I’ve been thrown off my health insurance — THANKS, OBAMACARE! — and have spent hours and hours over the past month trying to figure out my options now that the Democrats have made my old plan, which I liked, “illegal.” (I prefer to think of my plan as “undocumented.”) Whom do I bill for the […]

The Los Angeles City Council asked Mickey Kantor, President Clinton’s ex-secretary of commerce, to head a commission to assess the shape of American’s second largest city. The report pulled few punches. Los Angeles, said the report, “suffers from a crisis in leadership and direction.” L.A., it says, risks becoming “a city in decline.” These problems […]

“Well, then,” Jesus said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.” (Mark 12:17 Living Paraphrase) When considering what belongs to Caesar and what belongs to God, what happens when the federal government seeks to replace God by defining “church” and when life begins to have value, the […]

Blacks must become multilingual. I’m not saying that black folk should learn a second language such as Spanish or Chinese – although the fact that Hispanics are the dominant minority and China is ascending economically might make knowledge of these languages a handy skill. No, it’s not as much about how things are being said […]

When President Barack Obama and other Democrats began talking about raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour, I didn’t believe them. Instead, cynical thoughts came to mind, like “class war” and “November elections” and “pandering for votes.” But I’ve changed. Now I agree with the president, the national Democrats and the Chicago Way boys […]

It’s 9 a.m. on a weekday, and I’m at the Marisol Therapeutics pot shop. This is serious business. Security is tight. ID checks are frequent. Merchandise is strictly regulated, labeled, wrapped and controlled. The store is clean, bright and safe. The staffers are courteous and professional. Customers of all ages are here. There’s a middle-aged […]

We’re told government protects us, but protectors quickly become bullies. Take the Food and Drug Administration. It seems like the most helpful part of government: It supervises testing to make sure greedy drug companies don’t sell us dangerous stuff. The FDA’s first big success was stopping thalidomide, a drug that prevented the nausea of morning […]

Some statements and arguments are so asinine that you’d have to be an academic or a leftist to take them seriously. Take the accusation that Republicans and conservatives are conducting a war on women. Does that mean they’re waging war on their daughters, wives, mothers and other female members of their families? If so, do […]