Washington’s Birthday Neglected Again
Another Presidents Day has come and gone, with another year of neglect of the father of our country. ...
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Republicans Divided in Response to Obama’s Budget
Republicans are unified in condemning the Obama big-spending budget, but they differ greatly in how to respond. Conservatives fear the response will be to agree to yet another budget...
Obama Sends His Final Budget to Congress
Obama's last budget can be summed up with the words of Harry Hopkins of the Roosevelt administration: "We will spend and spend, tax and tax, elect and elect." Some...
Trump Vows To Go Beyond Waterboarding
In the latest Republican debate, Donald Trump not only pledged to use waterboarding on suspected enemies, but a "hell of a lot worse." ...
Inside Track
The exodus is double the number of Jews who left Western Europe just two years ago, and nearly 8,000 of them were from France. ...
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Jimmy Carter: Trump (Malleable Views) Better Than Cruz (Aggressively Right-wing)
Jimmy Carter told the House of Lords that he would pick Donald Trump over Ted Cruz. How will that impact Republican voters in New Hampshire? ...
Congress Urged to Include Women in Draft Registration
The second shoe has dropped. Now that the Obama administration has opened combat roles to women, the next step is to include women in the draft. ...
NFIB Offers Alternatives to ObamaCare
The National Federation of Independent Business lost their lawsuit against ObamaCare before the Supreme Court, but it continues to offer alternatives to government-run healthcare. ...
New Push to Replace Jackson on $20 Bill
Political correctness dictates that a woman should take Andrew Jackson's place on the $20 bill, arguing that our seventh president was an unusually evil person. ...
Pro-life Leaders Challenge Trump in Iowa
Pro-life leaders have challenged the candidacy of Donald Trump in Iowa, saying the next president will likely appoint several Supreme Court justices and that Trump can't be trusted. Will...
Missouri Professor Faces Assault Charge
The University of Missouri is facing continued bad publicity emanating from its campus turmoil of last year. Now, a professor who joined the students in the protests has been...
Supreme Court to Rule if Obama Immigration Orders Violate Constitution
Obama's unilateral executive order on immigration will be reviewed by the Supreme Court to determine if he violated the Constitution's requirement that a president "take care" that the laws...
Uncivil War
In war, barbarities will inevitably occur. The Civil War was no exception, as exhibited by Camp Douglas. ...
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McConnell Would Give President Sweeping War Authority
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's proposal would give President Barack Obama, and the next president, sweeping authority to go to war against ISIS. ...
Oklahoma Legislator Seeks to Rein In Civil Asset Forfeiture
Civil asset forfeiture laws are an assault on the very concept of private property and the legal position that an accused person is innocent until found guilty beyond reasonable...
Congress, White House Ignore Grim CBO Debt Report
With the country heading toward ever-increasing debt, neither the Republican Congress nor the Democrat president appear prepared to take the needed action to solve the problem. ...
Friedrichs Case May Impact Religious Freedom If Forced Union Dues are Outlawed
A case before the Supreme Court will decide whether teachers who are non-union members should have to pay "agency fees" to the union. Interestingly, the case could also strike...
Planned Parenthood Sues Undercover Video Makers
Planned Parenthood took a major hit in 2015 with the release by the biotechnology company Center for Medical Progress (CMP) of several undercover videos in which officials of the...
Martin Luther King Day Based on MLK’s Image, Not Reality
Former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond once observed of Martin Luther King, Jr., "It may be that ... one reason he is so celebrated today [is] because we celebrate a...
University of Missouri Student Enrollment Down After Last Year’s Protests
The University of Missouri is beginning to pay a price for its promotion of radical causes. Football recruits are going elsewhere, and student enrollment is down. ...