U.S. schools don’t tell students the truth about college readiness, writes Chester E. Finn, Jr., former Fordham chief and assistant U.S. secretary of education, in National Affairs. Then colleges admit unprepared students who require remedial classes. Most will “leave school with nothing but debt and disillusion,” writes Finn. Ambition and optimism are laudable traits. So is this […]

At least two resolutions calling for an Article V constitutional convention could be introduced this session, although both are likely to face uphill battles. Article V of the U.S. Constitution requires Congress, “upon application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the various states,” to call a convention of the states for the purpose of proposing

The first place Trump spoke publicly after the inauguration was at the CIA. Looks like he’s trying to build bridges.   On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump on Saturday berated the media over its coverage of his inauguration, and turned a bridge-building first visit to CIA headquarters into an airing of

That was then. This is now.    In the moments after President Obama commuted the sentence of convicted criminal Chelsea Manning on Tuesday, CNN’s Jake Tapper, host of The Lead, vocalized this disconnect between the White House’s actions versus how they felt when Manning first handed over stolen government documents to WikiLeaks. Speaking to Bloomberg’s Margaret

Only a liberal could get away saying this on TV! 

President Barack Obama is still desperately searching for a good hiding spot for the nation’s nuclear codes, just hours before his successor is set to take the oath of office. According to senior intelligence officials, the president has kept the secret codes for America’s nuclear arsenal at close hand in recent weeks, while repeatedly failing

In the tense political maneuvering between California’s progressive representatives and the Trump administration, our state may have just blinked first. The repeal and replacement of Obamacare has been one the most consistent promises of President Donald Trump during his successful campaign. And, controlling illegal immigration has been just about the biggest plank in Trump’s platform.

The Fifth Amendment protects individuals from incriminating themselves, but a Minnesota court has ruled it does not apply when a suspect is ordered to provide a fingerprint to unlock a cell phone.  Giving a fingerprint is akin to standing in a lineup, not revealing a password, the Minnesota Court of Appeals found on Tuesday. The

CNN’s president claims his network’s credibility is “higher than ever,” calling it a “mistake” for the new US administration to be at odds with the news media. His statements come amid a fake news controversy on Donald Trump’s ties to the Russian government.  CNN’s president claims his network’s credibility is “higher than ever,” calling it

President Barack Obama’s legacy is a hot topic on his last day in office. Many on Twitter are not allowing others to forget that the 44th commander-in-chief won the Nobel Peace Prize, before becoming the first to bomb several countries over eight years.   Read Full Article

More than triple average January snowfall.  Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows ski resor in Lake Tahoe, California, has broken the snow record for ANY month in 45 years of its existence: Until now, the biggest snowfall was 202 inches, which came in March 2011. So far this January – 212 inches. That’s more than 17 ft (more

From Physics.org: US President Donald Trump signaled a sharp break on energy and the environment policy Friday, announcing plans to undo climate policies and promote domestic energy development as part of his “America First” agenda. A statement on the White House website, posted shortly after Trump took the oath of office, said he was “committed

More counterexamples. From UK Mail:  More than half of Spain’s 50 provinces placed on alert for heavy snow and sleet storms, Meanwhile the beaches of the south-eastern resort town of Torrevieja was coated in white for the first time in 90 years. Other Spanish resort towns also saw snow.

From USA Today: Trump begins with call to kill climate action plan WASHINGTON —- As President Trump delivered his inaugural address Friday, his new White House team posted a proposal to eliminate President Obama’s environmental regulations. “For too long, we’ve been held back by burdensome regulations on our energy industry. President Trump is committed to

And this is not from The Onion!  Two members of Young Americans for Liberty’s (YAL) Kellogg Community College (KCC) chapter have filed suit against the Michigan school following their arrest on campus last September for passing out pocket-sized copies of the U.S. Constitution without administrative permission. Michelle Gregoire (a student at KCC) and Brandon Withers, along with KCC’s YAL chapter are suing

From Mark J. Perry:  Bottom Line: The great majority of US manufacturing job losses (88% according to this study) are a direct result of increased productivity of America’s factory workers, not because our jobs have moved overseas. And those factory jobs lost to increased productivity are never, ever coming back to America, unless of course