Communism’s Legacy: Tyranny, Terror, and Torture
By Richard M. Ebeling • Foundation for Economic Education In August of 1993, I was invited to participate in a conference in Vilnius, Lithuania on “Liberty and Private Business.” This…
Snopes and Editorializing Fact Checks
By Bill Zeiser • Real Clear Politics We at RealClearPolitics’ Fact Check Review are making an earnest effort to better understand how fact checkers work — and to share our…
We Are Not Doomed
By David French • National Review This morning, the New York Times published an essay by University of Notre Dame English professor Roy Scranton that began with this remarkable paragraph:…
Space Is Key Priority—But Via Commerce Department?
The Trump Administration has set a new course for American leadership in space, prioritizing space exploration and innovation — a welcome and necessary change to U.S. policy. Reconstituting the National…
Liberals Don’t Fear Brett Kavanaugh, They Fear The Constitution
By David Harsanyi • The Federalist The other day Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in Israel to receive an award for her commitment to tikkun olam (“to heal the world”…
6 Big Changes Coming To Public Schools And Politics Thanks To The Supreme Court’s Union Smashdown
By Joy Pullman • The Federalist Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME that people cannot be forced to pay unions they don’t want to join,…
Manchin Praises SCOTUS Nominee Kavanaugh for Having ‘All The Right Qualities’ to Be Confirmed
By Cameron Cawthorne • Washington Free Beacon Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee for having “all the right qualities.” But he stopped…
How Expanding Medicaid To Able-Bodied Adults Is Stripping Care For Disabled People
By Charlie Katebi • The Federalist Over the last several years, states that expanded Medicaid to able-bodied adults have seen costs skyrocket and patients lose access to critical medical care.…
The Past, The Present And The Future of US-Russian Relations
Nobody can ever wholly escape the mixture of positive and negative influences of his or her times and country. Neither are politicians across the globe exempt from the deeply ingrained…
A Worthy Pick
By The National Review Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s new nominee for the Supreme Court, is a whip-smart legal conservative. As a judge in the highest-profile appeals court in…
Tax Cut Criticisms Grow More Incoherent
By Brian Riedl • Investor’s Business Daily The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) remains controversial, with public opinion evenly split and many Democrats campaigning on repeal. However, the…
The Death Pangs Of A Militant Theocracy And The Inevitable Demise Of The Islamic Republic of Iran
After almost four decades of ruthless oppression of the Iranian people, the indiscriminate terrorization of the greater Middle East and beyond, the absolute reign of the Shi’a Mullahs is nearing…
Partisanship & Violence In Congress: The Caning Of Senator & Abolitionist, Charles Sumner (1811-1874) (R-MA)
Washington is a city that has long been known for partisanship. Even as respected and honored as he was, George Washington was viciously and unjustly attacked by partisans. Thomas Paine…
Wrong Statue of Liberty on Stamp to Cost US Postal Service $3.5 Million
By Michelle L. Price • Boston Globe LAS VEGAS (AP) — A stamp that mistakenly featured the image of a Statue of Liberty replica in Las Vegas instead of the…
Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Will be a Game Changer
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement is inarguably a game-changer. It will take some time and depend on who President Donald Trump picks as his replacement to see just how much. For…