Nov. 16, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where Republican lawmakers make headway on reforming the tax code. We've got Heritage Foundation tax expert Adam Michel's reasons for preferring elements of the Senate plan over the House bill, and his take on how repealing Obamacare's individual mandate could provide more tax relief. In a moving video, Kelsey Harkness finds racial reconciliation at a boys school in the Deep South. Plus: Michelle Malkin on the double standard for a top Senate Democrat, Tony Perkins on political correctness in the Air Force, and Jarrett Stepman on vulgarizing "Lord of the Rings."
Separated by a bridge, its black population tending to live on one side and its white population on the other, Greenwood has struggled to reconcile itself with a racially segregated past.
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If you're a middle-class taxpayer, the bill has a lot to like. Tax rates are lowered, the standard deduction is doubled, the child tax credit is increased to $1,600, and a parent and nonchild dependent credit is added.
For the past 11 weeks, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has been on trial for 18 counts of bribery, fraud, and corruption involving nearly $1 million in gifts and donations.
Repealing the individual mandate would provide relief to millions of Americans just when they are about to need it most. The full power of the IRS is about to start enforcing Obamacare's tax penalty.
A devoted Christian, Air Force Col. Leland Bohannon couldn't, in good conscience, celebrate a relationship that violated biblical truth.
Tolkien’s novels pit almost literal beasts against angels, while flawed men must navigate the waters of good and evil. The trilogy maintains an underlying theme focused on the corruption of the world and the original sin of man.
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