House Oversight Committee chairman Jason Chafetz is resigning his seat in Congress
, and returning to the private sector. In this interview, he offers some hard words for the institutions of government, and the people who lead them.
We're not big fans of Congress telling states what they can and cannot do. But there are times when state and local governments greatly exceed their own authority, and need congressional push back.
The town fathers in Gardendale, Alabama have decided they won't require kids who mow lawns (or babysit, or run lemonade stands) for extra cash to fork out $110 for a business license. The Institute for Justice has the story:
June 6 is not a day for political infighting, or partisan gamesmanship. Rather, it is a day to remember when the armed forces of the Western democracies stormed the beaches, cliffs, and hillsides of Normandy in 1944.
This is the season of commencement speakers. They appear on college campuses around the country, accepting honorary degrees in exchange for offering words of advice and encouragement to graduates. Some may even say things that are a bit out there, or even slightly (very slightly) controversial. But as Prof.
The video nearby shows us a speech from President Reagan, delivered on Memorial Day 1986 at the Arlington National Cemetary. It's a powerful speech, recounting some of those, buried in the surrounding grounds, who answered the nation's call. Many of them are not famous, save to their families, and their comrades in arms. But they are heroes to all of us.
While the political class chases down evidence showing Russia may have influenced the 2016 election,
Senate Democrats have decided the best way to satisfy their increasingly restive and angry base is to mount a filibuster of Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court:
There are times when we are forced to wonder whether some public schools should simply be run out of business, owing to their seeming lack of common sense.