Opinion

Industry groups are ramping up efforts to have President Donald Trump send the Kigali Amendment—a change to the Montreal Protocol—to the Senate for ratification. The amendment would phase out affordable refrigerants used in air conditioners and refrigerators for much pricier ones. That’s good news for the patent holders of the new refrigerants and the heating…

We break down the top media moments this week—and plenty of misses. CNN’s Jim Acosta made waves this week when he complained about his experience at a Trump rally in Tampa, Florida, saying he felt like he “wasn’t in America anymore.” But it didn’t stop there. Acosta questioned White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders,…

With the Coast Guard celebrating its 103rd birthday on Saturday, Aug. 4, now is a perfect time to honor one of the most versatile armed services of the U.S. military. While many people think of the Coast Guard as mainly saving lost boaters and arresting drug smugglers at sea, its duties and missions are much…

Being an active conservative on today’s college campus is no casual decision. Depending on the college, it can be costly, tiring, and infuriating, and exhausting. But it’s worth it. Since the beginning of my freshman year at Gettysburg College, I have served on the executive board of Young Americans for Freedom, the conservative activist group…

President Donald Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act on May 24 to, among other things, provide exemptions to smaller banks from several Dodd-Frank Act regulations. But although regulatory relief is welcomed, there is still a great deal of red tape to cut and revisions to make to permanently…

Listen here to the full podcast, which features an interview with Hans von Spakovsky on Philadelphia’s decision to stop sharing arrest data with ICE or read the lightly edited transcript of the interview below. Plus, we discuss The New York Times’ hiring of a journalist with a history of racist tweets toward whites, and these…

America’s history is filled with far too many instances where our military personnel were forced to rely on extraordinary bravery and sacrifice to make up for having inadequate and obsolete weapons and equipment. While we honor such dedication to duty, we owe our military better. That is why there should be serious concern about any…

“No taxation without representation.” It was the rallying cry of the American Revolution, and to this day remains printed on the license plates in Washington, D.C. Sadly, this important principle was recently swept away by the Supreme Court. In June, the court decided in Wayfair v. South Dakota to toss out a 25-year-old ruling that…