White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Saturday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s, D-Calif., impeachment inquiry is wholly political and completely unsubstantiated. On Thursday, Pelosi announced that the House will proceed with articles of impeachment against the president, declaring that the president’s conduct “leaves us no choice but to act.” Appearing on “Fox & Friends: […]
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Naval Air Station shooter wrote manifesto condemning US as ‘nation of evil
The Saudi national who opened fire in a classroom at a naval air station in Florida Friday morning, killing three before being shot dead by officers, condemned the United States as a “nation of evil” in a post online, reports say. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, who was said to be a second lieutenant in a flight […]
Posted inEconomy
The Economy Keeps Breaking Records While the Dems Talk Impeachment
If the Democrats thought they had better than even odds on winning in 2020, would they be gunning for impeachment? It’s not about impeachment succeeding. Without a bunch of GOP defections, it can’t. But impeachment and the manufactured scandals provide an important opposing narrative to what would normally be the main topic, the economy, Without […]
Posted inAbortion
No one would require A. A. to promote liquor stores. Pro-life clinics deserve the same respect.
The Supreme Court of the U.S. issued a monumental decision preserving the fundamental constitutional liberty of free speech for all Americans. The decision in NIFLA v. Becerra is a stark rebuke to the state of California’s attempt to restrict free speech rights. The Court’s decision protects pro-life pregnancy centers and blocks attempts by the government […]
Posted inGun control
The 2nd Amendment strictly limits any interference with gun ownership
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” George Mason, Co-author of the Second Amendment “I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most […]
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Ride-Sharing: Stopping the Big Cities Illegal Money Grab
In the latest example of an American city overstepping its authority and trampling on individual rights, the City of Phoenix is attempting an illegal money grab from citizens who use ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft to travel to the city’s airport. But the Goldwater Institute is taking a stand to stop it. In a […]
Posted inHolidays
Congress Ripping Up Its Wish List Would Make For A Merry Christmas
Mattie Duppler, As Congress returns from the Thanksgiving holiday, there are only three weeks left to pass legislation that keeps the government open. Regardless of which political party is in control, it remains the most hallowed of Beltway holiday traditions to leave must-pass legislation until the last minute. As in years past, taxpayers should be […]
Posted inEnvironment
Activist Junk Science Breeds Bad Policy
Paul Driessen, The House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources recently approved HR 2854, the 2019 Protect Our Refuges Act, prohibiting the use of neonicotinoid insecticides in any of the nation’s 560 National Wildlife Refuges, some of which are the size of Delaware and even Indiana. The legislation will now be considered by the full […]
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Two More Christian Martyrs in India
Michael Brown, You might never know their names. But you need to hear their stories. Two more pastors have been killed for their faith in India, yet the work they started continues. It is very true that persecution is intensifying in India. But the gospel cannot be stopped. Not by mob violence. Not by government […]
Posted inHistory
Yavonovitch Was Not the First Ambassador to Be At Odds with a President
Lew Paper, Marie L. Yovanovitch—the American ambassador to Ukraine unceremoniously recalled in May 2019 for allegedly being out of touch with President Trump’s policies—is not the first American ambassador to be at odds with a president’s policy. Joseph Grew, America’s ambassador to Japan in the months before Pearl Harbor, experienced a similar frustration. Grew saw […]