Government

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley

Putting food stamps on a diet

Government |  I used to take a neighbor to the grocery store occasionally to buy food. Since she was too poor to afford a car, I wasn’t surprised that she paid with food…

Citizen soda addicts

Citizen soda addicts

Government |  Last week, I offered a conservative argument for why state and local governments have the right to stick their noses in our soda cups (as it were). In his now…

Doctors hanging up the stethoscope early because of Obamacare

Doctors hanging up the stethoscope early because of Obamacare

Healthcare |  Last week, politicians who helped craft the Affordable Care Act (ACA) celebrated in self-congratulatory style the third anniversary of that monstrosity which…

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg holds a 64-ounce soda cup.

Why government belongs in our soda cups

Government |  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at it again. Having banned smoking in public parks and trans fats in restaurant cooking oils, restricted the salt in…

A man smokes marijuana at a club in Denver on New Year's Eve.

High on committee meetings

Law |  BOULDER, Colo.—Last November, 55 percent of voting Colorado citizens said yes to Amendment 64, decriminalizing the use and limited possession of marijuana…

A lay volunteer fits a lid onto a coffin at St. Joseph Abbey in Covington, La.

Why pay more for a coffin?

Business |  Way to go, monks! A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that Louisiana monks may keep selling plain, relatively low-cost coffins. Judge Patrick Higginbotham…

Are politics strangling a revival in Detroit?

Are politics strangling a revival in Detroit?

Cities |  Since the Motown sound went silent—except on oldies stations—and General Motors and Chrysler (but not Ford) required life support from Washington, there…

Melissa Rogers

‘Fair-minded’ choice

Religion |  President Obama’s new point person for faith-based outreach receives praise from the right and the left

Pro-abortion protesters in front of the Supreme Court during January's March for Life.

America’s altar of abortion

Abortion |  “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. …” That the First Amendment requires…

Former President Bill Clinton

The sound of inevitability

Marriage |  Given his track record on marital fidelity, former President Bill Clinton is not the person I would consult about "committed, loving relationships." Clinton…

The apostle and the mayor

The apostle and the mayor

Faith & Inspiration |  New Yorkers who like their soda cups as large as Wild West spittoons received a last-minute reprieve from a ban that was due to go into effect today. State…

Vehicles approach the tollbooths on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge.

Interstate highway robbery

Government |  Someone once asked, “If no one likes traffic jams, why do we still have them?” It’s actually a good question. (The answer is in game theory.) But when…

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