Superstorm Sandy’s devastation on shore was unprecedented, but Sandy also created a tragedy at sea that would become one of the most puzzling aspects of the disaster — the loss of a wooden sailing ship that had bizarrely sailed straight into the storm. A year later, that footnote to the …
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For Americans, clean drinking water is something we take for granted. From water filtration systems to water pitcher filters to bottled water to even ice machines, it’s something that is just part of our everyday life. And that’s probably best illustrated by the fact that we waste an inordinate amount …
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Someone ignited an improvised explosive device next to a war memorial cross that a prominent atheist group wanted removed from a public park in Coos Bay, Ore., an attorney for the city told Fox News. FOLLOW TODD ON FACEBOOK FOR CONSERVATIVE NEWS. CLICK HERE TO JOIN! An official statement on …
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Slow growth and increasing inequality are ripping the social fabric of America—vanquishing the dreams of working families, saddling the young with onerous student debt and frustrating retirement plans. President Obama is stirring passions proposing government initiatives he hopes will stifle House Republican efforts to curb federal spending, but those can …
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The preservation of explicit inequality in the law is hard to defend and maintain. Gravity, not to mention logic, pulls toward fairness. And our institutions, including the Constitution of the United States of America, lend gravity a hand. Wednesday, the Supreme Court correctly ruled that the so-called Defense of Marriage …
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On Friday, New York City Police Officer Brian Moore was laid to rest, after being shot in the head while sitting in an unmarked car. Just days before his shooting, PBS’s Tavis Smiley prophesied that “Protests and riots–uprisings–could become the new normal,” adding “Welcome to the new America.” As the …
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The Broadway musical “Annie” is enjoying another revival on Broadway. The show opened during the Carter administration when America was in need of some optimism. “The sun’ll come out tomorrow,” sang Annie, and with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, for a while, it did. Now we’re back in …
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The “Affordable Care Act” is turning out to be anything but. Slogans reminiscent of the government doublespeak of George Orwell’s 1984 are taking the place of real access to real care. Advocates for the poor are now suddenly concerned about a new oxymoron, the so-called “affordability glitch,” where your employer …
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Protectionism isn’t the way to grow an economy. However, when considering how to maintain America’s competitive edge technologically, economically and militarily, we need to take a common sense approach to setting barriers. Over the next week, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States or CFIUS will make a …
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Thursday the Supreme Court handed a victory to the most hated agency of the federal government, the IRS. The Justices voted 6-3 that the IRS can continue to offer subsidies to ObamaCare buyers in all fifty states, contrary to what Section 1401 of the Affordable Care Act says. The ruling …
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