PoliticsCommentary
How to Change a Federal Agency From the Inside Out
As Washington’s departments and agencies bring on new staff at every level, I want to share advice from an FBI director about your job description…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Planned Parenthood Still Hasn’t Produced an Annual Report. Here’s Why That’s a Problem.
The American taxpayer is on the hook to provide money to the nation’s largest abortion provider, so it’s important that we have the necessary information… Read More
EnergyCommentary
This Republican Carbon Tax Proposal Is Anything but Conservative
The Climate Leadership Council, a group of self-described conservatives, released a new report rashly titled “The Conservative Case for Carbon Dividends.” Tactfully so, it avoided the… Read More
EconomyNews
How a Law Designed to Promote Fairness Is Hiking Gas Prices in Wisconsin
New Deal-era legislation is causing major headaches for Wisconsin’s consumers and businesses. A law that has been on the books in Wisconsin since 1939 forces… Read More
LawNews
Last-Minute Lawyer Faulted for ‘Poor Job’ Defending Trump’s Immigration Order
The lawyer who argued the case for President Donald Trump’s executive order designed to bar terrorists from entering the country is the target of sharp… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Dakota Access Pipeline Easement Marks a New Day for US Energy
The final easement granted on Wednesday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete the Dakota Access pipeline project sent a clear signal to… Read More
LawNews
Senate Confirms Jeff Sessions as Attorney General
The Senate voted 52-47 Wednesday night to confirm Jeff Sessions, a longtime U.S. senator and former federal prosecutor, as the nation’s 84th attorney general. Only… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gets Wrong About the Electoral College
Since President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the November presidential election without winning the popular vote, there have been almost unending calls from the… Read More
EconomyNews
These Small Business Owners Fret Over ‘Devastating’ Import Tax Pitched by House GOP Leaders
Marc Johnson runs a small business with a major footprint. Johnson’s late father, Boine, who founded the company, and three engineers from England, helped create… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Your Chicken Sandwich Costs More With a $15 Minimum Wage
Progressives are touting a $15 minimum wage as a low-cost policy to reduce poverty and income inequality. However, the costs of a high minimum wage… Read More
Health CareNews
Conservatives Push to Separate Obamacare’s Repeal From Replacement
A trio of conservatives said they want to see Congress move faster with their efforts to repeal Obamacare and are worried that adding the law’s… Read More
EducationNews
Cory Booker, Who Voted Against Betsy DeVos, Previously Spoke to School Choice Group She Led
Sen. Cory Booker, who has been an outspoken critic of Betsy DeVos, once spoke at an event organized by a school choice group she led…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
How Trump’s Immigration Executive Order Honors the Spirit of the Statue of Liberty
On a bronze plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty is inscribed a poem titled “The New Colossus.” A line in this poem… Read More
SecurityCommentary
For Once, Law Enforcement Has a Friend in the White House
On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump delivered a speech to a convention of the Major County Sheriffs’ Association and Major Cities Chiefs Association in Washington,… Read More
EducationCommentary
Here Are 10 Priorities for Betsy DeVos
After weeks of protest and feet-dragging from the left and special interest groups, the Senate on Tuesday finally confirmed Betsy DeVos as education secretary. Now… Read More
LawCommentary
Grand Theft Judiciary? The Senate, the President, and the Supreme Court
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., recently accused his Republican colleagues of committing a “crime against our Constitution.” This is a serious accusation, given that all senators… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Draining the Swamp Requires Congressional Term Limits
The American electorate surprised the world in November because they were tired of their government acting as master instead of servant. The people’s message is… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why Trump Should Pursue Closer Trade Relations With Argentina
After years of government intervention under the Kirchner family, in 2015 the Argentine people elected center-right candidate Mauricio Macri to be their next president. Macri… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Prosperity and Freedom All Hinge on the Rule of Law
Freedom House, a nonprofit that conducts research on human rights and democracy abroad, released its annual report examining global freedom on Monday. Unfortunately, there are… Read More
SocietyNews
Pro-Life Groups React to Sheryl Sandberg’s $1 Million Donation to Planned Parenthood
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg recently made headlines when she donated $1 million to Planned Parenthood. Now, pro-life groups across the country are voicing… Read More
EnergyCommentary
One Super Bowl Ad’s Surprisingly Beautiful Message About Oil
When we think of oil, most of us think of fuel for cars and trucks. Oil is certainly crucial to transportation, but a 30-second Super… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Racist Roots of Minimum Wage Laws
There is little question in most academic research that increases in the minimum wage lead to increases in unemployment. The debatable issue is the magnitude… Read More
PoliticsNews
Watch Mitch McConnell Shut Down Elizabeth Warren for Attack on Jeff Sessions
Hours after staging a 24-hour talkathon against Betsy DeVos’ nomination for education secretary, Senate Democrats were back at it Tuesday night. This time, Republicans had… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Woman’s Minimum Wage Story Shows the Left’s Troubling Mindset
JoAnn Wise thinks she wasn’t treated well. In an op-ed published Tuesday by The Washington Post, Wise writes, “I already know what Trump/Puzder economics look like… Read More
Health CareNews
White House Says Trump Won’t Rush Obamacare Replacement
President Donald Trump will use his business skills to negotiate lower prices and foster more competition in the health care market—but he doesn’t want to… Read More
LawNews
Trump Faces Senate Boycotts on Nominees That Bush, Obama Didn’t
Since the Senate started holding hearings on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level nominations, Senate Democrats have employed a variety of tactics to delay the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Why People Are Leaving Blue States in Droves
Some Americans think state boundaries and the principle of federalism are outdated relics from the past. They couldn’t be further from the truth. New data… Read More
EducationNews
These Are the 2 Republicans Who Voted Against DeVos
Two Republican senators voted Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s secretary of education nominee, Betsy DeVos, forcing Vice President Mike Pence to cast a historic vote… Read More
LawCommentary
It’s Time to Restore Free Speech to American Churches
For more than 60 years, the federal government has been sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong, threatening to punish houses of worship and their… Read More
EnergyNews
Agency Employees Join Street Protests Against Trump’s EPA Pick
Environmental Protection Agency employees joined a street protest organized by environmentalists opposing President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency. Around 30 employees at the EPA’s… Read More
