Political Commentary & Opinion

It’s no secret that Democrats want to raise taxes on the rich. They are less willing to admit that their plan would actually raise taxes and shrink economic opportunity for the middle class. Since the 2017 tax cuts are now two years old, it’s worth revisiting the most universally agreed upon Democratic proposal to raise…

Thanks to the Justice Department inspector general’s report, we now know for certain what has been, for those paying attention, fairly obvious. The Steele dossier played a central role in the genesis of the Russia hoax and was used to justify extensive spying on former naval officer and Annapolis graduate Carter Page. The top two…

It’s been two years this month since Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, providing the first major tax reform since 1986.  It was a historic overhaul that has delivered tangible benefits for our national economy. The tax cuts lowered our federal corporate income tax rate, which was hurting…

A parade was scheduled for the morning of Saturday, Dec. 16, 1944, for members of 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division in Diekirch, a small town in Luxembourg. The division had been sent to the area for some welcome rest and refit after continuous fighting in the months since the D-Day invasion in…

At first glance, the new nationalism of conservatives will seem benign and even uncontroversial. In his book “The Case for Nationalism,” Rich Lowry defines nationalism as flowing from a people’s “natural devotion to their home and to their country.” Yoram Hazony, in his book “The Virtue of Nationalism,” also has a rather anodyne definition of…

“To me, capitalism is irredeemable,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., declared amid the lavish surroundings of the 2019 South by Southwest conference. The present state of affairs in America is “garbage,” she added, because “if you don’t have a job, you are left to die.” These are not the ravings of a beret-clad beatnik waxing nostalgic…

Congress and the media obsess endlessly over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached. Both ignore $23 trillion of bigger problems. That’s how deep in debt the federal government is now, and because government officials keep spending much more than they could ever hope to collect in taxes, that number will only go up. It’s…

Another day in Washington, another practical, bipartisan solution thrown out of the window and replaced with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s political games and partisanship. The political sideshow of the day? It’s H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act—Pelosi’s inappropriately titled proposal to address the high cost of prescription drugs. The issue of high drug…

The Merriam-Webster dictionary—that reliable source for simple, straightforward linguistics—has released its 2019 Word of the Year, an annual trend since 2003. Only, I hate to break it to you, the word is “they.” “They,” you say? As in, “They looked up the word ‘they’ in the Webster dictionary?” No, not that kind of “they.” That’s…

You’d think that liberal news outlets would get tired of schlepping around the Southern Poverty Law Center’s baggage. After a devastating year—one that saw all of SPLC’s top leadership resign over workplace sexism and racism—it seemed, at least for a while, that the media would stop propping up the disgraced anti-Christian cesspool of bigotry. Apparently…

Should conservatives embrace nationalism? A panel of Heritage Foundation scholars discussed why they shouldn’t on Monday, highlighting their views in a debate currently facing American conservatives and many countries throughout the West. So-called national conservatives sparked considerable discussion at a conference in the nation’s capital in July and a number of scholars have been advocating…

Who better than a finger-wagging teen bereft of accomplishment, or any comprehension of basic economics or history, to be Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2019? Greta Thunberg’s canonization is a perfect expression of media activism in a deeply unserious time. Has there ever been a less consequential person picked to be Person of…

The angry backlash against their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman started on social media. Soon activists called for a boycott. Then officials banned them from selling in a key market. Faced with mounting social, economic, and legal attacks on their business, the company’s leadership was faced with an impossible decision:…

It might surprise you, but it’s true: Today, more women than men consider themselves to be pro-life.  According to the 2019 Gallup poll on values and beliefs, 51% of women consider themselves to be pro-life, compared with 46% of men who self-identify as pro-life. Why do fewer men identify as pro-life? Possible explanations abound.  Is…

Louisville, Kentucky, public school teacher Paul Barnwell was distressed by his 11th-grade students’ response to this hypothetical moral quandary: “If your significant other commits a felony where people are gravely injured, do you report them to the police?” To his dismay, the students resoundingly responded “No!” His students’ reaction made Barnwell recognize the absence of…

Kelsey Bolar, the original host of “Problematic Women,” is back in our studio, joined by her new baby girl. Bolar shares her experience as a first-time NICU mother, how it has affected her pro-life views, and what this new season of motherhood has taught her. We also get her takes on the news she’s missed…

Raphael Rodriguez recently made the switch from smoking marijuana to vaping it, after taking a trip with a friend to a medical marijuana dispensary in Michigan. Rodriguez believed vaping to be safe, as he purchased his cartridges at a “licensed and regulated” dispensary. Then last month, as reported by The Toledo Blade, he found himself…

Last month, the House of Representatives passed a bill known as the SAFE Banking Act, a seemingly innocuous bill offering the nascent, state-legal marijuana industry access to banks. Interestingly, many House Republicans who claim to oppose marijuana legalization voted in support of the bill. Some claimed the bill was a vote in support of the…