States are facing more than $1 trillion in unfunded future liabilities related to health and life insurance benefits for their retired employees, a growing shortfall that amounts to about $3,100 for every person in the United States, according to a … Continue reading Report: states face $1 trillion in unfunded liabilities
A multi-purpose cattle ranch in coastal California with private beachfront property is suing the state over a new law that gives state officials sweeping powers to conduct warrantless searches and inspections of the property in hopes of gaining public access to its … Continue reading California ranchers sue to avoid warrantless searches
DeKalb-based Northern Illinois University announced that it will stop using standardized tests in its undergraduate admissions process and will instead admit every applicant with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Some evidence suggests the school’s decision may be related to … Continue reading Illinois university drops use of standardized tests in admissions
WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on a sweeping bill backed by organized labor that would reverse so-called right-to-work laws in 27 states and require non-union workers in unionized professions to pay union dues as a condition … Continue reading House to vote on bill forcing non-union members to pay union dues
To force unconstitutional gun control measures on a wary public, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and the Democrat machine in Richmond recently tried to depict law-abiding gun owners as terrorists, racists, and lunatics. The leftist effort to deprive Virginians of their … Continue reading Anatomy of a smear: Virginia’s Democrat governor paints gun owners as terrorist, racist, kooks
While younger Americans embrace “liberalism” and “socialism,” older Americans—a prized demographic group won by President Donald Trump in 2016—skew conservative and are growing in numbers, according to a new analysis. The analysis by Stef W. Kight of Axios comes as Democrats in … Continue reading Youth turning left, but older, conservative voters growing in influence
Billionaire currency speculator George Soros says he plans to spend $1 billion to found a global university to combat climate change and burgeoning nationalism in the world, two things he claims in a recent speech are “threatening the survival of our civilization.” The preeminent … Continue reading New Soros-funded university to combat climate change, nationalism
Michigan State University unveiled a controversial new website earlier this month to provide assistance to “undocumented students, refugees,” and DACA recipients with a goal to “reduce apprehension.” The Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives of the East Lansing-headquartered school announced … Continue reading MSU creates website to reduce anxiety of illegal aliens
It’s always a pleasure to hear from fans, even when they’re sputtering, violent, leftist morons. This person, who gives his name as Richard Delaney, just wrote me about a provocative, widely misunderstood piece I wrote for American Thinker. The column, … Continue reading Leftist moron whines about 9-year-old opinion piece, issues death threat
A long-shot proposal for Virginia counties to secede and become part of neighboring West Virginia gained momentum after conservative leader and Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. endorsed it this week. The proposal by grassroots conservative activists, dubbed “Vexit,” calls for redrawing … Continue reading Conservative Virginia counties float seceding to West Virginia
A group of falconry enthusiasts will be allowed to pursue their lawsuit against federal and state authorities challenging “speech codes for birds” and in which they claim government inspectors routinely run roughshod over their constitutional rights. A federal judge threw … Continue reading Court finds falconry regulations run afoul of the Bill of Rights
A conservative group that claims it is being targeted by Michigan authorities for its political views on the basis of controversial research by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has won a round in court, after a federal judge denied state … Continue reading Lawsuit of conservative group targeted by Southern Poverty Law Center to go ahead
In a victory for the forces of political correctness, Yale University’s undergraduate school will stop teaching a widely acclaimed introductory survey course in art history because the artists studied are “overwhelmingly white, straight, European and male.” The move goes against the … Continue reading Yale drops introductory art history course, calling it ‘overwhelmingly white’
A father and daughter have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration, claiming that authorities seized the father’s life savings at Pittsburgh International Airport without any legal justification. The lawsuit was filed by … Continue reading Retiree sues TSA, DEA for confiscating money without cause
WASHINGTON—A tax-credit program for needy students in Montana shouldn’t be shut down merely because some of the money may end up in the coffers of private religious schools, the Supreme Court heard Jan. 22. “What we’re saying here is that … the … Continue reading Supreme Court considers parents using public money for religious schools
A musician is suing Houston in federal court over its extraordinarily strict regulations governing outdoor performances in the city, claiming his First Amendment rights are being violated. The lawsuit challenging the city’s ordinance prohibiting musicians from busking, that is, playing in public … Continue reading Lawsuit seeks freedom to busk in Houston
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has decided to hear Ford Motor Company’s challenge to Minnesota and Montana court decisions that allowed personal injury lawsuits regarding cars sold out of state to proceed. The case is potentially important because the Supreme Court could clarify where personal injury … Continue reading Ford to ask Supreme Court to clarify where it can be sued
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Little Sisters of the Poor, a Roman Catholic order of nuns, regarding its objection on religious grounds to having to provide health insurance that covers birth control, sterilization, and abortifacients for its … Continue reading Supreme Court to hear appeal by Little Sisters of the Poor on contraception mandate
Radical U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who could be the next Commander-in-Chief, asked then-President Barack Obama in his final days in office to formally exonerate Soviet atomic spy Ethel Rosenberg, according to media reports. This was not a request for a … Continue reading Warren asked Obama to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg: Clearing the name of a traitor was a priority for the Democratic presidential candidate
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court threw out a lower court’s decision and so revived a lawsuit by IBM employees who had invested in company stock. They argued they should be able to sue managers of the company’s retirement fund in stock-drop litigation for … Continue reading Supreme Court revives employees’ suit against IBM retirement plan