Failure of the Texas Power Grid
Things are surreal here in Texas right now. From Dallas to San Antonio, century-old low temperature records were shattered almost every day this week. The state is blanketed in snow and ice, and the p...
School Choice Case
Last week, First Liberty Institute and the Institute for Justice (IJ)—a leading nonprofit law firm in school choice issues—petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appellate court decision in ou...
Government Spending and Fraud
We knew that with the speed Congress rushed to write and pass the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) last March, very little attention was given to the potent...
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden Wants to Weaponize the IRS, Again
The fallout from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building has reached the level of chilling. Leftist politicians and commentators are uniformly referring to the riot as an "insurrection" while s...
False Claims about Capitol Riot
Insisting on factual accuracy does not make one an apologist for the protesters. False reporting is never justified, especially to inflate threat and fear levels.
We Didn’t Have a Vaccine When We Took Office
President Biden was slammed by conservatives on social media after saying, “We didn’t have a vaccine,” when he came into office on Jan. 20.
Rush - Voice Like No Other
His death is a powerful loss to conservatism. His life was an inspiration and a lighthouse.
Equity versus Equality
President Biden preaches unity but practices division. Witness his “Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government,” part of an unpr...
Seven Gray Swans: Trends That Threaten Our Financial Future
A Gray Swan is a term used to describe a potentially very significant event that is considered unlikely to happen but still possible. Because there is a slight chance the event will occur it should be...
Climate Hysteria
This past Sunday, Bill Gates (net worth, $133 billion) and Anderson Cooper ($110 million) got together on 60 Minutes to discuss the numerous sacrifices Americans will be expected to make to avert an i...
Preserving Religious Freedom More Important Than Ever
A recent New York Times column suggested, among other things, the appointment of a cross-agency government task force to deal with disinformation headed by a “reality czar.” Apparently, George Orwell’...
Our Illiberal Moment
Voltaire’s apocryphal maxim “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” is in the process of being turned squarely on its head. Today, a more suitable rendering...
