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Church-affiliated schools — and the parents who value a religious education — are big winners in Indiana’s voucher program, writes Cory Turner on NPR.  The Promise And Peril Of School Vouchers Wendy Robinson wants to make one thing very clear. As the long-serving superintendent of Fort Wayne public schools, Indiana’s largest district, she is not

President Trump plans to withdraw America from the Paris climate accord, according to Axios. Why does it matter? “Pulling out of Paris is the biggest thing Trump could do to unravel Obama’s climate legacy,” notes Jonathan Swan. It also “sends a combative signal to the rest of the world that America doesn’t prioritize climate change

This should be a problem for El Salvador, not for the USA. Trump Sending So Many Gang Members Back to El Salvador That Officials There Now in a Panic The Trump administration is sending violent gang members back to their home countries in droves — so many that one country is dreading what’s to come.

How do you just skip such a big story? Because it’s MSNBC. It’s Kathy Griffin.  Here’s the question:  If, say, Greg Gutfield had held up a realistic-looking severed head of the previous president, do you think Morning Joe would have refused to cover the story? But on today’s Morning Joe, when a panelist made reference to “the Kathy

This is worth reading. Just remember: if it were really about the kids, this would never happen. Via KQQQ:  Despite the Pullman School Board’s decision to make collective bargaining compliant with the state’s open public meetings act, Tuesday’s meeting did restrict the freedom of the press. When we tried to record audio of the meeting the

Tell me again why we need to support exorbitantly priced, failing, monopolistic, government education?  Six schools in Baltimore have exactly zero students who are proficient in math and English. WBFF reports Project Baltimore led an investigation and discovered five Baltimore City high schools, along with one middle school, do not have any students who scored high enough

What? Is it going to be hard to get a job when you’re seen rioting online?  Actions have consequences.  College campus crybabies at Evergreen State College in Washington State demanded last week that a video showing them screaming and swearing at the college’s president and other administrators be taken down immediately. In a video posted to YouTube,

According to a new Rasmussen poll, most Americans believe Islamic religious leaders should do more to promote peace in their faith. The findings come just one week after a devastating terror attack in Manchester, England, left 22 people dead and dozens injured.   In a survey of 1,000 likely U.S. voters conducted on May 23-24, 75% of respondents

Socialist policies will do that to you. Every time.  The Hidden Legacy of Obamanomics: Fewer Self-Employed, Entrepreneurs Ask virtually any leftist who’s been marching to “protect the weak and unheard” in the U.S. to define “fascism,” and he or she will likely wax poetic about racial hatred, nationalism, free speech, the subjugation of religious and

This could be the most uncomfortable State Department press briefing moment yet. During a press conference about US President Donald Trump’s recent trip to the Middle East, AFP journalist Dave Clark asked a department official why the US criticizes the Iranian elections and its record on democracy, but not Saudi Arabia. “How do you characterize

Can you just imagine the outrage if anyone on the right had done this with a decapitated Obama head? 

Dennis Prager column in National Review sparks debate. Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump When people you know well and admire, and who share your values, do something you strongly oppose, you have two options: (1) Cease admiring them or (2) try to understand them and change their minds. In the case of my conservative friends

William A. Jacobson is Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School.  “I’m very skeptical about those reports regarding [Jared Kushner], and not just because they’re based on anonymous sources, I mean a lot of things are based on anonymous sources, but just the way they’re phrased, they

DNC Voting Commission Consists Entirely of Clinton Surrogates, Ignores Own Primaries The Nation reported on May 25 that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching a voting commission in response to President Donald Trump and Republicans forming their “election integrity” commission. Ari Berman for the Nation wrote, “The DNC says its commission will debunk the

Police in the UK now believe the Manchester terrorist acted alone. Police have arrested 16 people in connection to the May 22nd terrorist attack. However, most of those people have been released without charges. Police believe Manchester bomber Salman Abedi acted largely alone Police now believe the Manchester bomber acted largely alone in the run-up

The mass data collection of Americans under Obama was more extensive than initially believed. New Revelations Shed Light on Extent of NSA Spying Under Obama In the waning years of the Obama administration, the National Security Agency (NSA) swept up and reviewed the communications of Americans to an extent previously unknown, in direct violation of

From the AP:  Oregon’s only national park is running low on water. The Klamath Tribes has placed a water call on the Wood River, the river Annie Creek flows into. Annie Creek is Crater Lake National Park’s main water source. The park uses the creek for its drinking water, showers and more. As a temporary