The Real Value of $100
Kerby Anderson We all know that the cost of living varies from state to state and from city to city. The Tax Foundation has produced a map that shows the real value of $100 in each state. Prices for t...
Gender Identity
Kerby Anderson Could it be that nearly everything we have been told about sexual orientation and gender identity is wrong? A report published in the journal, The New Atlantis, seems to challenge conv...
Corporate Tax Rate Cut
Penna Dexter Currently, the House is considering the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. In order for tax cutting to work, we must boost economic growth. The president believes we can get the economy growing cons...
Wars by Atheists
Kerby Anderson One of the perennial arguments by atheists is that religion is dangerous and that religion has led to wars and untold suffering. I thought about that claim when I was interviewing Ray C...
Dangerous to Believe
Kerby Anderson Religious liberty is one of the foundations of America, and it is a right enshrined in the First Amendment. But Mary Eberstadt is concerned about the widespread discrimination in today’...
The Dumbest Idea
Kerby Anderson Thomas Sowell wrote about what he thinks is the dumbest idea in politics. Now when you are talking about politics and public policy, there are lots of dumb ideas but this one might be t...
Cost to Raise a Child
Kerby Anderson One of the reasons the fertility rate in America has been dropping is due to the rising cost of raising a child. Every few years, the Department of Agriculture recalculates the cost to...
Closed Minds
Kerby Anderson Thirty years ago, Allan Bloom wrote the book, The Closing of the American Mind. Charles Koch wrote an op-ed with the same title. There are some similarities between the two, but also on...
HHS Solicits Feedback
Penna Dexter The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is revamping its strategic plan for the years ahead. It is taking steps to reverse the pro-abortion emphasis the previous administration p...
Abortion Extremists
Kerby Anderson George Will asks an intriguing question in a recent column. “What would America’s abortion policy be if the number of months in the gestation of a human infant were a prime number—say,...
Pro-Choice Gotcha Arguments
Kerby Anderson Now that an abortion bill has made its way to the U.S. Senate, we are seeing a number of pro-choice arguments surfacing on social media. Some are gotcha questions intended to trip up th...
Everything All the Time
Kerby Anderson In many of my commentaries, I lament how just about everything has become politicized. We can attribute that to the fact that we live in a nation that is divided. But Daniel Foster has...
