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Progressives’ Crusade Brings New Heat to Natural Gas Stoves
Natural gas is coming under fire. Again. Localities across the U.S. are pursuing bans on natural gas appliances under the banner of fighting climate change and meeting the Biden administration’s lofty aspirations of net-zero…
Senate Democrats’ Double Standard on Judicial Nominee ‘Blue Slips’
With the 118th Congress underway, the Senate’s process of evaluating President Joe Biden’s judicial nominations has resumed. This means that, joining death and taxes on the certainty list, is pressure for the majority to rig…
What Ex-State Department Official Would Have House Committee Ask TikTok CEO
Keith Krach, former undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, and the environment in the Trump administration, is adamant about what questions he would have lawmakers ask TikTok’s chief executive officer, Shou Zi…
Are We the Byzantines?
When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had up to that point survived for 1,000 years beyond the fall of the Western Empire at Rome. Always outnumbered…
A Prison Tale of ‘Greed and Ego,’ Rehabilitation, and Redemption
I took a flight from Los Angeles to Minneapolis and was picked up at the airport by a black driver. His name is Davis. He looked mid-20s, but it turned out he was 39. He was charming, soft-spoken, friendly and became…
If You’re Woke and Go Broke, Should Taxpayers Pay Your Bills?
It’s feeling like 2007 all over again as Silicon Valley Bank and other financial institutions are going belly up and asking for bailouts from the federal government. President Joe Biden insists that he won’t be bailing out…
19 ‘Freedom Loving States’ Form Anti-ESG Alliance
A group of 19 Republican governors from “freedom loving states” announced an anti-environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, alliance on Thursday. “This month, Congress exercised its powers under the Congressional Review…
Biden’s Proposed 5.2% Pay Hike for Bureaucrats Outstrips Average Raise in Private Sector
President Joe Biden’s $7 trillion tax-and-spending plan would boost pay for federal bureaucrats by 5.2%, their highest raise in decades and more than private sector employees have gotten. The proposed 5.2% hike for government…
A Chance for Real Change
When the history books look back on 2023, the biggest American news story may be something that’s getting little attention right now: the school choice revolution. This year, Iowa, Utah, and Arkansas have passed massive…
The Most Important Founding Father You May Not Remember
Thursday is the birthday of the most important Founding Father Americans may not even remember. He doesn’t have a musical written about him. He doesn’t have an HBO series. But he is one of the most significant Founders in the…