Stories surfaced this year to the effect that federal employees would quit if Donald Trump were elected. Unfortunately, that’s not likely to happen. “Most of what we think of as federal law is written by…
Topic: Congress

Congressmen Support Cutting Off Federal Funding to ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Universities
From The Daily Caller: Republican Texas Reps. Louie Gohmert and Brian Babin told The Daily Caller Monday they would support legislation to cut off federal funds from universities and colleges which have a stated policy of…

Journalism 101: Orwell Revisited
Pity the poor journalism student: He, or she, has to keep up with so many ways to spin a story that it would make George Orwell dizzy. “During Republican administrations they prided themselves on being…
Congresswoman Blasts Abortion Industry for Rebuffing Congress
Marsha Blackburn, a Republican congresswoman from Tennessee, wrote a blistering piece on the abortion industry’s resistance to Congress: Because StemExpress and its CEO, Cate Dyer, have refused to comply with several subpoenas, we have recommended…
Parade for D.C. Statehood on Independence Day
WASHINGTON, D.C.– As many people paraded through our nation’s capital to celebrate Independence Day, a few dozen people gathered together to march for D.C. statehood. Although supporters and non-supporters attended the parade, everyone seemed to…
Cruz Hearing Gets Heated About Radical Islam
On June 28, 2016, dozens of people lined up to attend a Senate hearing where Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and others took issue with the Obama administration’s refusal to use the word “radical Islam.” Contention not only arose among the audience but also among the committee.
University of New Mexico’s Bioethics Questioned by Congressional Panel
Perhaps universities should begin teaching ethics again, or at least bioethics. In the course of her investigation into the sale of fetal tissue, illegal under federal law, U. S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-TN, discovered a…
Yale Study Shows Danger of Marijuana
Donald J. Trump says vets are treated worse than illegal immigrants. But help is on the way. The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to make it easier for veterans to get access to officially-approved…
House Democrats Lose Fight to Ban Confederate Flags at The Citadel
From Campus Reform: “The U.S. House of Representatives has rejected a Democrat-led effort to withhold ROTC funding from The Citadel unless it removes a Confederate flag on display in its chapel.”
Trump Campaign Plans College Overhaul
Who knew that the Trump campaign would be getting involved in higher education policy this year? Sam Clovis, a tenured economics professor and Trump campaign co-chair, recently noted that their objectives include getting the government…