The shifting of $81 million to combat Zika is overdue and demonstrates the Obama administration has had untapped resources to fight the mosquito-borne illness, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., said. “For over six months we have been calling on the administration to use every existing resource at their disposal to address this crisis,” […]
Last night, Evan McMullin, Independent Presidential Candidate, was able to get added to the Colorado state ballot. From his campaign email: Tonight, we made history. We just got confirmation and I wanted to share the news with you first — we are officially on the ballot in Colorado! This morning, we laid out our 50-state […]
For much of American history, education was decentralized, seen as a responsibility of families, communities, churches, and local governments. Parents in the mid-17th century, for example, were not just seen as critical partners in their children’s education, but were expected to be their children’s primary teachers, creating a symbiotic relationship between parent and community values. […]
Three professors are fighting a Texas law that allows students to carry concealed handguns in their college classrooms. Senate Bill 11, allowing concealed handgun license holders 21 and older (or 18 if active military) to carry in campus buildings, was signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, in June 2015. The law went into […]
For many millennials, the fear of entering the “real world” is looming. We are preparing to face the financial challenges, often feeling like we are starting the trek up Mount Everest. Many of us are scrambling to find jobs and avoiding moving back in with our parents. We recognize more and more that good jobs […]
A high school football coach who lost his job after defying orders to stop praying at the 50-yard line today sued a school district in Washington state, alleging it violated his constitutional rights to religion and free speech. The lawsuit comes on top of a complaint Joe Kennedy and his legal team filed with the […]
Evan McMullin announced his candidacy today as an Independent candidate for President. He does so in order to stop the country from the irreparable harm that would be inflicted upon it by either a Trump or a Clinton Presidency. For conservatives, this is great news and is what we have been asking for. We cannot […]
The Arctic is shaping up to be one of the most strategically important regions in the 21st century. However, the United States has fallen far behind in building the specialized ships necessary to traverse the region’s treacherous waters. On June 10, Russia launched its first new military icebreaker in half a century. The Ilya Muromets, […]
As courts over the last few weeks dealt a series of blows to voter identification laws in states across the country, Indiana’s Secretary of State Connie Lawson was feeling fortunate. More than a decade ago, before it was the rage to do so, Lawson, then a Republican state legislator, co-sponsored a bill in the name […]
The entire Texas Republican delegation in Congress signed a letter to President Barack Obama Friday, asking for answers on hundreds of millions in unspent money to fight the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The administration pledged in April to spend $589 million from unused Ebola funds for Zika. However, only about $180 million of that was obligated, […]
