Late Friday afternoon, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) opted into a federal tax credit scholarship program that could help families pay for tutoring, specialized services, reliable after-school care, technology, transportation, school supplies, or tuition. This showed political courage. The program is opposed by teachers unions. Hochul did the right thing anyway. Other Democratic governors should follow […]

In 1776, for the country’s first act of commemoration, the Continental Congress shipped Benjamin Franklin off to Paris with 300 pounds sterling for the proposed Gen. Richard Montgomery monument. Franklin hired Jean-Jacques Caffieri, and, under his chisel, the marble grew into an altar overflowing with Greco-Roman and Biblical symbols. The monument now decorates the facade […]

A lower mortgage rate may help a family afford a house, but it will never solve America’s housing affordability crisis. That is because the price of borrowing is only part of what determines whether a family can afford a home. The other side of the equation, which Washington has neglected for too long, is whether […]

Abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, imposing Medicare for All, and disarming Israel used to be policy positions confined to the fringe of the Democratic Party. Not anymore. Former President Barack Obama appeared in an ad supporting Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed on Monday, lending his prestige to all three extreme suggestions. But Obama’s embrace […]

Equal justice under law is supposed to mean something, and it isn't that government discriminates against citizens in favor of illegal immigrants.