Political Commentary & Opinion

Former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said that racism in America is “foundational” and that people of color were under “mortal threat” from the “white supremacist in the White House.” Pete Buttigieg chimed in to explain that “systemic racism” will “be with us” no matter who is in the White House. Sen. Cory Booker called for…

Identity politics and group mentality is driving the left today, says David Limbaugh, author of the new book, “Guilty By Reason of Insanity.” “You can’t watch an award show without these people obsessing on race, gender, sexual orientation,” Limbaugh says. “That’s all they care about. And that they even wrap that into their Marxist economic…

Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued one proposed and one finalized rule, both with the aim of providing patients with transparency in prices for health services. These two rules came as a result of an executive order signed in June by President Donald Trump directing the Department of Health and Human…

Single-payer health care has become a mainstream position and popular talking point for Democrats, who promise government-sponsored coverage for all Americans. But they’re often less talkative about the questionable availability of that coverage and the specific means of paying for this kind of health care. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has been clearer than others about…

President Donald Trump recently announced major administrative actions that would lift the veil on health prices for hospital procedures and services covered by health insurance. As Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, declared: “Today’s transparency announcement may be a more significant change to American health care markets than any other…

The former senior director for European and Russian affairs for the Trump administration, Fiona Hill, testified last week in the House impeachment hearings. At one point, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., asked her: “Would you say that these different theories, these conspiracy theories that have been targeting you, spun in part by folks like Mr. Stone…

At age 19, Kathy Grace Duncan decided she was ready to live as a man. “Before I went to kindergarten, probably ages 3 to 4, I would ride my tricycle over to get my girlfriend, pick her up. We were going to get married,” she recounts. “So I knew that I wanted to be a…

There is a telling scene in Season 3 of the Netflix drama “The Crown” about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II that can instruct contemporary America about Democrats’ attempt to impeach President Donald Trump. The episode is titled “Coup.” Harold Wilson is prime minister of Britain. He has just devalued the British pound and a…

Rarely does a U.S. attorney general get such blowback for a non-televised speech at a university. Yet that’s what happened to Attorney General William Barr. On Oct. 11, Barr gave a speech at Notre Dame Law School that began with the unremarkable observation that “[f]rom the Founding Era onward, there was a strong consensus about…

This is the experience of just one American parent whose family has had to navigate the trans journey in recent years. To protect the identity of the child I will be deliberately vague about locations and some specifics. But the family was living in one of the big cities of America and have only fairly…

Andrew Beckwith calls a proposed law in Massachusetts what it is—a prescription for infanticide. Beckwith, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, explains why this bill would endanger women’s health and allow abortions to occur up to, and even during, delivery. Beckwith also discusses his institute’s effort to stand against transgender legislation. And he explains a…

Democrats and Republicans have been fighting over whether the person who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy–sparking the impeachment inquiry now underway against Trump– should be called to testify publicly. We believe the person, who is not technically a whistleblower, should be required to testify…

If the last 24 hours have proven anything about Chick-fil-A, it’s this: It was never about the chicken. For millions of Americans, there was a much deeper significance behind every decision to pull in the parking lot and walk through those doors. It wasn’t about the menu. It wasn’t even about the service. It was…

In the you-just-can’t-make-this-stuff-up category, we interrupt the impeachment proceedings to return to the Jussie Smollett drama.  The latest head scratcher is the fact that Smollett has filed a two-count counterclaim against the city of Chicago, claiming malicious prosecution. That’s right. Smollett is suing the city for malicious prosecution because he filed a bogus police report…