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By: James Piereson and  Naomi Schaefer Riley – wsj.com – November 17, 2017 United Way CEO Brian A. Gallagher at a human-trafficking forum in Alexandria, Va., 2015. Photo: Nick Wass/AP Images for United Way Worldwide The Trump administration has turned out to be a bonanza for the nonprofit world. Liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood…

  By: Chuck Bentley – crown.org – December 1, 2017 Dear Chuck, I’ve been inspired by Washington Redskins quarterback, Kirk Cousins’ frugality. Don’t you think more professional athletes and musicians should set his kind of example? Big Fan of Kirk’s Dear Big Fan, I not only wish more athletes followed his example, I think all of us could learn from…

By: Kevin Williamson – nationalreview.com – December 3, 2017 Presidents really only get to do one big thing, or maybe two. Abraham Lincoln saved the Union. Franklin Roosevelt got his New Deal and joined the war against Adolf Hitler. Lyndon Johnson expanded the welfare state and signed into law a landmark civil-rights bill. George W. Bush wanted to be a…

By: Hank Adler – townhall.com – December 3, 2017 Anyone who reads my commentary on Townhall.com knows that I believe there are areas of the Senate & House tax reform bills that could be improved. I am especially concerned about the general elimination of the casualty loss,  but I am firmly convinced that the first time there is another Bernard…

By: George Will – nationalreview.com – December 2, 2017 The conversation about a cake lasted less than a minute but will long reverberate in constitutional law. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear 60 minutes of speech about when, if at all, making a cake counts as constitutionally protected speech and, if so, what the implications are for…

By: Oliver Darcy – cnn.com – December 2, 2017 ABC News announced Saturday that it has suspended investigative reporter Brian Ross for four weeks without pay after Ross was forced to correct a bombshell on-air report about Michael Flynn. “We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday. The reporting conveyed by Brian Ross during the special…

By: Jeremy Herb, Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez and Marshall Cohen – cnn.com – December 1, 2017 Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about conversations with Russia’s ambassador and disclosed that he is cooperating with the special counsel’s office. Flynn is the first person inside President Donald Trump’s administration to be reached…

By: Guy Benson – townhall.com – November 30, 2017 In the interest of intellectual honesty and transparency, let’s begin with a few important concessions to skeptics of the GOP tax reform bill: First, not every single American would be a winner under the plan.  A small percentage of US taxpayers would see a tax increase (disproportionately, these would be higher-income…

By: Cortney O’Brien – townhall.com – November 30, 2017 Americans were rightfully outraged when they learned that members of Congress had used taxpayer dollars to pay settlement claims to alleged victims of sexual harassment. They were even more outraged when they saw the numbers. The secret payouts for harassment claims, of which there have been more than 200, amounted to…

By: David French – nationalreview.com – November 30, 2017 The First Amendment and nondiscrimination laws should point the Supreme Court to the just decision. Forgive me for starting a piece with the oldest cliché in the practice of law. As the saying goes, “If the law is on your side, pound on the law. If the facts are on your…

By: Liberty McArtor – stream.org –  November 30, 2017 The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The high-profile case deals with First Amendment rights and same-sex marriage. Defendants say the case will decide whether the government can compel speech that violates one’s conscience. Plaintiffs say it’s about whether businesses can discriminate. Backstory Phillips owns Masterpiece…