Political Commentary & Opinion

Reducing inefficiency in government is always good, and reducing the size of government organizations generally promotes efficiency. But not always. In some cases, cuts hurt effectiveness, and cutting the uniformed Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is one of those cases. One of the favorite targets of would-be reformers seems always to be anyone wearing a…

It’s going to be a busy week in Washington with Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings taking center stage. The Senate Judiciary Committee starts with opening statements Tuesday, followed by two days of testimony from Kavanaugh on Wednesday and Thursday, then outside witnesses on Friday. On today’s show, we feature The Daily Signal’s interviews with two…

USA Today columnist Christine Brennan was highly critical of Tiger Woods earlier this week for his refusal to weigh in on the politics of the day. Brennan, along with several reporters at Woods’ press conference following a recent tournament, seemed upset because he would not opine on the subject of President Donald Trump and race…

If you were debating the arms trade, what would you want to talk about? Iran’s support for the Houthi rebels in Yemen? China’s sale of arms in Africa? How guns flow from Libya to ISIS? No, that’s boring. How about debating which bureaucrat should control the travel stipends to attend the debate? That’s the good…

The Senate is gearing up for its most contentious fight of the year: hearings to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Tom Jipping, a Heritage legal scholar and a veteran of past nomination battles, shares what we should expect. Plus: The Justice Department takes sides in the legal fight between Harvard University and Asian-American…

Brown University takes down a study because the transgender community didn’t like it, actress Alyssa Milano “lends” her voice to protest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, women are freezing their eggs at younger ages than ever, Twitter (once again) shows its bias by declining to take down threats against the lives of National Rifle Association…

The House and Senate have passed their own farms bills and are currently working out differences to come up with a final bill. At a minimum, there are three reforms that conservatives should expect in any farm bill. 1. Stronger Food Stamp Work Requirements For conservatives to support any farm bill, Congress should adopt the…

A hundred Facebook employees have joined an online group for ideological diversity at the social media giant—and of course, it’s generating controversy. We discuss with Rob Bluey, our editor-in-chief. Plus: In the age of Tinder, more young people are rediscovering the value of so-called slow dating. We also cover these stories: White House counsel Don…

As debate grows in the United States over whether to ditch private health insurance and put everyone on a government-run health care system, it’s worth taking a look at how Britain’s government-run system is doing—and it’s not looking good. Britain’s National Health Service suffered particularly last winter from a bad strain of influenza and, unfortunately, this summer hasn’t…

Those leading the charge for single-payer health care claim to enjoy wide support among voters. In 2016, they put that claim to the test in Colorado, asking voters to amend the state constitution to create ColoradoCare, a single-payer bureaucracy designed to “administer a coordinated payment system for health care services and control the per capita…

During the Obama years, red states found themselves battling together on the front lines to defend liberty against an overreaching federal government. Attorneys General Ken Paxton (Texas), Doug Peterson (Nebraska), and Alan Wilson (South Carolina) discuss what they learned. Plus: If any anonymous source backtracks, shouldn’t it make a difference? We discuss the latest media/Russia…

The Immigration and Nationality Act mandates that all immigrants and refugees undergo a medical screening examination to determine whether they have an inadmissible health condition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has technical instructions for medical examination of prospective immigrants in their home countries before they are permitted to enter the U.S. They are…

One of the most important books of the 20th century—it remains a best-seller 59 years after it was first published—is “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl. Marx saw man’s primary drive as economic, and Freud saw it as sex. But Frankl believed—correctly, in my opinion—that the greatest drive of man is meaning. One can…