SocietyCommentary
Meet These Three Intolerant Liberals
We often hear those on the right branded as “intolerant.” We’re all a bunch of extremists who just want to shut down the other side,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Obama Administration’s Eighth Try on HHS Mandate and Religious Liberty Still Fails
The eighth time still doesn’t seem to be the charm for government bureaucrats. On Friday, the Obama administration released yet another revision to the Department… Read More
SocietyNews
15 Politicos Cool Down With ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
It’s the chilly challenge that’s sweeping the nation. So it’s no surprise that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has spread to Capitol Hill, state houses… Read More
LawCommentary
No Joke: Florida City Makes It Illegal to Wear Your Pants Too Low
Do we really need to make this illegal? A city in Florida passed an ordinance “prohibiting pants more than two inches below the waistline,” according… Read More
SocietyNews
Ebola Survivor Thanks God and ‘Thousands and Thousands of Prayers’ for Saving His Life
Dr. Kent Brantly, the 33-year-old missionary from Texas, is thanking God for saving his life after being cured of the deadly Ebola virus earlier this… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Tunisia: A “Start-Up Democracy”
The Arab Spring started in Tunisia, and while many argue representative democracy is simply not possible in a region plagued by strongman politics, manipulated economic… Read More
LawCommentary
Police Arrest Student for Shooting a Fictional Dinosaur
Dinosaurs may be extinct, but absurdity in public schools isn’t. Alex Stone is a 16 year-old student in Summerville High School in South Carolina. On… Read More
SocietyCommentary
More Women Picking Up Guns: ‘We’re Playing Golf Basically, Only With a Shotgun’
The number of American women picking up guns for fun is growing. There are now over 6 million female target shooters in the U.S. —… Read More
SocietyCommentary
If We’re Going to Enforce the Law Allowing Illegal Immigrants to Attend Public School, Let’s Enforce Border Laws
It’s so important we’re enforcing our border security and our other immigration laws and not just enforcing laws once these children and other illegal immigrants… Read More
EducationCommentary
A Narrative of Hope: Transforming Lives Through School Choice
Jason Tejada grew up in the Bronx and attended a school that struggled with frequent drug busts and violence. His mother, Luz, knew she wanted… Read More
EnergyCommentary
EPA Fails to Meet Federal Standards in Analyzing Impact of Regulations
Limited in their usefulness—that is the message one walks away with from the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) evaluation of the reports from the Environmental Protection… Read More
SocietyNews
A Morning in Immigration Court: Judge Hears 38 ‘Favorite’ Cases, Many He’ll See Again
“It is my favorite docket, the juveniles,” Immigration Judge John Milo Bryant says, unprompted, as he hears the case of 15-year-old Christian Hernandez, a recent… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Program Epitomizes Government Cronyism
Even bottom dwellers are getting special treatment in D.C. Unlike the joke that makes some lawyers mad, in this case I’m talking about catfish. Buried… Read More
SecurityNews
Pentagon Broke Law on Bowe Bergdahl Prisoner Swap, Government Audit Finds
The Pentagon broke the law when it swapped Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a former prisoner in Afghanistan, for five Taliban leaders, government investigators said Thursday…. Read More
SecurityNews
Rick Perry Urges Obama to ‘Eliminate’ Islamist Terrorists in Iraq
In a speech in Washington expected to focus on immigration reform and border security, Texas Gov. Rick Perry instead zeroed in on a crisis happening… Read More
SecurityNews
Immigration Isn’t Just an Issue for Lawmakers. Everyday Americans Say It’s a Big One, Too.
The flood of illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border has made immigration a top issue for Americans, new polling shows. Job-seeking U.S. citizens are increasingly… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
378 Reasons You’ll Never Think of Starbucks Drive-Through the Same Again
For 11 hours Wednesday, customers ordering at the drive-through window at a Starbucks in St. Petersburg, Fla. paid for the cars’ order behind them, Tampa Bay… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Let the Market Decide Wind Industry’s Fate
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz recently praised the growth occurring in the wind industry in his remarks on the release of two Department of Energy (DOE)… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Rick Perry: Under Obama, ‘We’ve Been Retreating From the World Stage’
Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, talks about what’s changed since he ran for president in 2012, militarization and Ferguson and President Obama’s foreign policy.
SocietyCommentary
Sugar Consumption: A Taxable Sin?
Rasmussen Reports recently conducted a survey on the public’s opinion of “sin taxes”—i.e., taxes on such things as alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana. One question on… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Missile Defense Symposium Measures Missile Threat
Last week, Huntsville, Alabama, hosted the 17th annual space and missile defense symposium. The symposium is always a good barometer of the mood within the… Read More
SecurityNews
How Would Rick Perry Stop ISIS in Iraq?
“They need to be eliminated, and they need to be eliminated now,” Texas Gov. Rick Perry said of the growing threat of the Islamic State,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Do Doctors Lean Right or Left?
Are physicians’ political views shifting to the left? The authors of a recent study published in “JAMA Internal Medicine,” conclude that between 1991 and 2012,… Read More
LawNews
Poll: Majority Think Letting 9-Year-Old Play Without Supervision Should Be Illegal
A South Carolina woman, Debra Harell, was arrested last month for letting her daughter play unsupervised in the park. According to a new poll released… Read More
SecurityFeature
Paycheck for Terrorism: $5,300 for Suicide Attack
For the first time, startling details are being made public about the millions of dollars funneled from Middle East charities to Islamic terrorists and their… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Cartoon: Democrats React to Rick Perry’s Indictment
Is this what they wanted?
EducationCommentary
Teacher Support of Common Core Drops Dramatically
Schoolteachers’ support of Common Core national education standards has dropped significantly since 2013. The annual PDK/Gallup poll, released on Wednesday, found that 60 percent of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Warning Signs: ICANN Headed in the Fundamentally Wrong Direction
A recent bylaw proposal from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)—which controls the Internet’s naming function and is currently being transitioned from… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Free Lunch for Students Who Don’t Need It
On July 1, the Obama Administration began distributing free lunches to kids who don’t need them. Under the new Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), only 40… Read More
LawCommentary
Should a High School Student Get Suspended for Saying ‘Bless You’?
That’s what one student at a Tennessee high school is claiming happened to her. Kendra Turner, a senior at Dyer County High School, was given… Read More
