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Treasury Pretends Not to Know What a 'Bailout' Is

As it promotes a terrible proposal for Puerto Rico.

6:15 PM, May 20, 2016

By Ike Brannon

Following the reintroduction of the Puerto Rico debt legislation this week, it appears that the battle over how to restructure the insolvent island may soon be headed for a Congressional vote. The basic problems with previous approaches to fixing what ails the island have been papered over, to be conveniently ignored until the bill passes and Congress can move on to the next thing. Read more

Examining Trump's SCOTUS List

A judicial review of Trump's suggested nominees.

5:20 PM, May 20, 2016

By Terry Eastland

Trump’s list is notable for its near absence of lawyers from the East Coast and the West Coast, and for its domination by lawyers from states in so-called fly-over country. Read more

Sculpting History

Dozens of Renaissance sculptures, looted from Nazi Germany, have been discovered in Moscow.

4:11 PM, May 20, 2016

By Alice B. Lloyd

Among many lost treasures of pre-war Berlin’s Bode Museum, a collection of Renaissance sculptures by the likes of Donatello, Luca della Robbia, Andrea del Verrocchio, and Francesco Laurana was just another casualty—until a team of art historians found 59 of the collection in Moscow. Read more

Google, Smithsonian Honor Activist Who Praised Bin Laden, Mao, Terrorists

4:00 PM, May 20, 2016

By Mark Hemingway

On Thursday, the homepage of Google featured one of the search engine's doodles honoring the birthday of Yuri Kochiyama, a “civil rights" activist who died two years ago at age 93. However, it's also fair to say that, her unjust internment notwithstanding, Kochiyama harbored an unacceptable degree of contempt for her country. Read more

Report: Trump Raised Less for Vets Than Promised

3:55 PM, May 20, 2016

By Michael Warren

At the Washington Post, reporter David Fahrenthold writes that Donald Trump appears to have raised significantly less for veterans' groups than he originally claimed after his January fundraiser: Read more

How Iran Shapes Hezbollah

3:23 PM, May 20, 2016

By Tony Badran

Following the mysterious death of Hezbollah senior military commander Mustafa Badreddine in Syria last week, speculation continues to swirl over the identity of his possible successor. Read more

Trump Challenges Hillary to Make a Judicial List

3:10 PM, May 20, 2016

By Daniel Halper

Donald Trump challenged Hillary Clinton to release a name of judges.

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Ralph Nader Rips Idea of 'Microaggressions'

'It gets more and more bitter over less and less.'

1:22 PM, May 20, 2016

By Chris Deaton

Former presidential candidate and activist Ralph Nader has criticized the rising outrage over "microaggressions" as he mounts a campaign against perceived elitism at his alma mater. Read more

Why Is There a Gender Pay Gap?

Because of freely made choices.

12:35 PM, May 20, 2016

By Kevin Cochrane

The notion that women earn 77 cents for every dollar that goes to men has become the rallying cry of women’s groups, websites far and wide, and the mainstream media. Even the president repeats this statistical artifact in speeches excoriating the purported "gender pay gap." There's just one problem with it—it's dead wrong. Read more

Polls: Clinton's Margin Over Trump With Latino Voters Is Smaller than Obama's Was Over Romney

Conventional wisdom hardest hit.

11:50 AM, May 20, 2016

By Ethan Epstein

Latino voters, we have been told ad nauseam, are uniquely hostile to Donald Trump. Read more

Rolling Back Professional Licensing in Arizona

11:04 AM, May 20, 2016

By ERIC FELTEN

Arizona governor Doug Ducey signed legislation into law this week that eliminates some of the state's onerous professional licensing requirements. Read more

Cheer Up!

Hosted by Michael Graham.

10:01 AM, May 20, 2016

By TWS PODCAST

The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with editor William Kristol on the coming "third world" election and why an independent third-party bid could cheer us all up. Read more

Prufrock: The Genius of Poe, Spinoza's Excommunication, and Memorizing 'Paradise Lost'

9:30 AM, May 20, 2016

By Micah Mattix

The best in books and arts from around the web, including: The remains of a Roman-era shipwreck discovered, trouble at The Guardian, the man who invented stainless steel, and more. Read more

CBS's Dickerson Thinks Clinton More Vindictive Than Trump

8:59 AM, May 20, 2016

By SHOSHANA WEISSMANN

On Friday, Hugh Hewitt asked CBS's John Dickerson whether he would think Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump to be more vindictive towards their enemies.

"Who do you think would be more vindictive towards their political enemies, Trump or Clinton?"

Dickerson replied, "Ooh man. I don't—I don't know. I think, I think Clinton. Trump is very tough on those he does not like, as I know. But he gets over it. And now having said that also but I think about some of the people who is now supporting Hillary Clinton who supported Obama last time, and and where they were really hard feelings and now she's working in law in sync with them. So man, that's a good tough question.

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Unusually High Number of Voters Don't Want Trump or Clinton

Todd: Voters, unprompted, are writing in none of the above.

8:29 AM, May 20, 2016

By Jenna Lifhits

A soon to be released NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finds that a high number of voters are volunteering, "unprompted," that they would not vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, NBC's Chuck Todd said Friday. Read more

A Day in the Life of Vladimir Bukovsky

Long-time Russian dissident fights on.

4:07 PM, May 19, 2016

By Jenna Lifhits

After 57 years of fighting the KGB and totalitarians of every stripe, Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky was scheduled to go on trial in England this week for charges of "making and possessing" child pornography. Despite being gravely ill, Bukovsky, 73, has fought vigorously against the charges and claims they are Kremlin-manufactured. After an almost month-long hunger strike, England's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) ruled to postpone his scheduled May 16 trial date. But Bukovsky's fight is not over. Read more

Poll: Trump Better-Liked Than Clinton

Though both are viewed unfavorably by a majority.

3:21 PM, May 19, 2016

By Chris Deaton

Hillary Clinton 2.0 now comes with a higher unfavorable rating than Donald Trump. Read more

Yes -- Let's Call Philosophy What It Really Is

3:02 PM, May 19, 2016

By D. Kyle Peone

On May 11th, an article ran in the New York Times’ philosophy blog, "The Stone," which bore the title, "If Philosophy Won't Diversify, Let's Call It What It Really Is." Read more

Blumenthal Patronizes Man Asking About Clinton Emails

'Please speak to your mother.'

2:30 PM, May 19, 2016

By Jenna Lifhits

Long-time Clinton confidante Sidney Blumenthal refused to answer questions about his one time salary through the Clinton Foundation or Clinton’s email scandal Wednesday, telling the questioner to go talk to his mother. Read more

The Holy Grail of Lighters

1:34 PM, May 19, 2016

By Jonathan V. Last

One of my little life goals has always been to get an Antarctica Zippo lighter from the McMurdo base at the bottom of the world. Read more

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