Jim DeMint, a former senator representing South Carolina, is chairman of the Conservative Partnership Institute.
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Iran is the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism. Americans agree it should not have a nuclear weapon. President Obama’s Iran deal does not… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
It’s hard to believe what happened in Washington this weekend. The U.S. Senate attached an amendment resurrecting a dead corporate welfare program to the highway… Read More
SocietyCommentary
As we publish the second Index of Culture and Opportunity, I am reminded of the differences between how Washington operates and how real life happens… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Export-Import Bank is dead. Let’s keep it that way. This hoary relic of the Great Depression has been plagued with corruption and fraud. Its… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A video released last week by the Center for Medical Progress shocked the nation by showing an executive of Planned Parenthood sipping wine and casually… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In the midst of the horrifying allegations that Planned Parenthood has been selling organs of aborted babies, there’s been at least a bit of good… Read More
SocietyCommentary
During our last era of high immigration, remembered now as the “Ellis Island” age, our leaders would use the Fourth of July to stump for… Read More
LawCommentary
Conservatives are reeling after two outrageous decisions last week by the Supreme Court. In one case they reinterpreted Obamacare so that “established by the state”… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This morning, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of King v. Burwell which maintains, contrary to the plain language of the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
When I was first elected to Congress in 1998, South Carolina’s Fourth Congressional District was a reliably protectionist vote. In the words of former Sen…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Last weekend, I had the honor of attending a meeting of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists in Winchester, England. The organization consists of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists consists of members of the European Parliament who oppose the centralized power of the European Union; they favor… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In recent weeks there’s been a bit of controversy in Washington over an “alphabet soup” of legislation and tactics all dealing with trade issues. Amid… Read More
EconomyCommentary
There are two types of businesses: successful ones that don’t need financial assistance from the government, and unsuccessful ones that don’t deserve it. Those lucky… Read More
EducationCommentary
The following are Jim DeMint’s prepared remarks delivered to the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale University. I’d like to start out by telling… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why are Republicans cutting a deal with Nancy Pelosi to throw an extra $400 billion onto the national debt and calling it entitlement reform? This… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We’ve heard a lot about how Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion will be costly to states in the long run. Yet this hasn’t stopped some governors, who… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
It is never the right time to do the right thing in Washington, D.C. The phrase I heard most often from Republican leadership while serving… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Nearly nine out of 10 Americans skipped President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. According to Nielsen, only 31.7 million tuned in on Jan…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Growing up, most Americans are taught to treat everyone fairly and recognize the importance of equality under the law. Despite political disagreements and the headache… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Omar Mahmood, a junior at the University of Michigan, writes for both the mainstream campus newspaper, The Michigan Daily, and university’s alternative conservative publication, the… Read More
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Most Americans don’t watch C-SPAN and I cannot blame them. More often than not, it seems as though the Senate is in a quorum call… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Key Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber has been under a hot spotlight recently for disparaging comments he made about his fellow citizens. In a series of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Editor’s note: This column was originally published Dec. 5. On Dec. 12, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act. Page 1,163 of the National Defense… Read More
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With the midterm elections just behind us, Americans might think they can finally stop worrying about politics for a while. Not so fast! Now is… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s unfortunate that while we’re faced with so many critical issues like ISIS terrorists and unsecure borders, Washington is instead focused on delivering special favors… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The character of our culture has a lot to do with opportunity in America. I learned early on, from personal experience, that these two notions… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In the last several weeks, you might have heard for the first time of a little-known agency of the federal government called the Export-Import Bank…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Last month, with thousands of children streaming across our southern border and thousands more detained in poor conditions, President Barack Obama declared the situation a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This morning I read a piece in Politico about a difficult choice for Rep. Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee: reauthorize the… Read More
