Louisiana activated the latest “separation of church and state” hysteria this week when Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) signed legislation requiring all classrooms to display a poster of the Ten Commandments. The response was predictable howling that the legislation violated the separation of church and state. The American Civil Liberties Union announced it would file a […]
Summer’s here, and the time is wrong for voting in the booths. The personal ratings of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron have never been lower. The British and French economies are feeble, and Sunak and Macron’s parties are deeply unpopular with their publics. Yet both leaders have called snap elections […]
A recent Fox News poll drew wide attention when it showed President Joe Biden pulling marginally ahead of former President Donald Trump for the first time since October. His 2-point lead was due to an 11-point swing among independent voters, who had favored Trump by 9 points in May. This good news for Biden may, […]
Media reports indicate that Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and her fellow Democrats are pushing forward with antitrust bills that would grow government power over the economy, exacerbate Big Tech censorship, and blow a hole in the TikTok divestment law. Republicans should vote “no.” House Democrats are set to reintroduce the “American Innovation and Choice Online […]
Considering the polarization that has afflicted politics in recent years, it is remarkable that Congress can agree on anything. A happy exception to that rule was the recent passage of the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, which is designed to jump-start America’s ailing nuclear energy industry. The bill was […]
America is in a debt crisis that is both deep and wide. More than 43 million Americans hold some amount of student loan debt, with the amount this spring standing at more than $1.7 trillion. Credit card debt also tops $1 trillion. All told, Americans carry nearly $18 trillion in personal debt. Our national government […]
Overcome with Trump derangement syndrome after the brash billionaire from New York launched his candidacy in June 2015, the Left threw out the playbook for how political campaigns should be run. Although politicians have been fighting dirty throughout history, up until then, most had managed to stay within the bounds of decency and the limitations […]
The struggle against ideologies that seek to divide America advances in fits and starts. This month we saw great progress in the introduction of a bill to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates throughout the federal government. But it was a different story a week later when lawmakers were lobbing rhetorical softballs at the DEI-loving […]
More than 30 Philadelphia coffeehouse workers are out of work after a successful attempt to unionize resulted in an unexpected cost: their own jobs. “It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the closure of all three OCF Coffee House locations,” OCF Realty posted on Instagram last week. “After 13 wonderful years of […]