LawCommentary
How a President’s Bad Judicial Appointments Threaten Your Liberty
When Americans cast their ballots for the next president this November, they will not only select the next commander in chief and primary enforcer of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Government Favoritism of Steel Producers Hurts Americans
Steel producers in the United States are facing stiff competition from China and other countries, whose high steel production rates are driving down the prices… Read More
SecurityCommentary
This Plan for Streamlining Oversight Would Enhance Homeland Security
Key government officials are ready to reform congressional oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, something that is long overdue. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman… Read More
LawNews
Hundreds of Noncitizens on Voting Rolls in Swing State of Virginia
The 2012 presidential race in Virginia was decided by just 3 percentage points, as was the next year’s race for governor. In both 2005 and… Read More
SocietyNews
House Debates Protections for Babies Born Alive After Attempted Abortions
An abortion survivor urged Americans to “wake up” to the reality that some babies born alive after an attempted abortion are left to die, the… Read More
LawNews
How One Police Department Is Trying to Prevent Violence Between Officers and Citizens
Last week, tensions between police and citizens again rose to the surface after fatal officer-involved shootings in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Charlotte, North Carolina. The shootings,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The So-Called ‘Wage Gap’ Is Going Down. And the Numbers Don’t Tell the Full Story.
Time to change those outdated signs, ladies. It’s no longer the case that “women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men.” According… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Utahns Fear Obama Will Heed Environmentalists, Not Them, on National Monument Designation
This past Monday marked the 20th anniversary of President Bill Clinton using the Antiquities Act to create the 1.5 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in… Read More
LawCommentary
For 8 Years, This Couple Has Been Fighting the Government to Get Back Their Seized Property
For eight years, Michiganders Gerald and Royetta Ostipow have been fighting the seizure and forfeiture of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of their property…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
It’s Now or Never to Save the Internet
We have, unfortunately, come to expect our elected representatives to shirk hard decisions. So it came as little surprise when the Senate released the text… Read More
EconomyNews
House Conservatives Resort to Spending Plan B to Avoid Government Shutdown
When Congress returns to Capitol Hill on Monday to hammer out a stopgap spending measure, House conservatives plan to introduce a spending safety valve that… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
How to Use Presidential Debate to Talk About Conservatism
With an estimated 100 million people tuning in to watch Monday night’s presidential debate, the topic of conversation for the week will be the showdown… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Why It’s Bad News That Paris Global Warming Agreement Now Includes 60 Countries
Thirty-one countries joined the Paris global warming agreement this week, officially committing to the pact along with the United States and China. The agreement is… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Congress Has Little to Show for Its Work This Year
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are in a hurry to get out of town so they can hit the campaign trail and convince voters to send… Read More
Health CareNews
Why Pharmaceutical Companies Like Mylan Charge So Much for Drugs
In the wake of news that pharmaceutical company Mylan quadrupled the price of its popular EpiPen anti-allergy device over a few years, lawmakers want to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A GOP Congress Should Not Give Planned Parenthood Another Dime of Taxpayer Money
Planned Parenthood has once again proven it does two things exceedingly well—ending innocent human lives in the womb for a fee, and getting American taxpayers… Read More
InternationalNews
Syria Cease-Fire Collapse Highlights How Far US-Russia Relations Have Fallen
KYIV, Ukraine—The story is depressingly familiar. On Friday, the cease-fire in Syria, which was brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian… Read More
LawCommentary
House Passes Structuring Reform
For years, the IRS has used a law meant to facilitate the tracking of illicit financial transactions by drug and terrorist organizations to seize and… Read More
SocietyNews
Why This Graphic Designer Isn’t Talking About Her Christian Beliefs on Marriage
Lorie Smith, a graphic designer from Colorado, wants to create custom websites and designs for couples who are getting married. However, Smith, an evangelical Christian,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Alternative Energy Is Likely to See a Big Boost in Taxpayer-Funded Subsidies During Lame-Duck Session
Members of Congress are preparing to be quite active during the lame-duck session. That’s good news for cronies who want to use the political system… Read More
LawCommentary
A Conservative Take on Trump’s New Supreme Court Nominee List
On May 18, then-future Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump put out a list of 11 individuals, all sitting judges, who he would consider as a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Tax Increases Won’t Make the Budget Sustainable
In his final budget proposal, President Barack Obama proclaimed that the federal budget is “on a more sustainable fiscal path.” This is simply not true. Over the last two… Read More
LawCommentary
Massachusetts Supreme Court Says It’s Perfectly Legitimate for Black Men to Flee Police
Has it really come to this? On the heels of dramatic disagreement between the two major party presidential candidates about how to react to ongoing… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In New Spending Bill, McConnell Sides With Liberals, Ignores Conservative Priorities
After voting to proceed to a bill that didn’t exist earlier this week, the Senate has finally produced text of the continuing resolution, a short-term… Read More
LawCommentary
With DC District Court Oral Argument, a Chance to Push Back Against EPA’s Power Grab
On Sept. 27, the en banc panel of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia will preside over oral argument in State… Read More
EconomyNews
One Lawmaker’s Plan to Rein in Spending and Assert Conservative Principles
Before lawmakers in the House could read the Senate’s plan to fund the government after the end of the month, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was… Read More
EducationNews
Black Education Leaders Fight NAACP on Charter Schools
A group of 160 black education and community leaders from across the country are pushing back against an attempt by the National Association for the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Attacks From Left Drive Enterprise Out of Legislative Reform Group
The car-rental giant Enterprise has capitulated to liberal pressure groups and withdrawn from a network of lawmakers, researchers, and business leaders that advocates limited government… Read More
LawCommentary
This Judge’s Decision Was Wrong: It’s Not Racist to Not Have Straight-Ticket Voting
Is a right to straight-ticket (also known as straight-party) voting guaranteed under the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act? Any ninth-grader who has taken a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
GOP Senators Side With Democrats to Bail Out Union’s Pension Fund
It’s not every day you see a significant portion of Republican senators supporting a taxpayer bailout—especially for a private union pension plan. But today, six… Read More
