While most cases don’t involve a presidential assassination attempt, and normal crimes can be handled by sheriffs and police officers, some federal, state, and local cooperation on training standards will enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement all around. The feds first must make sure they...
Sometimes government payments actually do help needy and deserving recipients; sometimes not. We lay out a better way to serve Americans without doing them the disservice of making them dependent....
If you happen to be 38 years of age, half the people in the United States are older than you, and half the people are younger. You 38-year-olds out there are the median. You are in a prime stage of life, too. Singer Carrie Underwood...
Federal judges, who have “life tenure” under the U.S. Constitution, must check and balance the other branches of government, making the selection of the best, unbiased judges all the more important. ...
The principle of limited government should serve as a filter in a case-by-case balancing act to determine whether a particular regulation is necessary or not. ...
School may be out for the summer, but the issues involved in education do not go away when the doors are closed. School definitely is not out forever. Governments are asked to fund both schools and students....
Anger, fear, blame, resentment, and self-interest have driven the immigration debate. Evaluating policy through the lens of principles produces a better result....
In a big, sparkly, loud, happy way, Americans continue to honor the four central messages of the famed Declaration of Independence. ...
To what do our leaders pledge their loyalty, their commitment? The answer should be to the United States of America and its people as a whole. Polarization, and dividing ourselves into separate red and blue political tribes is unhelpful. ...
Think for a moment about how much “process” must be “due” before the federal government can kill one of its citizens by any means. The issue of capital punishment cries out for a dispassionate, principled analysis. ...
