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April 3, 2018
Karen R. Effrem, MD

One Thing President Trump Can Do Now to Make Schools Safer
The School Safety Commission ordered by President Trump that will discuss and recommend ways to keep schools safer after the tragic Parkland, Fla., school shooting in February is set to hold its first series of roundtable discussions this Wednesday, April 4th. This commission, chaired by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, also includes Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. The commission held an organizational meeting last week.[...]
March 27, 2018
Jonathan Decker

Mooney Money! How This Rep. Is Reviving a Forgotten Economic “Magic Formula”
This week, Congressman Alexander Mooney (R-W.Va.) put the classical gold standard back into congressional purview with his introduction of H.R. 5404 and his excellent Wall Street Journal op-ed, "Steel and Aluminum? Let’s Talk About Gold." The op-ed served to introduce the bill to the wider world. Adopting it would make the dollar legally convertible to a fixed weight of gold.[...]
March 26, 2018
Kelvey Vander Hart

The Giant Hypocrisy of the March for Our Lives
Thousands of people flooded to Washington, D.C., on Saturday to participate in the March for Our Lives. The protest was organized in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and primarily advocated that the life of children is more important than the ability to own a gun.[...]
March 23, 2018
Karen R. Effrem, MD

Congress Explodes Deficits, Expands Nanny State with Disastrous Omnibus Bill
Tragically for our children’s futures and freedoms -- but predictably, as we warned here and here -- Congress heeded very few general principles or President Trump’s good ideas about preserving freedom and privacy, decreasing the federal footprint in education, supporting programs that work, or maintaining fiscal discipline. The House yesterday passed the $1.3 trillion omnibus-spending bill -- that will only fund the government for six months -- by a vote of 256-197. The Senate followed early this morning with a vote of 65-32.[...]
March 21, 2018
Thomas Valentine

Pro-Life Democrat Survives Leftist Challenge in Illinois
Chicago-area Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), one of the last pro-life Democrats in Congress, staved off a fierce primary challenge from a ferociously pro-abortion candidate last night. Rep. Lipinski defeated Marie Newman -- an ultra-leftist who had the backing of Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Human Rights Campaign, and Bernie Sanders -- by a margin of 51 percent to 49 percent, or just under 2,000 votes.[...]