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Feb. 26, 2016
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| Good morning from Washington, where lawmakers bear down on the Obama administration for bailing out insurers. We've got new evidence the Justice Department hasn't stopped harassing firearms dealers and other politically incorrect businesses. Plus commentary from Heritage Foundation scholars: Ryan T. Anderson calls out big businesses for bullying smaller ones to capitulate on what marriage is. Minimum wage hikes create something different from paradise, Salim Furth advises. And whatever happened to reasoning together at universities? Arthur Milikh knows. |
NewsGovernment Continues 'Discriminating' Against Gun Sellers, Ohio Business Owner Says "I definitely think the government is discriminating against our industry," William Evans, president and CEO of American Tactical Concepts in Wadsworth, Ohio, told The Daily Signal. Evans was recently denied access to banking services from Direct Capital. Read More |
NewsLawmakers: Obama Administration Illegally Diverted Billions Intended for US Treasury to Insurers "The announcement that the administration made represents an illegal wealth transfer from hardworking taxpayers to insurers," said Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Penn. Read More |
CommentaryWhy Have Universities Been Overtaken by Mob Rule? Without even resorting to force, college students have successfully compelled the resignation of presidents and administrators, the firing and hiring of faculty, and drastic changes to university curricula. Read More |
NewsGOP Senator Pushes for Action on Obama Judges Amid Supreme Court Fight The GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee has vowed to block the path for President Barack Obama's eventual Supreme Court nominee. But Republican Sen. Pat Toomey is asking that committee to quickly let through two different Obama nominees from his home state of Pennsylvania. Read More |
CommentaryThe Hypocrisy of Big Business Attacking Georgia's Religious Liberty Bill Big businesses in Georgia are threatening boycotts, travel bans, and relocations if the government doesn't do as they wish regarding a bill that protects religious freedom. It's Indiana all over again. Read More |
CommentaryThe Minimum Wage Killed 1 out of 11 Jobs on This Tropical Island Congress must give Puerto Rico's policymakers liberty from the destructive policies Congress itself has imposed on the island. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Zelensky cites new phase of war, poll shows strong support for Ukraine, Truce ends in Gaza, Tuberville targets woke officers
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT ZELENSKY: 'WE DID NOT ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULTS': I n a wide-ranging interview with the Associated Press, conducted Thursday in the war-ravaged northeastern Ukrainian town of Kharkiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a sobering assessment of the shortcomings of Ukraine's summer counteroffensive against Russian forces, while remaining resolute about the need to keep fighting. "We wanted faster results. From that perspective, unfortunately, we did not achieve the desired results. And this is a fact," Zelensky said. "We are losing people, I'm not satisfied. We didn't get all the weapons we