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- Opinion · May 11, 2017Persecuted, but Not Forgotten
addressing it. For more on how Republicans are tackling religious freedom at home, check out Mandi Ancalle’s op-ed in The Hill, “ GOP’s Religious Freedom Bill Restores Free … society in the age of terrorism, security, not to mention reality, should be the top consideration. Drivers’ licenses are meant to be the most dependable form of ID that
- Opinion · May 10, 2017Trump’s Immigration Order Balances Security with American Values
that terrorists and foreign fighters will exploit the innocent and displaced is to ignore reality. Just last week, Reuters reported that Iraqi officials had apprehended ISIS fighters hidden among refugees … foreign policy from the bench. Hopefully, the federal judiciary will respect our system of checks and balances in its adjudication of the inevitable lawsuits that arise in conjunction with this
- Opinion · May 8, 2017Taxing Our Patience
with the Democrats to defeat Trump’s attempts to turn his agenda into a reality. I am really annoyed with their boasts that they must keep their promise … veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America for any amount, up to and including
- Opinion · May 3, 2017The Smug Blind Left Is Trump’s Best Friend
white pantsuit, looking like Kristin Chenoweth playing Hillary Clinton in an alternate-reality version of the 2016 election. “Your job has never been harder,” she gushed to the assembled members … self-pleasuring press. “You expose injustice against the weak, and you continue to fact-check the president as if he might someday get embarrassed. Tonight is for you.” Shortly after
- Opinion · Apr 29, 2017Can ESPN Rebound From Lib Foul-Up?
picking teams. “They think going left-wing will save them,” Clay Thomas writes. “The reality is the opposite. ESPN going to left-wing was like giving a drowning person … secure religious liberty for all Americans. Don’t miss the webcast! For more information, check the website . (Originally published here .) Brussel Sprouts a Summit With FRC’s Weber While
- Opinion · Apr 25, 2017Trading Replaces: House Rolls Out New Health Plan
even the latest Washington Post/ABC poll shows what a convenient soundbite that is. The reality is, the White House’s new occupant couldn’t be more popular with the people … faith, and as the Constitution provides. For more on Trump’s first few months, check out the new column by FRC’s Ken Blackwell, “ The First 100 Days to Securing
- Opinion · Apr 5, 2017Don’t Nuke the Filibuster — Restore It
Frank Capra’s film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” the filibuster was a true check and balance on the unbridled power of a legislative majority to silence debate and have … business could proceed. After 1970, the filibuster “entered the couch-potato world of virtual reality, where an actual speech is no longer required to block a vote,” Rep. Tom McClintock
- Opinion · Apr 4, 2017What Congress Can Learn From the Rhode Island Miracle
which means that the more money a state wastes under Medicaid, the bigger the check Washington writes to the state. No wonder the program costs keep spiraling out of control … heartless and a scheme to rip a hole in the safety net. In reality, block granting Medicaid to the states would likely add a new incentive structure to control costs
- Opinion · Apr 3, 2017Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s Voter-Fraud Guru
everything from absentee-ballot fraud to false registrations to vote buying. Yet this disturbing reality does not appear to faze Terry McAuliffe. On Monday he vetoed three of the bills … picture already exists in the voter file, while acting as a check on individuals who might be trying to use a fake ID. Yet Governor McAuliffe professes to believe that
- Opinion · Mar 23, 2017There’s Nothing Simple About Hiding the Burden of Taxes
borne by people but not necessarily by the person who cuts the check to the IRS. It results in a fiscal death by a thousand cuts without taxpayers noticing … percent; and the self-employed pay the full 15.3 percent), when in reality, the burden of the employee share is shifted to workers in the form of lower salaries
- Opinion · Mar 8, 2017The Crisis of Liberty in the West
limited government and hence for liberty. Strong families and religious communities place a check on the state, and they make liberty and self-government possible. Families and religious communities first … classically liberal polities. Many of the criticisms levelled at free markets are in reality directed at the exact opposite: crony capitalism, the collusion of big business and big government, frequently
- Opinion · Feb 23, 2017Trump Enforces the Law
media and many Democrat politicians — are howling in protest. But here’s a reality check: This is all current law and has been the law of the United States
- Article · Feb 19, 2017The Carbon-Tax Scam
highly regressive, so the remedy that the two call for is a quarterly check from the Social Security Administration for every American. They call this a dividend. Somehow they have … current, economically destructive tax system with something less economically destructive is attractive. But the reality is that even a carbon tax perfectly administered is a poor substitute for the strong
- Opinion · Feb 14, 2017Law Enforcement and the Left
media and a progressive Left that is urging resistance to everything President Trump does. Reality Check The Trump administration continues reviewing all its options regarding the president’s national security
- Opinion · Feb 14, 2017The Carbon-Tax Scam
highly regressive, so the remedy that the two call for is a quarterly check from the Social Security Administration for every American. They call this a dividend. Somehow they have … current, economically destructive tax system with something less economically destructive is attractive. But the reality is that even a carbon tax perfectly administered is a poor substitute for the strong
- Opinion · Feb 9, 2017Libs to Trump: Keep Your Pause Off Us!
violate the law. While critics race to stop the “immigration pause” in court, the reality is that the president has the authority to take these steps, especially in the interest … welcoming reputation without sacrificing our systems and safety. For more on this important debate, check out my interview from [yesterday] on Fox Business’s “Varney & Company.” Video: https://www.youtube.com
- Article · Jan 27, 2017Nothing Trumps Federalism
side to make real change concerning the balance of power. This reality has been enhanced by the Women’s March that recently filled the streets of DC and other cities … Republican House and Senate to help advance broader objectives. With little to check the power of Republicans, the opportunities for real change are greater now than ever before. Thus
- Opinion · Jan 27, 2017A Dose of Reality on ObamaCare
While the part of President Trump’s agenda that he controls is
- Article · Jan 18, 2017Make Military Renovation Affordable Again
tied to the greased skid of congressional district spending — that it removes any reality check on these projects. The objective is to get and spend as much money in your
- Opinion · Jan 18, 2017Paris Summit a Nasty Peace of Work
Colorado’s sex-ed curriculum? The curriculum’s free! That’s the shocking reality at Fox Ridge Middle School, where parents are up in arms over an online portal that … past most internet filters. A local family stumbled on the materials when they were checking their child’s password access at school. Now, they’re exposing what the district never