getty Image)

GOP better get used to crazy-big 2016 field

Byron York · May 7, 2015 10:18 pm

Michigan voters on Tuesday rejected -- by a historic 80-to-20 percent ratio -- a ballot measure that would have increased their sales and gasoline taxes in order to provide more highway funding. (AP Photo)Â

Michigan conservatives defeat Big Business, Big Money, tax hikes and higher spending

Timothy P. Carney · May 7, 2015 9:00 pm

There is "a steady decline in support for redistributive government," notes Thomas Edsall, the longtimeÂ Washington PostÂ reporter now writing for the New York Times.

Why Americans oppose economic redistribution despite income inequality

Michael Barone · May 7, 2015 9:01 am

CBS will interview former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.Â (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Carly Fiorina is doing it right so far

Ashe Schow · May 7, 2015 9:00 am

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings speaks during a LG press event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for the 2014 International CES on January 6, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Internet, power industries not the same

Lance Brown · May 7, 2015 9:00 am

Last year, columnist Kathleen Parker wrote that since 1985, the cost of higher education has increased 538 percent, while inflation over the same period has gone up only 121 percent. (AP Photo)Â

Federal student loans creating ‘indentured students’

Rep John Duncan · May 7, 2015 9:00 am

Government can only afford to focus on helping the one-sixth or one-fifth of families that are not self-sustaining at any given moment because it doesn't have to worry about the vast majority. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Why people don’t take your inequality argument seriously

David Freddoso · May 6, 2015 3:42 pm

Perry has converted to the free-market position, which is a very big deal. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Perry’s change of heart brings GOP field into unanimity against the Export-Import Bank

Timothy P. Carney · May 6, 2015 12:09 pm