SocietyCommentary
Rarely is an election about just one specific issue. But Eric Cantor’s position on immigration reform, which included supporting some types of amnesty, fueled his defeat…. Read More
When reports of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Operation Choke Point surfaced in 2013, the Obama Administration insisted that the program was meant to stop… Read More
EducationNews
America has seen a half-century of growing federal intervention in education. This centralization, however, has not led to improved educational outcomes. According to the National… Read More
EconomyNews
A Walmart store in Williston, N.D., is offering to pay entry-level workers as much as $17.40 per hour—nearly 2½ times the federal minimum wage—in an… Read More
SocietyNews
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, lost his primary election race Tuesday to a local economics professor in… Read More
SecurityNews
Conservative lawmakers today blamed President Obama’s policies for provoking a wave of unaccompanied immigrant children to cross the southern border into the United States. The… Read More
SocietyCommentary
President Barack Obama needs to own up and accept responsibility for the growing crisis of children who came to the United States illegally. In recent… Read More
EconomyNews
MIDDLESEX, Vt.—Gov. Peter Shumlin yesterday signed a law requiring businesses in Vermont to pay workers a minimum wage of $10.50. The kicker? Shumlin, a Democrat, staged… Read More
EducationCommentary
It won’t be as simple from now on for ineffective California teachers to coast off to a lifetime career on easy street. In a Los… Read More
The job market and student loan debt had lawmakers waxing philosophical at today’s Conversations with Conservatives event on Capitol Hill. “When I graduated from undergrad,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee released its draft bill today. It takes positive steps toward environmental regulation and nuclear waste management. But the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Sometimes religious liberty cases are black and white, but normally they’re various shades of gray and require careful critical thinking. They’re not so much a… Read More
SecurityNews
Hillary Clinton pushed back in an interview that aired Monday regarding accusations that she should have handled the security situation in Benghazi prior to the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency said a Heritage Foundation analysis of the agency’s war on affordable and reliable energy bore little resemblance to reality…. Read More
SocietyNews
Daniel Murphy, second basemen for the New York Mets, decided that skipping the first two games of the regular season to witness the birth of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
There are currently 38 countries in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Poland, a long-standing friend to the U.S. and destination point for President Obama last… Read More
SocietyNews
Two outspoken conservative lawmakers predicted John Boehner’s days as House speaker are numbered—despite an assurance from the Ohio Republican that he has every intention to… Read More
SocietyNews
Undocumented immigrant children, some as young as 5 years old and traveling with no parent or adult, are being dropped off by the busload in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The U.S. is the driver in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks and should take the lead in making Taiwan a part of it. Taiwan’s role… Read More
EconomyCommentary
One of the most persistent and misguided myths in economics is that trade deficits weaken the U.S. economy. For example, after the government released data… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Dietary Guidelines may soon be based on global warming as much as human nutrition. Currently, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) is working on… Read More
LawCommentary
The evidence is clear that Eric Holder and his political subordinates have politicized the Justice Department to an unprecedented degree — “worse than John Mitchell… Read More
SocietyNews
Illegal immigration is back in to the spotlight on Capitol Hill as the White House and congressional Republicans spar over the “urgent humanitarian situation” facing… Read More
EducationNews
Using his pen again in “this year of action,” President Obama today took executive actions to ease the burden of student debt at the expense… Read More
EconomyNews
A measure aimed at grounding an upstart airline offering affordable fares for transcontinental travel appears headed for a vote in the House of Representatives. The… Read More
Hayley Waring, a student at Southern Methodist University, has an opinion piece in The College Conservative about former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s commencement address… Read More
SocietyNews
Miss Pennsylvania Valerie Gatto, a contestant on last night’s Miss USA pageant, described herself as a “product of rape” in an interview with TODAY.com. Gatto… Read More
EconomyCommentary
House leadership’s recent proposal to use savings gained from reforming the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to bail out the dwindling Highway Trust Fund (HTF) has… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The House Financial Services Committee is set to mark up more than a dozen bills Tuesday, all aimed at reforming financial market regulations. Most of… Read More
SocietyNews
Prohibiting federal food stamp dollars from being used to buy sodas and sugary beverages could slash obesity and Type 2 diabetes in recipients, claimed a… Read More
