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March 6, 2018

A Trump Trade War Wouldn’t Put ‘America First’

President Trump rattled global markets this week after announcing his administration would pursue a new 25 percent import tariff on steel, and a new 10 percent import tariff on aluminum. To call a spade a spade -- Trump's tariffs amount to nothing less than a tax increase on American consumers. These tariffs will inevitably have a profound, negative impact on the U.S. economy, hence the negative reaction from the stock market.[...]

March 6, 2018

Kelvey Vander Hart

Iowa Nears Pro-Life Breakthrough with Passage of “Heartbeat Bill”

The state of Iowa is currently on the brink of a massive pro-life victory as the Iowa House of Representatives takes up the recently passed Senate File 2281, also referred to as The Heartbeat Bill, for consideration.[...]

March 5, 2018

Karen R. Effrem, MD

Progressives Renew Push for Nanny State Programs — Despite Poor Results

Progressives in both parties are continuing to use the government-created problem of fatherless poor and minority families to peddle their schemes of expanding the role of government-as-parent yet again to create more preschool and home visiting programs.[...]

March 2, 2018

Frank Cannon

Why the First Amendment Is at Much Greater Risk Than the Second

This article was originally posted at Townhall.[...]

March 1, 2018

Thomas Valentine

The 3 Biggest Forgotten Issues in the Gun Debate

It’s been two weeks since the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and the country is still searching for answers -- and solutions.

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February 28, 2018

Terry Schilling

Regulations on Tide Pods? Why New Laws Won’t Fix Everything

This article is part of a series focusing on Lens of Liberty, a project of the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation.[...]

February 27, 2018

Jonathan Decker

WATCH: President Trump Explains Brilliance of Tax Cut Bill at CPAC

Last week, I was fortunate enough to be among the 'fake news' press pool covering the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.[...]

February 27, 2018

Karen R. Effrem, MD

Turning Teachers Into Psychotherapists Will Not Prevent School Shootings

In the rush to “do something” to respond to the horrific and tragic Parkland shooting in Florida, a Florida Senate committee considered bills on Monday that greatly expand mental screening and profiling of students, “harden” security at schools, fund more school resource officers, and arm teachers and others that volunteer and undergo extensive training and criminal background checks as well as a psychiatric evaluation. These were recommendations that came from three task forces put together by Governor Rick Scott that met last week.[...]

February 26, 2018

Kelvey Vander Hart

Abortionist Compares Pro-Lifers to Taliban in Federal Court Hearing

Merle Hoffman, a prominent New York abortionist, compared pro-life sidewalk counselors to the Taliban while testifying in court earlier this month, referring to their beliefs as comparable to the terror group’s “misogyny and fundamentalism.”[...]

February 24, 2018

Thomas Valentine

A Tale of Two Discussions

Earlier this week I was transfixed by the drama of the White House “listening session” with President Trump and survivors of school shootings. Here were people on different sides of a sensitive, emotional issue, coming together to discuss real solutions and find common ground. Those types of discussions rarely even happen these days, much less produce solutions, but the event gave me hope that gun absolutists on both sides would each give a little to move forward.[...]

The Mail’s ‘8-Point Tory Lead Over Farage’ Poll Is Flawed, and Intentionally So.

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead.

Mark Levin’s Ego Ruined America.

South Korea Is Targeting American Companies While Letting China Off the Hook, U.S. Industry Warns.