By: James Freeman – wsj.com – December 6, 2017 Investors have been expressing every way they can that pending federal tax reform is good for economic growth, as each day seems to bring new signs of confidence about future U.S. prosperity. Now comes word of a buying binge happening in a part of the automotive sector. According to the Journal:...

By: Cal Thomas – townhall.com – December 5, 2017 One way to kill a predatory animal is to deny it sustenance. The tax-cut bill passed by the Senate, if it clears a conference with the House and President Trump signs it, may be the first step toward starving the big government beast. Reporting on the Senate vote early Saturday morning...

By: Hugh Hewitt – washingtonpost.com – December 4, 2017 The Post reported that a former top FBI official, Peter Strzok, who had been assigned to and then removed from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation, had “exchanged politically charged texts disparaging [President] Trump and supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton” and that Strzok was “also a key player in the investigation...

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 Joe Carter – hegospelcoalition.org – June 8, 2017 The Story: In a confirmation hearing of an executive branch nominee, two U.S. senators imply that those who believe Jesus is the only way to salvation are “Islamophobic” and not fit for public office. The Background: Last year, a controversy erupted when a political science professor at Wheaton College decided to wear a...

by David French – nationalreview.com – June 8, 2017 At an increasing rate, Americans separate themselves into culturally and ideologically homogeneous enclaves. Last week there were two telling incidents — one small, the other more consequential — that spoke volumes about the state of our national life. Let’s start small. Over in Seattle, in the midst of a debate over...

The Labyrinth of Illegal Immigration By Victor Davis Hanson – February 23, 2017 12:00 AM Activists portray illegal immigration solely as a human story of the desperately poor from south of the border fleeing misery to start new, productive lives in the U.S. — despite exploitation and America’s nativist immigration laws. But the truth is always more complex — and can reveal self-interested...

Incompetence hinders party from accomplishing Trump’s agenda By Brian Darling 02/17/17 9:45 am On February 8, 2017, Matt Drudge tweeted, “No Obamacare repeal, tax cuts!” and “Republican party should be sued for fraud. NO discussion of tax cuts now.” Drudge was spot on. This week, Sen. Rand Paul (my former boss, it should be pointed out) stormed out of a meeting with Speaker of...

  President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance issued to public schools in defense of transgender student rights, reversing course on a signature initiative of former Democratic President Barack Obama. Obama instructed public schools in May 2016 to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms matching their chosen gender identity, threatening to withhold federal funding if they should...

A court decides that criminals should outgun citizens. by DAVID FRENCH February 22, 2017 3:10 PM What happens when you mix contempt for individual rights with a healthy dose of willful ignorance and fear? You get the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the court that’s teaching the legal Left the recipe for attacking the Second Amendment. Twice in less than...