LawCommentary
Can the U.S. House of Representatives elect a non-member to the speakership? Disgusted by the dysfunction in Congress, some are suggesting that this is constitutionally… Read More
InternationalNews
PANGONG LAKE, India—At dawn, the old man stood outside his home on the Indian side of Pangong Lake, thumbing his prayer beads and chanting, “Om… Read More
EducationCommentary
I spend an enormous amount of time thinking (and worrying) about the children of Washington, D.C. Advocating for quality educational opportunities for them has been… Read More
SecurityCommentary
On this day in 1775, the U.S. Navy was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress. Throughout its illustrious history, the U.S. Navy has… Read More
SocietyNews
(Correction: This article originally stated Sue Thayer quit. However, she was let go from Planned Parenthood, and the headline and lede have been corrected to… Read More
PoliticsNews
Rep. Jim Jordan, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said Sunday that his group would consider supporting Paul Ryan for House speaker. House Republicans… Read More
SocietyNews
Protests outside Planned Parenthood clinics took place across the nation on Saturday. Spurred by the recent release of undercover videos of Planned Parenthood executives, a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
After the grim announcement last month that only four or five Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military personnel remained inside Syria, the Obama administration has… Read More
SocietyNews
President Barack Obama is deliberating an executive order that would escalate background check requirements in a revived gun control push following the deadly shootings at… Read More
SocietyNews
Former Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran lived the American dream. That is, until he was fired from his childhood dream job for writing a book… Read More
EconomyCommentary
PHILADELPHIA—A faction within the city’s largest teachers union is planning to challenge incumbent officers in next year’s elections because the faction’s members feel that their… Read More
SocietyNews
Evangelist Franklin Graham has called Christians to look towards God during a pivotal time in American election history. Graham will lead a nationwide prayer-focused tour… Read More
EducationNews
The primary purpose of Common Core’s implementation throughout the U.S. was to create a standardized testing system across states to level education requirements, but The… Read More
SocietyNews
Disability rights advocates are fighting back after Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., authorized assisted suicide in California. In a letter to lawmakers explaining his decision, Brown wrote… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The trust fund that helps pay for disability insurance under Social Security is on track to run out of money next year, a shortfall that… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The king of Thailand is dying. The bluntness of this statement will win no friends in Thailand—as the New York Times was reminded last week when its printer… Read More
SecurityCommentary
When heads of state gather, as they did for the United Nations General Assembly last week, you have a choice: Tune out, or prepare to… Read More
PoliticsNews
After a band of conservatives undercut Kevin McCarthy’s assumed ascension to speaker of the House, Republicans turned to the only person they see as indestructible:… Read More
PoliticsNews
In the week after the mass shooting in Roseburg, Ore., Senate Democrats gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to demand stricter gun control… Read More
LawCommentary
In another win for property owners, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked nationwide implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s and Army… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Important budget questions were discussed this week at a widely attended event by the Institute to Reduce Spending that featured Chairman of the House Budget… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Heritage Action for America’s Mike Needham wrote earlier this week on the speaker race: When Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced he would resign as speaker,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is finishing up new regulations that could ultimately shut down payday lenders, and there’s no indication they’ll change course…. Read More
PoliticsNews
A Gallup poll released Friday shows that 60 percent of Americans believe that the federal government has too much power. Where once distrust of government power was… Read More
LawCommentary
Are you skeptical of human-caused global warming or climate change like many respected scientists and climate experts? Then you should be prosecuted like a Mafia… Read More
EconomyCommentary
With the threat of a government shutdown largely averted (at least until December), Congress is turning to address other must-pass measures it has skirted this… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Is the world becoming safer or more dangerous? Few people would select the first option. It doesn’t take Russia launching air strikes in Syria (to cite only… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In last Friday’s press conference, President Obama called Vladimir Putin’s incursion in Syria “an act of weakness.” It’s his pat answer when Putin misbehaves. The… Read More
LawCommentary
Many on the left are in a ferment over Alabama’s closure of some part-time Department of Motor Vehicles offices. It’s being done for budgetary reasons,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The tech industry, now one of the largest private-sector lobbying forces in Washington, D.C., hasn’t had much to say as Republicans scramble to find a… Read More
