May 22, 2019
Good morning from Washington, where Democrats’ House majority makes fiscal responsibility a heavier lift. In commentaries, David Ditch and Justin Bogie explain why we’ve got to stop the ever-mounting debt. One wonders how the spending spree would have been greeted by America’s suffragettes, whose victory 100 years ago is cause for a House celebration. Rachel del Guidice reports. Researcher and author Dion Pierre visits the podcast to talk “neo-segregation” in higher education. Plus: Jessica Francavilla on the toll of abortion, Dennis Prager on campus leftism, and Walter Williams on socialism’s broken promise.
Socialism Promises a Utopia, but Delivers Suffering
Stalin promised a great socialist-Marxist society that included better food and better worker conditions.
Segregation Is Back, and It's Coming From the Left
“Diversity, in our minds, would mean that people are mixing, that students of different races are coming together and having conversation. … But diversity, as it's practiced on college campuses, actually means race nationalism,” says Dion Pierre of the National Association of Scholars.
America Has a Debt Problem. Here’s the Viable Path to Fiscal Sanity.
Despite the present economic boom, two types of bankruptcy threaten America’s fortunes.
House Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Action on Women’s Right to Vote
“It’s leaders like Susan B. Anthony … who have inspired generations of women to live their dreams, to be courageous, and be risk-takers,” says Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash.
Skyrocketing Debt Too Important to Be Paired With Spending Deal
House Democrats already have put forth a plan that would raise spending caps by at least $357 billion over the next two years—without any plan to pay for it.
I Had 3 Abortions. Here’s Why I’m Fully Behind Alabama’s Pro-Life Law.
Abortion changes each and every one of us. Some of us become workaholics, while some of us find it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
American Colleges Are Now Just Left-Wing Seminaries
There is a good chance your child will return from college alienated from you, from America, from Western civilization, and from whatever expression of any Bible-based religion in which you raised your child.
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May 21, 2019
By Mary Clare Amselem
For students who do face adversity, the best thing we can do to level the playing field is to fix our broken public school system.
By Daren Bakst
No. 1: The federal government is trying to solve one harmful policy with another.
By Marcin Gaweda
Resistance to the European Union is growing among those who hold to the sovereignty of nation-states, fueled by a desire for self-determination.
By Neetu Chandak
The 22nd season of the animated children’s TV show opens with an episode in which the lead character’s third-grade teacher, Mr. Ratburn, gets married to another male.
By Evie Fordham
Besides requiring buyers of tobacco products to be 21 or older, the legislation would raise the legal age for buying e-cigarettes amid what one government official called an “epidemic” of teen vaping.
By Jarrett Stepman
The perpetual war on history now has the father of our country in its sights as the San Francisco Board of Education considers removing a mural of Washington from a local school.
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May 22, 2019
By Ted Bromund
The silent majority turned out to be more interested in prosperity and job creation than they were in promises to clamp down on coal mining.
By Jason Hopkins
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, wants to offer free health care services to low-income illegal migrants between the ages of 19 and 25.
By Star Parker
The total number of births in the U.S. last year was down 2%, the lowest number of births in 32 years, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics.
By Shelby Talcott
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, is expected to sign the measure, which forbids the government from taking “any adverse action” against any contractor, individual, or business over religious beliefs.
By Jonathan Butcher
The Arizona Department of Education says Navajo students no longer are allowed to use education savings accounts to pay tuition at a Christian school 3,100 feet away in New Mexico.
By Walter E. Williams
Stalin promised a great socialist-Marxist society that included better food and better worker conditions.
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