SocietyNews
Second National Day of #ProtestPP Being Held
#ProtestPP, a coalition of pro-life groups, is holding its second national protest of Planned Parenthood on Saturday. The protests will be held at numerous locations… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Nearly 1,000 People Move From Blue States to Red States Every Day. Here’s Why.
The so-called “progressives” love to talk about how their policies will create a worker’s paradise, but then why is it that day after day, month… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
How Obama Has Divided America for Political Gains
A politician being cynical is not exactly a “man bites dog” story, as seven years of President Barack Obama has taught us. But when the… Read More
EconomyNews
House Republicans Team Up With Democrats to Force Vote on Export-Import Bank Reauthorization
House Republicans joined forces with more than 100 of their Democratic colleagues today in supporting a measure to force a vote on reauthorizing the Export-Import… Read More
LawCommentary
How Obama Is Planning to Bypass Congress on International Climate Change Regulations
It’s almost winter in Paris, and soon the City of Lights will be blanketed beneath a heavy layer of foreign bureaucrats and climate change negotiators…. Read More
EconomyFeature
‘Building Up Skills’: How St. Coletta’s Shops Fill a Gap for Adults With Disabilities
It’s a warm Friday in September, and Devonte Barksdale is spending it inside, beading necklaces. “That’s what we gotta do,” he says. Barksdale, 23, is… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Rising Terrorist Threat in Bangladesh Needs US Attention
Assassinations of two international aid workers in Bangladesh over the last ten days have raised concern that global terrorists are taking advantage of political polarization… Read More
SocietyNews
Houston Mayor, Former Baseball Star Spar Over Ordinance About Bathrooms, Gender
Former Astros baseball player Lance Berkman and the mayor of Houston are in a tussle over an ordinance that would allow people of any gender… Read More
SocietyNews
NY Times Report: Number of Oregon Natives Want Guns After Massacre
The tragedy at Umpqua Community College in Oregon has reignited the national gun debate. Unlike President Barack Obama, who called for stricter gun control, The… Read More
InternationalNews
Does Obama’s Iran Deal Violate Federal Law?
Does the Iran deal violate a 2012 law related to sanctions relief? A Fox News report Thursday raised questions, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, thinks… Read More
EconomyNews
Meet the Single Mom Who Took On the IRS
Sabina Loving always knew she wanted to work for herself. So much so that, when an abandoned storefront was renovated and became available for rent… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Appeals Court Rules It’s Time for the NCAA to Pay Up
On Sept. 30, 2015, in O’Bannon v. NCAA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued an opinion holding that the National Collegiate… Read More
PoliticsNews
House Judiciary Rolls Out Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee stamped their mark on a criminal justice initiative to reform federal sentencing. With bipartisan signatures of support, Judiciary Committee… Read More
PoliticsNews
Is a Short-Term Speaker the Answer? House Republicans Consider Possibility
House Republicans are scrambling after Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s shock announcement that he was withdrawing from the speaker’s race. Some have floated the idea of… Read More
SocietyNews
Former Planned Parenthood Patient Tells Congress It Should Be Defunded
A post-abortive woman testified before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Planned Parenthood Thursday that she regrets her abortions, and that she believes that the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
McCarthy Was Forced to Drop Out Because Conservatives Are Fed Up With Establishment Leadership
What difference can around 40 votes make? In the case of who will be the next speaker of the House of Representatives, it turns out,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
States of Emergency
Last week I attended the National Emergency Management Association annual forum in Miami. As Hurricane Joaquin formed in the Atlantic, I had a unique opportunity… Read More
EducationCommentary
‘You’re It’: School District Bans Tag During Recess
Update: According to The Seattle Times, “[t]he Mercer Island School District reinstated the game of tag following an outcry from parents” on September 25, 2015…. Read More
SocietyNews
Audit: IRS Fails Transparency Test on Over 1 in 10 FOIA Requests
A new audit shows that the Internal Revenue Service improperly withheld information from requesters under the Freedom of Information Act 12.3 percent of the time…. Read More
EconomyNews
Food Truck Owners Are Fighting San Antonio in Court Over Regulations
Steaming mad at an ordinance targeting their business, four food truck vendors are hauling the city of San Antonio into court. Facing $2,000-a-day fines for… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Reality That Drove Kevin McCarthy’s Exit From the Speaker Race
When Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced he would resign as speaker, conventional wisdom in Washington dictated Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., would be the next to… Read More
EconomyNews
Can the Government Competently Regulate Fantasy Football?
Daily fantasy sports players want to know which employees have access to user data after a DraftKings employee accidentally leaked vital information online on the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Fair Pay Act Will Hurt Women in California
California’s attempt to reduce the so-called pay gap through its recently passed Fair Pay Act will hurt women. Women should be paid the same amount… Read More
PoliticsNews
After McCarthy Drops Out, House Freedom Caucus Stands by Daniel Webster for Speaker
The House Freedom Caucus is standing by its man. After Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, once the leading man to become speaker of the House, abruptly… Read More
EducationCommentary
Boehner’s Final Push for Parental Choice in Education
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, who will retire at the end of October, will not be leaving office without one final push for… Read More
PoliticsNews
Kevin McCarthy Explains Why He Quit House Speaker Race
Shortly after telling his Republican colleagues he was dropping his bid to be the next speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.,… Read More
PoliticsNews
Kevin McCarthy Drops Out of House Speaker Race: ‘It’s Best We Have a New Face’
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has ended his bid to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives. McCarthy, the current House majority leader, was the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Why We Should Have a Debate on Birthright Citizenship
The recent national debate about the impact of illegal immigration on America is needed and welcomed. Each year, 10 percent of all births or almost… Read More
EconomyNews
Teachers Union Significantly Ups Spending on Political Activities, Boosts Liberals
The 2015 American Federation of Teachers annual report shows a left-wing political machine humming on all cylinders—with teachers buying the gas. For the fiscal year ending June 30,… Read More
EnergyNews
New York Gov. Cuomo Rejects New Evidence, Continues to Forbid Fracking
For officials in the economically depressed region of New York state known as the Southern Tier, two recent hydraulic fracturing studies gave them the slightest… Read More
