Public battling between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) over proxy voting in Congress has come to an end, but its implications are only beginning to emerge. The question that animates them: What does it mean to “represent” another? For Luna and others, especially bill co-sponsors Reps. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), […]
The entire staff of the Institute for Museum and Library Services was recently put on administrative leave. The Institute is an independent federal agency with an annual budget of $266 million it doles out to museums and libraries. Sounds wholesome, doesn’t it? Think again. You may never have heard of the IMLS, but you probably […]
It has long been clear that when Democrats and their media allies fret about “the state of democracy,” they are really only concerned about not getting what they want. Speaking at Hamilton College on Thursday, former President Barack Obama accused the nation of being inadequately protective of democracy — by which he meant, of course, […]
Forty-three savages who murdered cops have walked free over the past eight years, thanks to the radical Parole Board members then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed...
President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs should take effect this week. The Heard Island and McDonald Islands, uninhabited territories of Australia, were among the countries and territories affected. Critics quickly said that the tariffs on the islands would be ineffective, as the islands don’t export to the United States. They mocked the policy as “penguin tariffs” […]
