InternationalNews
DHARAMSHALA, India—When Sonam Dorjee was a Buddhist monk at the Debung Monastery in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, he would not kill an insect. After… Read More
LawCommentary
Pushing the boundaries of jelly science is risky. You may sell food labeled as “jelly” only if it has a combination of two, three, four… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Should a 20 year-old’s possession of cigarettes within any 1.33-square-mile area be a crime? Lawmakers in Grandview Heights, Ohio, thought so until some vocal opponents… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a lame-duck Speaker John Boehner have once again linked arms with a lame-duck President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Why is Planned Parenthood interested in a local school board election in the battleground state of Colorado? That is what parents and voters are asking… Read More
EconomyNews
Two conservative lawmakers are accusing Republican leaders of using an accounting gimmick in their budget deal—a “trick” that mimics a tactic Democrats employed to pass… Read More
EconomyNews
Despite overwhelming opposition from the majority of Republicans, the House of Representatives voted to pass a two-year budget deal today that raises spending caps by… Read More
Health CareNews
A preliminary look at 2016 Obamacare shows that consumers on the federal health exchanges will have differing experiences. The Obama administration has announced that the… Read More
SecurityNews
The United States is scaling back its military while nations hostile to American interests continue to grow in strength and aggression, according to The Heritage… Read More
EconomyCommentary
When I had just started to raise a family, and I struggled to make my small business turn a profit, I had to make decisions… Read More
SocietyFeature
HYATTSVILLE, MD—It’s 3 o’clock on a Monday in October, and Vianelly, a 19-year-old mother of two, is reflecting on the string of memories that led… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Is multiculturalism a decent if banal posture that basically boils down to respecting other cultures and getting sloshed on St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de… Read More
SocietyNews
A size five ring is almost as big as the hand of baby Sophia Reneigh Reynolds. Born at one pound, two ounces, Sophia spent the… Read More
PoliticsNews
Rep. Paul Ryan is House Republicans’ nominee to be their next speaker. Behind closed doors and by secret ballot, 200 Republicans nominated Ryan for speaker…. Read More
EconomyNews
The chairman and former chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, a group of the most conservative senators, are urging their colleagues to oppose the budget… Read More
Health CareNews
A 10th co-op created under Obamacare has collapsed. Combined, the failed nonprofit insurance companies have received more than $1 billion in loans, with more than… Read More
LawCommentary
In an eight-page letter last week to the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Justice Department informed Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., that it… Read More
EducationCommentary
From the administration that brought you Common Core national standards and tests comes the news that the White House and Department of Education now are… Read More
EconomyNews
In an interview Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, doubled down on his promise to filibuster the Boehner-Obama budget deal reached by President Barack Obama and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If Taylor Swift decided she’d help Uncle Sam with some of those interest payments on our $18.1 trillion national debt, she’d have to do… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Halloween is looking especially scary this year. On Monday, Republican leaders in Congress declared an unconditional fiscal surrender to President Barack Obama and the left,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Recently, Iran conducted a successful test of a new precision-guided, long-range ballistic missile—dubbed “Emad.” This test is an outright violation of United Nations Security Council… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Does legalizing physician-assisted suicide lead to a drop in the suicide rate? As counterintuitive as it sounds, some advocates of assisted suicide have been making… Read More
EconomyNews
Rep. Paul Ryan, the leading candidate to be the next House speaker, announced today he will support the budget deal negotiated by Speaker John Boehner… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The state of our military isn’t good. The Heritage Foundation released its 2016 Index of U.S. Military Strength today, and its findings are cause for… Read More
LawNews
House Republicans, enraged by the inaction that has hindered federal investigations into the IRS, introduced a resolution Tuesday to impeach Commissioner John Koskinen, charging him… Read More
EconomyNews
Nearly four months after Congress shut the door on the Export-Import Bank and allowed its charter to expire, 127 Republicans and 186 Democrats voted to… Read More
EconomyNews
House Speaker John Boehner’s budget deal has earned him praise from the White House and congressional Democrats, but conservatives are unhappy with the package, saying… Read More
SocietyNews
Stuart Bowen, the inspector general of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, told The Dallas Morning News that a whistleblower alleging Medicaid fraud at Texas… Read More
PoliticsNews
A leading House Democrat has indicated that the party’s leadership is considering not participating in the Energy and Commerce Committee’s new select investigative panel on… Read More
