Nationally Ranked School Counters Complaint of Transgender Discrimination

A nationally recognized charter school in Minnesota is fighting a complaint filed by the parents of a transgender kindergartner who allege the school enabled discrimination against their child. Nova Classical Academy administrators said they will deny the allegations, filed last month with the city of St. Paul, while continuing their push to improve school policies […]

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Iran to bolster ballistic missile capabilities

Defying calls by the US and United Nations to halt the development of ballistic missile systems, Iran’s outgoing parliament approved a motion Sunday to increase the capabilities of the country’s ballistic missiles, a military program that has been ruled dangerous by the United Nations. Tehran considers the missile program an essential deterrent, citing the unprovoked […]

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Ted Cruz for President

by Daniel Pipes May 1, 2016 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner As a conservative who believes in individual responsibility, limited government, free markets, caution in making social changes, and a robust foreign policy, all my adult life I have been a Republican and (with the single exception of an eccentric race for attorney […]

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Our Next President Must Stand Up to Putin

Whoever takes over the White House in 2017 will face an aggressive, revanchist Russia that is a threat to the United States and our allies. No amount of wishful thinking can obscure this fact. Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas region of Ukraine is just one example in a long list […]

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Gibraltar Pushes for Airport to Be Under EU Aviation Laws

GIBRALTAR (AP) — Gibraltar’s authorities have joined air-travel industry leaders in calling for the small British territory on Spain’s southwestern tip to be included in the European Union’s laws governing European aviation. Joseph Garcia, Gibraltar’s Civil Aviation Minister, says Saturday that Gibraltar is legally entitled to inclusion “by virtue of our terms of membership of […]

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In 2015, 19,000 Criminal Illegal Immigrants Were Released From Custody

More than 19,000 criminal illegal immigrants were released from custody in 2015, according to new figures disclosed by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. The 19,723 criminal releases—as the government refers to them—represent a 35 percent decrease from fiscal year 2014. The phrase “criminal releases” can apply to a wide range of crimes, including […]

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John Boehner Reveals that He Is ‘Texting Buddies’ With Trump; Hates Cruz

For those who mistakenly think that Trump will disrupt and destroy the current political system, all of Trump’s friendships inside the beltway point otherwise.  The king of the Establishment, John Boehner, has come out against Cruz again and has revealed his friendship and support for Donald Trump. From CNN: “Lucifer in the flesh,” Boehner told Stanford’s […]

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House Freedom Caucus Chairman Vows to Push Conservative Amendments to Spending Bills

The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus said Wednesday that Republicans should be able to put forth “conservative policy riders” to appropriation bills. “If we really are about quote ‘regular order’ then that means the ability to offer amendments and push for those policy changes that we think make sense,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told […]

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