Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring. President Biden now has an opportunity to pick a new justice—and an obligation to pick a better one. The job of a justice is to uphold the Constitution, protect the American people’s liberty, and preserve our experiment in self-government. Breyer, on the other hand, has led the Court’s liberal wing, […] READ MORE
Should colleges pick students by the color of their skin? The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a case on exactly this question. It’s clear what the answer should be: Absolutely not. The case comes courtesy of Students for Fair Admissions, which is suing Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. They say the overwhelmingly liberal schools have a bias against […] READ MORE
It’s the great escape: Students are fleeing bad public schools. The school shutdowns and politicized teaching that defined the pandemic have led a record number of families to choose better options. Case in point: homeschooling. From spring 2020 to fall 2021, homeschooling more than doubled from 5.4% of families to 11.1%. Five times as many black families […] READ MORE
States are rolling in the dough after getting billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief. We’ve long argued against such wasteful spending—and now liberal states are proving us right. Case in point: California. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bright idea is to offer universal healthcare to illegal immigrants. This costly plan will even cover abortions, paid for by taxpayers. Meanwhile, […] READ MORE
Today is the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans will rally in defense of the unborn and call for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Victory has never seemed more likely. March for Life Between now and summer, the Supreme Court will issue its ruling in the Dobbs case, which could restore […] READ MORE
Joe Biden has been president for exactly a year. Are Americans better off now than we were 12 months ago? The answer is a resounding no. That’s true on every measure that matters: our public safety, our personal freedom, our family budgets, our children’s futures, and our national security. Biden tried to take a victory […] READ MORE
Don’t do it. This is what every American should be saying to liberals in Congress who are pushing to spend even more taxpayer money on another sham coronavirus stimulus bill. That’s right; this push for additional spending is separate from Democrats’ efforts to shove Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion “Build Back Better” bill through Congress. They’re once again using COVID as an excuse to pass another spending […] READ MORE
Freedom is alive and well in Virginia. How do we know? The state’s new conservative governor, Glenn Youngkin, is already implementing policies that put Virginians back in charge of their own lives. On Saturday, Youngkin was sworn into office. Right away, he signed an executive order to restore power to families and stop critical race theory from being taught […] READ MORE
Last year, we warned that Democrats were bringing back earmarks, aka wasteful “pork projects” lawmakers slip into spending bills. As of this week, the pigs have officially gone to the D.C. market. Members of Congress are working on a funding bill to keep the federal government afloat. But instead of focusing on smart, necessary spending, House representatives have […] READ MORE
Brace yourself. Prices went up again—skyrocketing 7% in December compared to the year before. That’s even higher than November and the seventh straight month inflation’s been above 5%. What’s worse, new data shows the price hikes are costing families $5,000 a year. Instead of reversing their tax-and-spend agenda that’s compounding inflation and pummeling American families, Democrats are peddling lame, nonsensical excuses. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is […] READ MORE
