THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. So great to be with you. Thank you. (Applause.) Great to be back at CPAC. (Applause.) The place I have really -- I love this place. Love you people. (Applause.) So thank you. Thank you very much. First of all, I want to thank Matt Schlapp, and his very, very … Continue reading VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT: President Trump’s full CPAC speech
An Oklahoma police chief had a message to President Donald Trump on a controversial tool that allows law enforcement to seize property without ever charging its owner with a crime: police can’t step on the rights of citizens, as the tool called civil asset forfeiture allows. Stephen Mills, a police chief in Apache, Oklahoma, made … Continue reading Oklahoma Police Chief to Trump: Reform the Laws Letting Police Take Americans’ Property
A panel of women said that gun rights should be a feminist issue Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. During the discussion, Antonia Okafor, a student at the University of Texas at Dallas and campus carry advocate, said gun rights—and the ability to independently protect yourself—are the very epitome of feminism. “How … Continue reading Nothing More Feminist Than Self-Defense, Gun Rights Advocate Says
The CEO of the National Rifle Association gave a stern warning to terrorists, violent protesters, and the “leftist media” in a speech Friday. “We’ll fight the violent left,” said Wayne LaPierre, who spoke at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. “If you’re a member of the leftist media or a soldier for the … Continue reading NRA CEO Goes After Protesters: ‘We’ll Fight the Violent Left’
Commandancy of the The Alamo Bejar, Feby. 24th. 1836 To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World- Fellow Citizens & compatriots- I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna – I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a … Continue reading Feb 24, 1836: ‘I shall never surrender or retreat.’ Read the famous Alamo Letter
One of the most important things to consider when buying a house is the quality of the grocery district. As the name implies, the grocery district determines which public grocery store you and your family get to use. District maps are drawn by the government to ensure each grocery store has an appropriate number of … Continue reading What If Grocery Stores Worked Like Public Schools?
The National Employment Law Project (NELP) released a study claiming to have directly disproved any link between minimum wage and job loss. Unfortunately, it has received media attention, including a piece or two by Nick Hanauer, “America’s worst minimum wage pundit.” Fortunately, at least some of the coverage is negative – as it should be. … Continue reading Debunking a Misleading Minimum Wage Study
As the BBC recently pointed out, our prehistoric ancestors needed to gather and chop “wood 10 hours a day for six days… [in order to] produce 1,000 lumen hours of light… That is the equivalent of one modern light bulb shining for just 54 minutes, although what you would actually get is many more hours of … Continue reading Lighting is 500,000 Times Cheaper Today
Early last month, in a column on my hopes and fears for 2017, I fretted about fiscal chaos in Italy leading to default and bailouts. Simply stated, I fear that Italy, along with certain other “Club Med” nations, has passed the point of no return in terms of big government, demographic decline, and societal dependency. … Continue reading Move over Greece, Italy’s Crisis Will Be Worse
As part of an otherwise very good tax reform plan, House Republicans have proposed to modify the corporate income tax so that it becomes a “destination-based cash-flow tax.” For those not familiar with wonky inside-the-beltway tax terminology, there are three main things to understand about this proposal. First, the tax rate on business would drop … Continue reading Don’t Ruin A Chance for Tax Reform with “Border Adjustments”
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