SocietyNews
Is the IRS Going to Censor Sermons at Your Church?
An atheist group wants to censor what priests, pastors, rabbis and other clergy say in their sermons by threatening an IRS challenge of their tax-exempt… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Is America Heading In the Right Direction?
You’ve no doubt seen those polls in which Americans are asked if they think our country is heading in the right direction. Perhaps you’ve even… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Americans Should be Spooked by Argentina’s Fiscal Woes
Thursday’s headline in the Los Angeles Times — “Argentina Defaults on International Debt” — spooked me, as it did investors. The stock market tanked on… Read More
EnergyNews
Democratic Governor Brokers Deal to End Anti-Fracking Ballot Initiatives
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper brokered a fracking cease-fire this week, shutting down competing referendums for November’s ballot. Now, Colorado business and Democratic politicians are enjoying… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Is Putin About to Attack Ukraine?
Russia could double down on Ukraine anytime now. Undeterred by the West’s questionable response to the tragic Malaysian airliner shoot-down — or the moral and… Read More
EconomyNews
State Strikes Deal to Let Uber, Lyft Operate … With a Few Strings Attached
Virginia is open for business to rideshare companies Uber and Lyft—at least, for now, and with lots of strings attached. Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Attorney… Read More
SecurityNews
As ISIS Tells Yezidis to ‘Convert to Islam or Die,’ One Man Pleads for Help at White House
In January, Mirza Ismail married his wife, Nofa Kamal, in Sinjar, Iraq, near the mountainous region where today thousands of Yezidi Iraqis are stranded. After… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Meriam Ibrahim Is Safe. But Millions More Live Under Oppression.
As The Daily Signal reported last week, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, the Suadenese mother sentenced to death for her Christian faith, has arrived safely in… Read More
EconomyNews
Obama, Bill Clinton Push Ex-Im Reauthorization
President Barack Obama and former president Bill Clinton used the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit to push for the Export-Import Bank’s reauthorization. During the summit’s headline event,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Obama’s Africa Summit: A Few Positive Notes, More Questions
The first U.S.–Africa Leaders Summit concluded this week. President Obama has, quite expectedly, characterized it as “an extraordinary event, an extraordinary summit.” The three-day summit… Read More
Health CareCommentary
A Consumer Choice Option in Health Care
“Direct primary care” is a rapidly growing alternative to the traditional “fee-for-service” model of paying for medical care. Instead of the patient or his insurance… Read More
LawCommentary
Cyberbullying Law Struck Down in New York
A state court in New York recently struck down that state’s cyberbullying law as violating the First Amendment. The case arose when a 15-year-old Albany… Read More
LawCommentary
Traffic Fatalities of Marijuana-Positive Drivers On Rise In Colorado
On Tuesday, the Washington Post published an op-ed by pro-pot author Radley Balko headlined, “Since Marijuana Legalization, Highway Fatalities in Colorado Are at Near-Historic Lows.”… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Q&A: How Should the U.S. Respond to New Violence in Iraq?
Military expert Steven Bucci, director of the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation, takes your questions on the current situation in… Read More
EducationCommentary
Cartoon: Meet the Food Police
Students often hold bake sales to raise money for field trips and school equipment but a federal law championed by First Lady Michelle Obama to curb… Read More
LawNews
Critics of Race-Based Admissions Seek Decisive, Unequivocal Ruling From Supreme Court
It is beginning to look as if yet another case dealing with racial preferences in college admissions will make it to the U.S. Supreme Court…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Mandatory Labeling of GMOs Is Big Government and Anti-Consumer
Neither the federal government nor state governments should impose mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms in food. Here’s why. For thousands of years, humans have… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How Surrogacy Can Create Victims
A baby born to a surrogate mother Wednesday entered the world amid a messy custody battle. Former “View” host Sherri Shepherd and her estranged husband… Read More
Health CareNews
Insurance Giant’s Drop in Small-Group Plans Could Be Obamacare Trend
More Americans are enrolled in individual health insurance plans. In part, though, that’s because under Obamacare fewer are enrolled in group plans. And one health… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Krauthammer: Wrong and Right on Border Security
On Fox News, conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer rightly took President Obama to task for his tragic mismanagement of border security and immigration reform. With the… Read More
LawNews
Most of Government’s Own Watchdogs Say They’re Stonewalled
More than half of the federal government’s inspectors general have joined to lodge a formal complaint that the Obama administration places “serious limitations” on their… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A Border Agent Was Murdered. Genevieve Wood Weighs In.
“Under President Obama, just in 2013, ICE, which is responsible for getting people and deporting them, released over 30,000 criminals, illegal aliens who had committed… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court: What the Trend of Unanimous Decisions Really Means
Unanimity, collegiality, and nonpartisanship: These appear to be the goals for the U.S. Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts. This seeming… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why Obamacare’s $332 Million ‘Rebate’ to Consumers Isn’t That Great
It sounded like a big deal. The Department of Health and Human Services recently touted $332 million in rebates owed to consumers this year because… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Chile: Bachelet Fails First Test of New Term by Raising Taxes
Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile, is reforming the country’s education system and paying for it by raising corporate taxes. Bachelet aims to increase the corporate… Read More
Health CareNews
Despite Obamacare, High-Risk Insurance Pools Stay Afloat
SANTA FE, N.M.—Earlier this year, the board that runs New Mexico’s high-risk insurance pool agreed to pay up to $600,000 to an Albuquerque consulting group… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Carafano: Obama Has ‘Real Opportunities’ in Middle East
“[Obama] has some real opportunities here. Hamas has just been crushed. Egypt’s been a power broker here. He has a unique opportunity in this situation… Read More
EnergyNews
12 States Sue Obama Administration for Regulatory ‘Overreach’
Coal country is striking back at the federal government in the latest “war on coal” battle. Twelve states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Revitalizing the Caring Community
A recent report from the Harvard Graduate School of Education revealed that the overwhelming majority (80 percent) of 10,000 high school and middle school youths… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Hillary’s Hypocrisy: She Criticizes U.S. Messaging to Arab World Now After Doing Little While Secretary of State
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton repeatedly has sought to blame Voice of America and the other broadcasters for ineffectual U.S. messaging to the Arab… Read More
