Articles

By: Staff – firstliberty.org – December 11, 2019 Statement on the Confirmation of Former First Liberty Institute Network Attorney Lawrence VanDyke to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Washington, DC—The following statement may be attributed to Hiram Sasser, General Counsel for First Liberty Institute: “I am thrilled to see that Lawrence VanDyke has been confirmed to the U.S….

By: John Zmirak – stream.org – September 24, 2019 I think we can all agree it was unfair, what happened to Greta Thunberg. We need to make sure that kind of treatment is never meted out to a mere kid, ever again. Media outlets, politicians, and ordinary people around the world rushed to demonize her, and we should all be ashamed…

By: John Zmirak – stream.org – May 23, 2019 We’re entitled to feel some hope as a wave of pro-life laws is sweeping American states. These laws will likely force the Supreme Court to re-examine the lawless, incoherent decisions on which our status quo now rests: Roe v. Wade, Doe v. Bolton, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. We welcome such laws. And we…

By: Carter Page – WSJ.com – December 10, 2019 My name is Carter Page, and I wish you were hearing it for the first time. If you were, I could introduce myself—a former naval officer who has worked for political figures from both parties. But my identity has been reduced to a series of false accusations. If something isn’t done to…

By: Jerry Dunleavy – washingtonexaminer.com – December 10, 2019 U.S. Attorney John Durham’s inquiry into the Russia investigation is not expected to wrap up until the spring or summer of 2020. Attorney General William Barr, who is overseeing Durham’s work, gave the first hint on Tuesday about when that Justice Department investigation might conclude, one day after the agency’s inspector general released a…

By: Rich Lowry – nationalreview.com – December 10, 2019 Who is it again who’s threatening our democracy? The Democrats believe that the 2020 election is too important to be left to the voters. It’s obvious that President Donald Trump withheld defense aid to Ukraine to pressure its president to commit to the investigations that he wanted, an improper use of his power…

By: Robert Rector – dailysignal.com – December 08, 2019 The Trump administration on Wednesday released a final rule strengthening work requirements in the food stamp program. Predictably, it set off alarms on the left. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted, “My family relied on food stamps … when my dad died at 48. I was a student. If this happened then, we…

By: Daniel DePetris – washingtonexaminer.com – December 09, 2019 Anyone with eyes can see quite clearly that U.S. involvement in Afghanistan is an unmitigated failure. The war in Afghanistan, now in its 19th year, is about as protracted and bloody as it has ever been. Throughout the entire conflict, hawks have told skeptical voters to sit down, be quiet, and leave it up…

By: Al Perrotta – stream.org – December 9, 2019 The Department of Justice Inspector General has put out his long awaited report on the FISA abuses by the Obama FBI, but Attorney General William Barr and U.S. Attorney John Durham aren’t buying what Michael Horowitz’s summary is selling. Or at least what the media has immediately begun peddling. You can read…

By: Merrill Matthews – ipi.org – December 3, 2019 We say “easy” only because the mechanics of cutting $640 billion from the federal budget wouldn’t be hard. Politically, it would be extremely difficult because taxpayers and the states are addicted to federal largess—even though taxpayers provide the money that the feds give back to them. A recent Pew Charitable Trust paper gives…

By: Derek Hunter – townhall.com – December 5, 2019 The idea of price controls is an easy sell to people who don’t know any better. But history has repeatedly shown they not only don’t work, they’re a disaster. That they are a disaster might be why the idea is gaining so much traction among Democrats both running for president and…