America Just Crossed $40 Trillion in Debt, and Washington Barely Blinked
The United States national debt broke $40 trillion this month. Nobody in Washington called an emergency session. Nobody canceled a vacation. The Treasury simply... Read more.
Karoline Leavitt Stepping Down as White House Press Secretary, Trump Announces
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her post at the end of August, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday, citing a desire from the 28-year-old... Read more.
A Christian School Just Called Tennessee’s Bluff on Religious Discrimination
A federal judge in Knoxville handed down a ruling in May that state officials would rather ignore. Wilberforce Academy, a Christian nonprofit seeking to open a public... Read more.
South Carolina’s Parental Rights Act Passed 116 to 1—Why Is the Senate Sitting on It?
In February, the South Carolina House passed a sweeping parental rights bill by a vote of 116 to 1, with the lone no vote coming from a Republican who thought it... Read more.
Europe Just Showed America What ‘Online Safety’ Really Means
In March, Finland's Supreme Court convicted a sitting member of parliament of a hate crime over a church pamphlet she co-wrote in 2004, more than two decades before... Read more.
God Rested on the Seventh Day—Germany Can No Longer Afford To and Why this Matters for the U.S.
The oldest labor law in human history is not a labor law at all. It is a creation account. Genesis says God worked six days and rested the seventh, and Exodus 20... Read more.
From Ceasar’s Census to Your LLC: Washington’s 55 Year March to Knowing Every Owner of Everything
Governments have wanted to know who owns what for about as long as governments have existed. Caesar Augustus ordered the whole Roman world registered so it could... Read more.
Kansas Just Sold Its Courts to the Highest Bidder
In 1846, New York tore up the old way of putting judges on the bench. Judges would face voters, just like everyone else in government. Nineteen states called constitutional... Read more.
How We Went From Parents in Charge to Parents in the Dark
A Maryland public school changed a child's name and pronouns behind her parents' backs. The parents found out by accident, through a lab class email. Now they are... Read more.
Bicameral, Unicameral, and the Civics Class America Skipped
Every generation gets a chance to relearn why the system was built the way it was. Civics class used to cover this. Apparently it is our turn again. Before anyone... Read more.
