Policy and Politics

The Language of Politics

Democrats and Republicans speak different languages — and it helps explain why we're so divided.

We should call evil by its name

Sen. Orrin Hatch: My brother didn't die fighting Hitler for Nazis to go unchallenged today.

SSA Gave $1.3 Million in Benefits to Criminals

Criminals who had defrauded government receiving benefit payments.

Being Christian In North Korea

Horrific New Details Emerge of Christians Being Crushed Under Steamrollers, Hung Over Fires.

Philadelphia Tax Makes Soda More Expensive Than Beer

Tax falling short of projections, forcing Philadelphians to buy soda outside of city

Why North Korea Is Threatening Guam

The U.S. territory is home to large military bases, and occupies a strategic place between the Korean Peninsula and the South China Sea.

Closed because of Soda Tax

One of many? ....CC Orlando & Sons, opened in 1948, closed because of Soda tax.

Pro-life laws do not harm public health

Researchers try to find evidence that pro-life laws cause public-health problems.

Stop Calling Jesus a Socialist

It must be said that Jesus was and is not a socialist by anyone's definition, save those of his revisionists.

Gone but not forgotten

Judge orders State Department to keep searching for Benghazi emails

A Very Fresh Face Is Running for Governor

Thanks to loose election rules, a 16-year-old is seeking the state’s highest office before he can vote himself

The best school district in America

In an Ohio suburb 20 miles outside Cleveland, a city where schools are failing by almost every measure

How a dog Named Brutus Was Used to Steal $36,000

Civil asset forfeiture is the formal name for this form of state sanctioned theft.

A scenario of Big Brother run amok that not even George Orwell could have imagined.

In NYC, No One is Safe from Big Brother – Not Even Man’s Best Friend

Government Has No Clue How Much Land It Bought With $815 Million

The Interior Department does not centrally track information about grants awarded for the purpose of acquiring land.

They Don't have to tell you

The FBI published the final rule this week.

How to stop robocalls to your cellphone

The federal and state “Do Not Call” lists are supposed to protect people from unwanted calls.

How one Texas parent is trying to solve a growing problem

No organization existed for higher-functioning autistic adults .

America’s kidney disease epidemic

The bipartisan Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017 (HR 2644) – was recently introduced.

Congressional Democrats propose greater federal control of the economy

The Democrats have offered a hodgepodge of targeted tax breaks coupled with a crackdown on specific companies they don’t like.