March 1, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump is proposing new measures to prevent school shootings. Fred Lucas reports. Meanwhile, the Senate finally confirmed Russ Vought, our former colleague and the nominee who famously sparred with Sen. Bernie Sanders over religion, as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Is Silicon Valley allying with the left? Jarrett Stepman analyzes. Plus: Jennifer Marshall pens an appreciation of Billy Graham, and Mary Clare Amselem warns teachers seeking more pay not to rely on unions. On this day in 1780, Pennsylvania passed the first bill in the United States abolishing slavery.
No matter how violent the Soviet Union was, the left always opposed a strong Western military.
Mainstream conservatives or libertarians have found themselves on a Southern Poverty Law Center hate list.
President Ronald Reagan said, "It was through Billy Graham that I found myself praying even more than on a daily basis … and that in the position I held, that my prayers more and more were to give me the wisdom to make decisions that would serve God and be pleasing to Him."
The repeal of the individual mandate tax penalty does not take effect until 2019. This year, therefore, the tax penalty is still the law of the land, and the IRS will enforce it.
A combination of performance pay, improved teacher evaluation, and an option of modestly larger classes could easily enable schools to pay their "rock star teachers" more than $100,000.
President Trump calls the NRA "great patriots," but says, "that doesn’t mean we have to agree on everything."
America seems to have forgotten the essence of leadership. This concern has been especially raised by the performance—or failure thereof—of the Broward County Sheriff's Office in the Parkland shooting and its aftermath.
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