SocietyNews
How This Tea Party Hopes to Help Ferguson Merchants
Natalie DuBose, owner of Natalie’s Cakes & Things in Ferguson, Mo., lost her livelihood last Monday night. Earlier that night, a grand jury had gone public… Read More
Health CareNews
Tennessee Facing Fight Over Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
NASHVILLE—Tennessee Republicans, after having just increased majorities in the state’s General Assembly, likely will have to decide whether to expand Medicaid in the upcoming 2015… Read More
SecurityNews
Americans Should Fear Terrorists Crossing ‘Defenseless’ Border, Warns Tom Cotton
Arkansas Sen.-elect Tom Cotton shot back at NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd when asked whether his campaign rhetoric about the threat of terrorism on… Read More
LawNews
Lawyers on Both Sides of Ferguson Case Answer the Question You’ve Been Asking
The morning after Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson resigned, lawyers from both sides of the Michael Brown case appeared on “Fox News Sunday” to discuss the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Internet Doesn’t Need More Regulation, Mr. President
Like Theodore Roosevelt, Barack Obama knows that the presidency makes an effective bully pulpit — even when you have historically low approval ratings. He showed… Read More
EconomyNews
Why Did This Teachers Union Ban Coca-Cola?
American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest teachers unions in the United States, passed a resolution last week to ban Coca-Cola from its facilities… Read More
SocietyNews
Critics Claim Billion-Dollar Football Stadium Isn’t for the Birds
MINNEAPOLIS—Bird lovers launched a last-ditch drive at a Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority meeting to protect migratory species from what they consider a killer Minnesota Vikings football… Read More
SocietyNews
How Much Will Obama’s Immigration Order Cost Florida Taxpayers?
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Florida hasd the highest increase in illegal immigration of any state from 2009 to 2012, according to the Pew Research Center. By nature of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russia Intimidating Religious Groups in Ukraine
Remember the KGB? According to Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom, Andrew Bennett, Russia is back to its old tricks of intimidation—specifically in Crimea and eastern… Read More
EconomyNews
Teachers Union Lost 272,014 Members on His Watch, Then Gave Him a Big Raise
The recently retired president of the National Education Association received a huge pay raise this year even though the union he led lost more than 40,000… Read More
LawCommentary
Why Legalizing Pot Is a Bad Idea
At first blush, it may appear that the fight to thwart marijuana legalization is a lost cause. Pot pushers want you to believe that legalization… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Memo to Elizabeth Warren: Here’s the Right Way to Make Financial Markets Safer
Recently I had the pleasure of testifying at a Senate hearing. The topic was “Improving Financial Institution Supervision: Examining and Addressing Regulatory Capture.” “Regulatory capture” refers… Read More
EconomyNews
Virginia Woman Admits to $7.2 Million Child-Credit Tax Scam
More than a year after it was reported the IRS sent thousands of refunds to the tiny town of Parksley, Va., a woman has pleaded… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why Did Obama Ever Think Hagel Was Qualified to Be Defense Secretary?
Breaking news from the White House: Chuck Hagel lacks the skills to be defense secretary. Talk about understatement. That’s like the last soldier on the… Read More
LawCommentary
Obama Reverses Presidential Trend of Decreasing Abuse of Executive Power
Presidents in recent decades carefully tried not to overstep their executive authority in domestic policy. They may have pushed the envelope on national security and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Much Obamanomics Has Cost Us
What has been the price tag for the audacious Obamanomics experiment? How much has it all cost — the bailouts, the debt, the stimulus plans,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The 10 Steps America Should Take on Immigration Reform
President Obama’s executive action on immigration further damages our malfunctioning immigration system and, more importantly, threatens to upend our entire governing system. The president’s program… Read More
EconomyNews
40,000 Telecom Workers Don’t Want to Join Union but Must Pay Mandatory Dues
Communications Workers of America collects mandatory fees from more than 40,000 workers who don’t want to join the union. Based on the union’s 2014 annual report… Read More
SocietyNews
Daily Signal Story Inspires Social Media Action to Mend This Iraqi Boy Wounded in ISIS Attack
Ali Albayati, a neurologist in Iraq, learned of a little boy wounded in deadly bombings by ISIS terrorists the old-fashioned way: through a written story…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Progressives Seem Unaware the Election Results Proved Their Policies Aren’t Popular
I listened to progressive leaders for a full day last week—and learned they’ve got no new ideas to offer. The speakers at the 2014 Policy… Read More
SocietyNews
21 Photos Recap This Week’s News
This week was supposed to be a celebration of thanks and Americana. However, a grand jury decision in Ferguson shifted the nation’s focus to Ferguson,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How the Government’s Decision to Declare This Species Threatened May Hurt Its Survival
No good deed goes unpunished. Or at least, such was the case earlier this month when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Gunnison… Read More
LawNews
Did Dubious Ads Doom This Democrat’s Re-Election?
It has been more than three weeks since Election Day and Democrats in North Carolina have mulled and analyzed the reasons for their failures—from the drag on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Cartoon: Taxpayers Are Always on the Hook
From Rachel Greszler’s piece published Nov. 24: If you’re a worker and you have a pension, there’s a government agency that will pay that… Read More
SocietyNews
How a Former Governor’s Conviction Is Reverberating in Virginia
A Virginia Republican’s forthcoming retirement after three-and-a-half decades in the General Assembly could give Democrats a better shot at regaining control of the state Senate next year. Earlier… Read More
SocietyNews
Putting the Life of Her Unborn Baby First, Mother Dies After Giving Birth
In a selfless act, a mother from Aurora, Colo., made a decision during childbirth that put the life of her unborn baby son before her… Read More
SecurityNews
Watch This Unemployed Army Veteran Get the Surprise of His Life
After three years in the Army and deployment to Iraq, this soldier, like many others, struggled to pay the bills and find a job. So “Pranking It… Read More
EconomyNews
Storm-Smacked Governor Makes Sunny Forecast for State-Run Weather Service
It’s time New York had its own state-run weather service to predict severe storms such as the one that has battered Buffalo, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Should Be Grateful for Our Problems
It’s easy for Thanksgiving to boil down to little more than turkey, football and travel delays, but many Americans strive to make it more meaningful…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
What Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Tells Us About Separation of Church and State
At this time of year 150 years ago, in the middle of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln issued his second presidential proclamation setting apart the… Read More
