Jesse Grady
In the next Congress, Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) will chair the House transportation committee. From the looks of it, that will be horrible news for international travelers. In an absurd interview with the Financial Times recently, DeFazio made an issue of Qatar…
It’s hard to believe today, but relatively speaking, “e-commerce” is still in its infancy. Despite the rapid growth over the last decade, online retail sales still represent less than ten percent of all retail sales in the U.S. And not…
Should confessed Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan be denied the death penalty, for the simple reason that he seems to want it? The trial of the alleged mass murderer was postponed Wednesday when a motion was filed by Hasan’s…
When I recently heard that the president of my school, Hillsdale College, was in hot water for making racist remarks at a state hearing on education, I was stunned. But upon learning the facts, it was immediately obvious that this…
Pundits are holding up a snarky back-and-forth between two prominent Republicans—Rand Paul and Chris Christie—as an early showdown between the premier GOP candidates for president in 2016. The exchange began several days ago when Christie came out to bash the…
“Close to one-quarter of teenagers and young adults treated for assault injuries in a Michigan emergency room reported owning or carrying a gun.” That’s from a Reuters report Monday on a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. “I think…
A Michigan lawsuit filed over lesbian adoption could be the first case to test the impact of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in United States v. Windsor, which struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The Michigan suit was…
By now, most Americans have probably seen the clip from Sunday night’s “Miss USA” pageant, in which Miss Utah struggles through the most painfully incoherent and intensely awkward answer to a judge’s question we’ve seen since Miss South Carolina’s ultimate…
Opponents of Obamacare claim to have found a linguistic quirk within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that could undermine provisions of the law, including the individual mandate—if their case succeeds in court. A key piece of Obamacare makes…
Yesterday morning in Houston, Texas, the Southern Baptist Convention agreed on a resolution to condemn the recent decision by Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to accept gay scouts in its ranks. The BSA recently gave in to ongoing nationwide pressure—from…
