10 Inspiring Teachers Worth Celebrating This Teacher Appreciation Week
To honor Teacher Appreciation Week this week, we asked you to send us stories about your favorite teachers. The response on Facebook and The Foundry… Read More
One Way to Stop American Jobs from Walking Away
Policy has consequences, and they’re often very predictable. For example, if you tax businesses more, they will be less likely to locate in your country…. Read More
EnergyNews
FY 2015: Yucca Mountain Circus Continues
Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to defend their budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2015… Read More
This Legislation Would Allow Companies to Offer Credentialed College Courses
Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., has introduced a proposal to fundamentally restructure higher education accreditation. The proposal would allow states to establish flexible accreditation models that… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
The Benghazi Select Committee Has Been Established. Why That’s a Good Thing.
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted, 232-186, to establish an investigative Select Committee on Benghazi. The committee, which will consist of seven Republicans… Read More
SecurityNews
House Conservatives Urge Democrats Not to ‘Mislead’ Americans on Benghazi
Anticipating this evening’s House vote to create a 12-member select committee on Benghazi, conservative Republicans earlier in the day urged Democrats to help Americans get… Read More
SecurityNews
Defense Cuts: Putting American Forces at Risk
Defense expert Max Boot shows in his recent op-ed how our nation’s servicemen and women will suffer under reduced defense funding. He argues that “it… Read More
Climate Games
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Climate Change Education Partnership, has helped fund a climate-change-related project at Columbia University called FutureCoast. It’s part of… Read More
Medicaid: Half of Doctors Won’t Accept New Patients
Merritt-Hawkins, a national health care search and consulting firm, recently released the results of a telephone survey that measures physicians’ ability or willingness to accept… Read More
Honoring the Unique and Lasting Impact of a Mother
Capturing the powerful impact of a mother on her children’s lives with his quintessential brevity and pith, Abraham Lincoln once declared, “All that I am,… Read More
LawNews
Guilty of Meanness: City Contemplates Criminal Penalties for ‘Bullies’
Ever texted something less than civil? Something that could be considered “mean,” even? If you do it a few times in the city of Carson,… Read More
California Leavin’: This State Is in a State of Denial
Everyone knows how you diplomatically break up a romantic relationship that has come to an end. The problem, you say to the one you’re splitting… Read More
Who Owns One-Third of American Land — And How It’s Holding Us Back
Did you know that the federal government owns nearly one-third of U.S. land? What are they doing with it, you might ask. And the answer… Read More
Why the Postal Service Was Right to Side With Junk Mailers Over Outbox
Unquestionably, the U.S. Postal Service must start acting like a business—and, as such, its decision to refuse to partner with start-up Outbox was a smart… Read More
SocietyNews
Moviegoers Focus on Pro-Family Film
Crowds packed out 723 theaters coast to coast as the movie “Irreplaceable” premiered last night to a total audience topping 97,000, Focus on the Family… Read More
SecurityNews
Gowdy: Benghazi Investigation ‘Transcends Politics’ but Requires Obama Administration’s Cooperation
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., newly chosen head of the House of Representatives’ Benghazi select committee, re-affirmed Wednesday his commitment to a fair investigation of the… Read More
Armed Services Chairman on Obama: ‘Our Foreign Policy Is a Mess’
President Obama’s wrongheaded view of the world has weakened America’s military and turned foreign policy into a “mess” — and Republicans bear some of the… Read More
White House Does Want an Energy Supply Line, but It’s Not Keystone
This week, Heritage chief economist Stephen Moore pointed out the national security risks of the development of an “environmentally friendly” energy supply line advocated for… Read More
Should a National Women’s History Museum Highlight Abortion Advocate Margaret Sanger?
Today, the House of Representatives will consider legislation to create a commission to study a proposal to build a National Women’s History Museum in Washington,… Read More
Well, I Guess Obama Hasn’t Healed the Planet
When Barack Obama won his party’s presidential nomination in 2008, he proclaimed that “generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Kerry Snubs Benghazi Subpoena
Secretary of State John Kerry today refused to comply with a subpoena to appear before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on May 21…. Read More
The ‘Cure’ for Climate Change Is Far Worse than the Disease
Manmade greenhouse gas emissions already are causing gloom and doom and adversely affecting our way of life. That’s the conclusion of the National Climate Assessment… Read More
Education News
George Will Demolishes Arguments for Common Core in Under Two Minutes
Conservative pundit George Will delivered a fierce attack on Common Core last night, characterizing the educational standards as a way for progressives to further promote… Read More
Health CareNews
D.C. Gets a New Obamacare Tax
The District of Columbia’s legislative body voted today to give its health exchange the power to tax any health-related insurance product sold in the city…. Read More
Don’t Reauthorize OPIC Without Debate
The proposed Electrify Africa Act of 2014 is intended to “encourage access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa.” That’s a worthy goal. However, the bill includes… Read More
Education News
Indiana Faces Consequences From Federal Government For Exiting Common Core
On Friday, the U. S. Department of Education sent a letter to Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz, threatening to revoke the state’s waiver… Read More
In TTIP Negotiations, Neither Side Showing Commitment to Liberalization
Even as the leaders of two major business groups in the European Union and the U.S. met to talk about the need for further trade… Read More
Energy News
Fact Checking the White House’s Bogus Climate Assessment
When he was President Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel made this disturbingly honest quote, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” The… Read More
What Your Congressman Isn’t Reading Could Be Costing You Money
How much does it cost to run the Senate hair salon? Lawmakers say they want to know. Or do they? Since its earliest days, Congress… Read More
Do Politicians Understand What Drives Efficiency?
In a Forbes magazine op-ed last week, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, touted his Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act as a way to promote energy… Read More
