After battling with Democrats and teacher unions, Texas conservatives are celebrating the successful launch of what is likely to become the largest school-choice program in the country.
New GOP legislation would give parents direct payments from Title I funds when schools close for extended periods, allowing families to choose alternative options.
“When riots broke out recently at a prison in Cuba’s Ciego de Avila province, the videos that circulated showed something remarkable,” reports Daniel Allott:...
History doesn’t always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others’. Example: President Woodrow Wilson, a stubborn Southerner, refused to involve any Republicans, all Northerners in those days, in treaty negotiations after World War I. His treaty version, which would require the United States to go to war on a […]
A U.S. Navy submarine has sunk an Iranian warship, the Dena, operating in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka. The ship had a complement of approximately 180 sailors. War is hell, especially for sailors stuck on sinking ships. Young conscripts with no great love for their regime likely drowned alongside regime fanatics in this attack. […]
New Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger does not mind if immigrants who illegally reside in her state commit multiple crimes, including murder. In fact, she wants to roll out the red carpet for them. Abdul Jalloh, an illegal immigrant with 30 prior arrests, allegedly stabbed to death a woman in Fairfax County, Virginia. His rap sheet […]
The Education Department has begun displaying “Heroes in American Education” banners on its Washington, D.C., headquarters — pairing canonical figures such as Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr., Booker T. Washington, and Anne Sullivan with conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The inclusion of Kirk has sparked sharp criticism, not only because of his polarizing politics, but […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. March 4, 1776 The day has come. Eleven months after […]
A troubling trend has been escalating across the Northeast, where states such as New York are enacting so-called “climate superfund” laws. These laws seek to impose sweeping financial penalties on energy producers for past activities that were perfectly legal at the time. In doing so, these efforts raise serious questions about causation, fairness, and accountability. […]
