Trump Administration Goes on Offense on Immigration
With the Supreme Court shutting down legal opposition to President Trump's travel ban, it appears that his administration is over playing defense on immigration. ...
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“Regulation Freedom Amendment” Targets Genuine Problem, Proposes Bad Solution
The saying, "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions" may very well apply to a misguided effort to rein in the federal bureaucracy's making laws through rule-making....
U.S. Economic Upsurge and Trump’s Tax and Tariff Policies
With some warning that Trump's actions on trade and taxes spell impending economic doom, the facts speak otherwise. ...
Supreme Court Upholds Trump “Travel Ban”
In a stunning victory for President Trump, the Constitution of the United States, and for the American people, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Trump’s “travel ban” in a decision...
FDR Granddaughter: Trump Immigration Policies Worse Than FDR Internment of Japanese
Anna Roosevelt thinks President Trump's enforcement of federal immigration laws is worse than her grandfather's mass internment of American citizens of Japanese descent. ...
Children’s Book Award Named After Wilder Changed for Political Correctness
Not content with trashing figures such as Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, or even Founding Fathers such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the political-correctness crowd now wants...
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Wisconsin’s Legislative Districts
The Left's effort to move us closer to a unitary democracy, and away from a federal republic, was defeated at the Supreme Court last week. ...
The Passing of Charles Krauthammer
Political analyst and and commentator Charles Krauthammer was a mixed-bag for conservatives — though he professed to be conservative in later life — with an interesting life. ...
Rasmussen Poll: Americans Blame Immigrant Parents For Family Separations
A new Rasmussen Poll indicates that a majority of Americans blame illegal aliens — not President Trump — for family separations. ...
Hispanics to Outnumber Whites in Texas By 2022: What’s the Political Significance?
Will Texas be California in another generation? ...
Statue of Liberty Not a Symbol of Open Borders
The open borders crowd has stolen the idea of the Statue of Liberty for their own political goals, as many recent political cartoons illustrate. ...
Republicans Respond to National Furor on Border Separations
With concerns mounting about negative political consequences of the border separations issue, Republicans in both the executive and legislative branches need to be careful that their cure is not...
Cruz Bill Would Speed Up Deportations
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is attempting to "thread the needle" on the recent media attention about illegal immigration family separations through the introduction of a new bill. ...
The Foreign Affairs Worldview Has a Leftward Tilt
Defenders of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) sometimes argue that it has no political bias, but a close reading of its publication, Foreign Affairs, reveals a different conclusion....
Financial Analysts Predicting End of the Bull Market
Boom and bust is more a result of government-caused inflation than any action taken in the free market. ...