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Below is my column in The Hill on our 250th Anniversary. Most of us will be celebrating with fireworks and…
The church leader was reunited with his family in America on Friday, after 266 days in Chinese prison, writes Frannie Block.
Laura Field once again accuses me of “distort[ing] and obscur[ing] a specific passage from an important speech by Lincoln.” She also accuses me, once again, of betraying the teaching and legacy of Har...
A heavy, authoritative thud echoed through the Hawai‘i House chamber as Speaker Rilynn Kawaikoʻolilihilihiokalikolehua Perez brought down the gavel. Student delegates settled into their seats, shuffli...
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Plus: Nick Kristof's strange moral logic, the birthright citizenship ruling, and an interview with Yoram Hazony on Israel, Iran, and Tucker Carlson.
My students crossed oceans to become U.S. citizens, but now they say America is taking away their rights. I wanted to show them otherwise—so I needed to learn them myself.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Soon after Patriots defended Charles Town at Fort Moultrie in 1776, the regiment received a flag embroidered with acorns, a battle drum and an early version of the crescent that would...
Links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which remain relevant on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.
In 1776, there was no electricity, no anesthesia, and no running water. The Founders still built something that changed the world. What comes next is up to us.
Republican and Democratic coaches take questions from the press
From Thursday's Seventh Circuit decision in U.S. v. Rose, written by Judge Frank Easterbook and joined by Judges Thomas Kirsch… The post People with Past Mental Hospital Commitments May Regain Second ...
From Judge Matthew McFarland (S.D. Ohio) Thursday in Rice v. Schell; the analysis seems basically correct to me: [T]he Advance… The post Court Rejects Professor's Claim That Discontinuation of Univers...
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7/4/1776: Declaration of Independence is signed. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 4, 1776 appeared first on Reason.com.
America's first president helped establish the tradition of military submission to civilian authority.
An illustration of a bald eagle with an American flag hatching from an egg
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world
From U.S. v. Virginia, decided yesterday by Judge Robert Payne (E.D. Va.); these conclusions played a role in the court's… The post Judge's Conclusions About Risks of Identification for ICE Officers a...
From U.S. v. Virginia, decided yesterday by Judge Robert Payne (E.D. Va.): On May 20, 2026, citing concerns that federal… The post Virginia Law Banning Law Enforcement Officer Masks Blocked as to ICE ...