Political Commentary & Opinion

In July, Adam Grant, organizational psychologist at Wharton Business School, tweeted: “Agendas aren’t driven by problems. They’re driven by solutions. Calling out what’s wrong without proposing ways to make it right is complaining.” This week, complaining was the order of the day. The complaining was largely done by enthusiastic minors, to the raucous applause of…

The House of Representatives is about to consider a bill called the Safe Banking Act, which, like many titles of federal laws, is completely misleading.  It should be called the “Let’s Pretend Marijuana Is Safe and Give Pot Pushers, Cartels, and Terrorist Organizations Access to Our Banking System” Act.  Don’t hold your breath for a…

The entire American left—the mainstream media, the environmentalist movement, and Democratic politicians in particular—are celebrating the involvement of teenagers and even younger children in protesting the world’s “inaction” with regard to global warming. And not just the American left, of course. The left throughout the world is celebrating. A 16-year-old Swedish girl whose contempt for…

An earlier version of this post was based on a summary of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s prescription drug pricing bill that was leaked to the press prior to the bill’s introduction. The post has been updated and revised to describe the bill as introduced and to incorporate additional material. The House of Representatives this week…

For the federal government, September is the real holiday: with the federal fiscal year ending, it’s spending mayhem. Adam Andrzejewski of Open the Books joins us to explain just how much spending occurs at the end and what can be done. Read the interview, pasted below, or listen on the podcast: We also cover these…

Confirmation hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Sept. 19 were full of fireworks aimed at three nominees of President Donald Trump, but none made a dent in the nomination of Michael Pack, the administration’s pick to be chief executive officer at the U.S. Agency for Global Media.   Pack made a persuasive case…

The introduction of penicillin in the 1940s was a revolution in medicine. Within a decade of its widespread use, however, bacteria began to develop resistance to the drug. Since then, pharmacologists have been waging an ongoing battle to overcome infectious microbes’ resistance to lifesaving drugs. The Democrats’ insistence on single-payer health care and demonization of…

Students, young professionals, and not-so-young Chinese have now demonstrated in Hong Kong for many weeks, despite the brutal attempts by the government to stop them. The police have used clubs, tear gas, and water cannons—everything but dogs—to silence them. “If we didn’t protest,” one young woman said, “this might become just another Chinese city.” Why…

Education is fundamental to American flourishing. However, many young people today are not being taught how to think critically, to reason, or even to understand our nation’s founding principles. Billy Planer founded Etgar 36 in 2002 in an effort to educate students on America’s history and to teach youth how to have meaningful discussions around…

I never expected my weekly morning ritual of coffee and crepes at a popular local coffee shop would be interrupted by a vulgar, verbal attack that would make national headlines. On Sept. 11, a cafe employee in Lincoln, Nebraska, named Natalie Weiss recognized me from across the room as an employee of the Nebraska Family…

Prayer at legislative gatherings is as old as the United States—perhaps older, if we reach back in time to the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth Rock.  Legislative prayer is such a traditional part of who we are as a country, in fact, that it should be one of the least questionable topics of our day.  That’s…

The Electoral College is under fire. Again. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., recently proposed killing it on the grounds that the presidential selection mechanism leads candidates to focus on just a handful of “swing states” that are most likely to determine the election. If presidents were picked via a nationwide popular vote, she implies, candidates would…

For those seeking to understand how the left has weaponized American institutions in its quest for power, “Power Grab” by former Rep. Jason Chaffetz is required reading.  The former congressman from Utah and onetime chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee pulls back the curtain on the money-laundering schemes of the left’s gigantic…

Do you consider America to be your home, or just the place you happen to live?  Sept. 22 has long been a meaningful date for me and my family. That’s the day, in 1862, when Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. This year, as that date approached, I was listening to one of my…

Since the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, the LGBT movement not only has instigated lawsuits alleging discrimination, but has committed to cultural influence, too, particularly targeting America’s youth. The LGBT movement has begun to infiltrate libraries, children’s activities, and youth sports programs. Now it’s shoelaces. United Soccer Coaches dubbed…