When Picking Apples on a Farm With 5,000 Rules, Watch Out for the Ladders
By Steve Eder • New York Times ALTAMONT, N.Y. — For eight weeks every fall, Indian Ladder Farms, a fifth generation family operation near Albany, kicks into peak season. The…
GOP Business Tax Cuts Force Other Countries to Compete
By Dan McLaughlin • National Review The Republican tax plan has a lot of moving parts, but its centerpiece is a major long-term cut in corporate taxes. American businesses have…
Unable to Win Elections, Liberals Turn to SCOTUS
By Kyle Sammin • National Review Last month, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gill v. Whitford, which concerns gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Gill is the latest of many instances in…
Media Blackout on Obama’s Hezbollah Scandal Revives the Iran-Deal ‘Echo Chamber’
By Jonathan S. Tobin • National Review In May 2016, deputy national-security adviser Ben Rhodes took a victory lap in the New York Times to celebrate the Obama administration’s signature…
Christmas Lessons from California
By Victor Davis Hanson • National Review Rarely has such a naturally rich and scenic region become so mismanaged by so many creative and well-intentioned people. In California, Yuletide rush…
Trump Is Winning – and Liberals Are Desperate
“Grinning proudly as blood gushed from his victim’s windpipe, House Speaker Paul Ryan reportedly slit an auto mechanic’s throat Wednesday to kick off the GOP purge of the working class.…
Trump must rebuff Russian influence in Bulgaria, a key NATO and US ally
Recent developments in Turkey and Russia have raised the strategic importance of the Republic of Bulgaria for the United States, NATO and the EU. This past summer, NATO staged major…
Trump administration ending ‘sue and settle’ is an important First step
Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is taking the lead on this, but expect it to spread to other agencies, including the DOJ. It’s a good start,…
The White House Shoots for the Moon
Earlier this month, President Donald J. Trump signed a space policy directive to “restore American leadership in space.” To the excitement of many, this directive includes sending men back to…
Dear Liberals, Ownership Isn’t Theft
by David French • National Review I’m starting to think that all too many Democrats believe that private citizens and private corporations don’t actually own their private income or their…
College Rejects Conservative Chapter Because It Doesn’t ‘Conform’ To School Values
by Grace Carr • The Daily Caller An Iowa college’s student government rejected a conservative club’s application to operate because the organization allegedly didn’t conform to the school’s mission. After…
Trump’s New National-Security Strategy Projects Confidence
by Jerry Hendrix • National Review President Trump today unveiled his new National Security Strategy (NSS), exceeding the expectations of the national-security community by producing a remarkably coherent NSS within…
Analysis: A $15 Minimum Wage Will Cost California 400,000 Jobs
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon California is projected to have a $15 statewide minimum wage by 2022. Economists project this will lead to a loss of 400,000 jobs,…
Waiting Times For Canada’s Single-Payer Health Care System Hit Record High
by Ali Meyer • The Free Beacon Waiting times for medically necessary health care services under Canada’s single-payer system have hit a record high, according to a report from the…
Tillerson’s ‘No Preconditions’ For North Korea Means Things Are Worse Than We Thought
by Megan G. Opera • The Federalist U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sent shockwaves through the foreign policy establishment this week when he suggested that the United States is…