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Heritage Foundation experts weighed in on the policies President Obama mentioned in his State of the Union Tuesday night—and how they hurt or help America…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
The White House announced today President Obama would veto the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act if it came to his desk. The bill, which is… Read More
EducationCommentary
When it comes to President Obama’s proposal of free community college for all Americans, middle-class Americans should just say no. Last week, the Obama administration… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Talk about a trainwreck. Today, California broke ground on another disastrous government-funded project: high-speed rail that will eventually go from San Francisco to Los Angeles…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Did you make a New Year’s resolution to read more in 2015? Heritage Foundation experts put together this list of recommendations that will give you plenty… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting doesn’t consider herself a feminist. “The Big Bang Theory” star danced around the question in a new interview. “Is it bad if I… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The media can’t stop cooing over Kate Middleton’s baby bump. “Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Bump Touch Down in New York City,” proclaimed a Daily… Read More
EconomyCommentary
No one needs to be able to buy a big-screen TV on Thanksgiving. That once seemed like a truth universally agreed upon. Sure, we kept… Read More
LawAnalysis
Sen. Rand Paul castigated politicians in an op-ed today about the unrest in Ferguson, Mo. “In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A Change.org petition to get the Duggar family’s show, “19 Kids and Counting,” off the air is gaining steam. The petition, which has gathered close… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Ah, the individual mandate. In 2015, if you don’t have health insurance, get ready to fork over $325 or a whopping 2 percent of your… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Brittany Maynard has died. Maynard, 29, died as she said she would in her video released last month: at the time of her choosing, an… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Brittany Maynard, the Oregon woman who made news earlier this month with her plans to die on Nov. 1, has released a new video announcing… Read More
SocietyCommentary
About three hours after this story was published, an apology statement from Costello was published in Politico. “Over the past few days I have been… Read More
SocietyCommentary
>>> UPDATE: Brittany Maynard announced in a new video that while she still intends to choose when she dies, “I still feel good enough and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This isn’t OK. The Supreme Court’s decision today to not hear any of the cases on same-sex marriage means, as my colleague Ryan T. Anderson… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
When then-pregnant Ashley Bridges found out she had bone cancer, she refused to have an abortion in order to have the recommended chemotherapy treatment. “There’s… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This is what we’ve come to: One of Mitt Romney’s former ad men has launched an entire campaign around the idea that “Republicans Are People,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
C’mon, Ruth. In an interview with Elle published Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said of current abortion restrictions that the U.S. has “gotten… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Today Texas Sheriff Gary Painter warned about the possibility that ISIS terrorists could cross the Texas-Mexico border. Painter told Fox News that close to the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Kate Middleton is known for setting trends with her outfit selections. But she’s really bucking the current societal patterns with her announcement today: She and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As thousands of fast-food workers participate in strikes today pushing for their wages to be raised to $15 an hour, it’s important to remember the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Reddit user “meancloth” shared this ultrasound photo of his twins yesterday. Apparently, one of these kids is already just a little bit of a show-off.
EconomyCommentary
California’s at it again. On Labor Day, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti is expected to announce a three-year series of hikes to the city’s minimum… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Planned Parenthood Action Fund released today a t-shirt designed by actress Scarlett Johansson that targets the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision. The front of the… Read More
LawCommentary
Do we really need to make this illegal? A city in Florida passed an ordinance “prohibiting pants more than two inches below the waistline,” according… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The average cost of raising a child is over $245,000 – and that doesn’t cover college costs. That number comes from a report released Monday… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., today blasted “big government” in response to the current situation in Ferguson, Mo. In an op-ed published in Time, Paul wrote,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The second most liberal city isn’t New York, famed for its war on Big Soda. It isn’t Chicago, where President Obama’s former chief of staff… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Food stamp use is on the decline. Finally. In recent years, the number of food stamp recipients has skyrocketed, growing by about 26.39 million people… Read More
