1971—In what politics professor Shep Melnick calls “one of the most confused and internally contradictory opinions ever issued by the Supreme Court,” Chief Justice Warren Burger’s...
While Americans fill their gas tanks for around $4.10 a gallon and $5.60 for diesel, Irish drivers and other Europeans are paying $8.55 for gas and nearly $9.60 for diesel. That is not a market accident. It is the direct result of Europe’s aggressive carbon taxes, excise duties, and net-zero ideology. In Ireland alone, the […]
When a member of Congress announces “resignation effective immediately,” Americans should hear the quiet click of an escape hatch locking behind them. That is exactly what Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) did this week. Gonzales first framed his exit as a dignified “retirement,” but facing mounting pressure, he reversed course in […]
Texans love to say, “As Texas goes, so goes America.” I would argue that what happens in Texas affects the world. In many ways, that has been true in the fight for religious liberty for the last 70 years. A new battle over religious liberty is brewing in the race to represent Texas in the […]
People often ask why I am running for Congress. My answer is simple: I am running because I love America, something my opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), would never be able to say. I am running because I have seen firsthand what the world looks like without the freedoms this country represents. I have seen what […]
Making competition more difficult through regulation and licensing requirements in order to maintain standards is often just a cover for protecting certain industries from new competition. That’s exactly what’s going on with the District of Columbia’s blocking of the ride sharing platform Empower. Service on the app has been suspended for a week as Empower […]
Trust in higher education is near an all-time low, and a new Yale University report suggests colleges have only themselves to blame. In addition to problems such as high prices, opaque admissions processes, and declining academic standards, the report highlighted that many universities have become “intellectual and ideological echo chambers, out of touch with the American nation and out of […]