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Democrats, media reel as Trump shocks the DC ecosystem

President-elect Trump has shown that his rhetoric against the media wasn't just a campaign stunt, and that he's willing to fight reporters who don't see it his way...  Read more

Trump looking to reinstate Bush-era deportation policies

The incoming Trump administration plans to re-establish policies that were rescinded under President Obama in order to find and deport criminal illegal aliens...  Read more

Ideological activists masquerading in lab coats

The Union of Concerned Scientists is just another garden-variety activist group attacking Rex Tillerson...  Read more

Obama's farewell address more like a father's lecture

President Obama went full dad-mode Tuesday night. He examined his accomplishments, thanked and praised his supporters, and then lectured all of us to do as he says and not as he does.  Read more

Updated Missile Defense Policy Clears a Path for Trump to Expand Missile Defense

The North Koreans appear to be preparing to test yet another missile, at any time, this one with a potential range that would put the entire United States—from LA to NYC—within reach...  Read more

Senate Confirmation Bias

Things are likely to go a little more smoothly for Donald Trump's appointees, this week and next. The left is determined to have a fight and committee hearings will be especially contentious.  Read more

Democrats fear Trump presser will overshadow confirmation hearings

Democrats worry Trump's press conference will overshadow the four confirmation hearings that day...  Read more

Corn Wars

Writing in the Wealth of Nations in 1776, Adam Smith stated that, "corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity (sic)."...  Read more

Hillary for Mayor?

Hillary Clinton, fresh off her defeat by Donald J. Trump, is said to be considering a comeback via a run for mayor of New York City this very year...  Read more

SCOTUS design decision ushers in a New Year and a new era for innovation

Apple recently argued to the Supreme Court that you should be just as happy if you got an empty shell of a Galaxy S7 as if you'd gotten a working phone...  Read more

Toward a more patient-centered healthcare system

The Restoring Access to Medication Act would allow HSA and FSA funds to be used on over-the-counter meds...  Read more

Democrats planning stall tactics for Trump's Cabinet picks this week

Senate Republicans will begin the confirmation process for President-elect Trump's Cabinet this week amid efforts by Democrats to stall the process...  Read more

In Hezekiah's Tunnel

One of the most interesting figures in the bible is King Hezekiah—reformer, builder, and entirely historical, attested to in a passel of extra-biblical sources...  Read more

Barack to the Future

They are keening in the Bay Area. “Oh, America, what have we done?" wrote a San Bruno reader to the San Francisco Chronicle the week after November's election...  Read more

The Fed and FTC strike a blow for competition

Visa set up technical requirements for new chip card readers that interfered with merchants' ability to decide which network to use...  Read more

How Jeff Sessions would change the Justice Department

On Tuesday morning attorney general-designate Jeff Sessions will become the first Trump nominee to undergo a Senate confirmation hearing...  Read more

Air Force head says Trump mixing 'apples and oranges' on fighter jets

President-elect Trump's notion that an F/A-18 Super Hornet, left, could do the same job as an F-35 is "a little bit apples and oranges," Air Force secretary said.  Read more

GOP leaders to House Republicans — Don't make us call dad!

Before Trump's upset victory, Ryan's nascent speakership looked vulnerable.  Read more