Justice Clarence Thomas Questions Congress’ Power to Regulate Business Abroad

Is the United States the world commerce police? In a recent opinion, in which he dissented from the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a case, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that Congress’ power to regulate international commerce may be broad, but not as broad as some lawmakers and judges would have it. In his dissenting opinion […]

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Trump Finds an Unlikely Defender on Wiretapping: Dennis Kucinich

President Donald Trump received some unlikely support this week when former congressman and two-time Democrat presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said that he had been subject to wiretapping under the Obama administration. “I can vouch for the fact that extracurricular surveillance does occur, regardless of whether it is officially approved,” Kucinich wrote in an op-ed published […]

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Foes of Government Excess to Pick ‘Champion of Waste’ in March Madness Parody

Two lawmakers have turned a government waste report into an online imitation of college basketball’s March Madness. Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., set up the #SourSixteen Tournament of Waste to highlight what they call some of the worst examples of how government spends taxpayers’ dollars. This was actually kind of fun. This is why […]

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The Daily Signal Won’t Be Bullied by the Establishment Media

“What’s a legitimate news outlet?” Apparently not The Daily Signal, if you believe the self-proclaimed arbiters of journalism who represent the “mainstream” media. The Washington Post published a story Friday with that audacious headline, questioning the “unusual” development of our White House correspondent’s handling pool coverage for Vice President Mike Pence. Fred Lucas, who joined […]

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Ike’s Gamble

When Michael Doran of the Hudson Institute told me he’s writing a book on President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Middle East policy, I nodded politely, wondering why someone engaged in current policy issues would devote himself to a topic of mainly antiquarian interest. Well, having now read Ike’s Gamble, I know the answer: his topic is […]

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Next Farm Bill Shouldn’t Play Favorites With Energy

The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit is holding a hearing March 9 entitled, “The Next Farm Bill: Rural Development Energy Programs.” The 2002 farm bill was the first to contain an energy title, which has since grown to include direct handouts and loan guarantees for advanced biofuels and bio-refineries, renewable chemicals, and bio-based […]

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