Political Commentary & Opinion

The Zika virus continues to be a problem that must be addressed. The mosquito-borne virus is now known to be transferable from human to human through sexual contact, even up to six months (it may be more) after developing symptoms. It’s still unknown whether men with Zika who never develop symptoms have the ability to…

The rule of law requires an orderly and predictable judicial system that guarantees citizens the right to seek redress through the courts for wrongs they suffer. Congress’s proposal to address Puerto Rico’s economic and fiscal crisis through the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Security Act throws all that aside by implementing a stay on…

Today, the United States and its allies face a wider and more serious array of threats than at any point since the end of the Cold War a quarter of a century ago. While the demand for troops to confront these challenges is increasing, the size and readiness of the U.S. Army is in steep…

Twenty years after the welfare reform of 1996, House leadership is once again turning attention to policy for fighting poverty. Reforming the massive welfare system, which includes 80 programs at a cost of $1 trillion annually, must be a top policy priority for conservatives in Congress. The 1996 reform and policy lessons since show how…

Two weeks ago 42 Republicans voted to endorse President Barack Obama’s transgender agenda. They did it by voting for the Maloney amendment, which affirmed Obama’s 2014 executive order barring “discrimination” on the basis of “sexual orientation and gender identity” in the private employment policies of federal contractors. Over the weekend, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., posted a…

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration continued its overreach into Americans’ dietary choices, seeking to manipulate consumer behavior so that Americans eat food that government bureaucrats think is ideal. The FDA released voluntary sodium reduction goals seeking to lower individual sodium consumption to 2,300 mg per day. This would be achieved by “encouraging” manufacturers, restaurants, and…

The administration and congressional Democrats are teaming up to force a taxpayer bailout of private unions’ underfunded and over-promised pension benefits. On May 6, the Treasury Department rejected a plan by the Central State Teamsters trucking union to reduce some of its pension benefits to prevent the plan from going belly up within a decade….

This article was originally published in 2016.  June 4 marks the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, a day that will live forever in Chinese history, no matter how hard the Chinese Communist government tries to deny it. Twenty-seven years ago, on June 4, 1989, the streets of Beijing were filled with the sounds of machine…

There are only a handful of organizations whose sole mission is to travel across the United States and allow Americans to see their military up close and personal. Among them are two teams that showcase the professionalism and leading edge technology of the most powerful Navy and Air Force the world has ever known. They…