Why Candidates Matter Most
Next year you will enter the Twilight Zone where the governors of Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maryland are Republicans and the governors of North Carolina, Kentucky, and Louisiana are Democrats. It…
The Most Important News Story Right Now Isn’t Impeachment, It’s The Crisis In Mexico
Two important and interrelated news stories largely passed under the radar Wednesday as the House impeachment hearings continued to dominate the headlines. Both stories concern the deteriorating state of affairs…
The DACA Dilemma
A vexed Supreme Court is now considering the legal status of the highly popular program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, better known as DACA. DACA’s survival is now up for grabs…
European Union Slaps ‘New Kind Of Yellow Star On Jewish-Made Products’
Europe’s highest court isn’t exactly telling everybody to boycott Israeli food and wine. But they’re doing their darnedest to ensure Europeans don’t buy them. For anyone who missed the news, the Court…
Analysis: Media’s Biden Standard of ‘No Evidence’ Is a Double Standard
For three years many of journalism’s most prestigious news outlets won acclaim for making and repeating claims President Trump and his team had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016…
How A Russian’s Grocery Store Trip In 1989 Exposed The Lie Of Socialism
The fall of the Soviet Union is sometimes remembered as Nov. 9, 1989, the day the Berlin Wall symbolically collapsed. While the physical barrier endured for some two more years,…
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FTC – Coalition Letter on Data Sharing Practices of Ring
Dear Chairman Simons, The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) should open an investigation into Ring—a subsidiary of Amazon—and its data-sharing practices with law enforcement officials. Ring’s conduct raises a…
DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING IT HARD TO TAKE THIS SHAM OF AN IMPEACHMENT SERIOUSLY | OPINION
The Democrats promised the public hearings into the impeachment of President Donald Trump would produce bombshells proving he should be removed from office. Thus far, they’ve failed, making it hard…
Ukraine’s Opening
There are uncountable narratives when it comes to the actual and perceived domestic as well as international predicaments of the newly independent state of Ukraine. As a rule, known facts…
Sunset The Sun Power Tax Credit Now
The good times are back. The U.S. economy is performing at levels not seen in more than a decade, with unemployment at its lowest level in a lifetime. Still, it…
Trump should scrap the flavored vaping ban
ANALYSIS/OPINION: There are those who say vaping is a public health menace, that it’s designed to appeal to young people as a gateway to tobacco with no redeeming social values…
One’s a Crime, Three’s an Insignificancy
Pundits who spend their time on cable news wondering why so many Americans have tuned out their “country over party!” talk need look no further than at an excellent piece…
Washington Post Reporters Uncover Racial, Gender Pay Gap at Own Paper
A study conducted by Washington Post reporters uncovered evidence of a gender and racial pay gap at their own newspaper. A contractual agreement between the Washington Post Newspaper Guild and the Post allowed the…
Big Minimum Wage Hikes Harm Those They Are Intended to Help. Make These Reforms Instead.
In 2017, Target announced it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by the end of 2020, drawing praise from labor advocates who have called for other retailers…
The Berlin Wall Is Gone, but Its Lessons Remain
The Berlin Wall stood for 28 years until in 1989 a wave of citizen protest forced the East German Communist government to open its gates. We’ve now gone longer without…