David Hogberg

Finally, school bathrooms are safe from the federal government

Make corporate welfare great again?

Leftists harass new education secretary DeVos during school visit

Doing their best Orval Faubus impersonation, what appeared to be Black Lives Matter protesters blocked newly sworn-in U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from entering Jefferson Academy, a public school in Washington, D.C.

How to lie about Betsy DeVos

It would be easy to say that the lies about Betsy DeVos were ineffective since she was confirmed, but the confirmation vote was too close for comfort. The lies had enough heft to cause two Republican defections, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-NEA) and Susan Collins (R-NEA).

Do Bank of America, Fidelity, and Schwab support the Berkeley violence?

A group called Refuse Fascism is taking responsibility for the violence unleashed in Berkeley last Wednesday during a protest over a scheduled speech by conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. The group defended the violence (without calling it violence, of course) and called for more such action to shut down other conservative speakers.

Liberal officials beware: you will be pepper-sprayed next,

The leftist counter-revolution will devour its own

Will Mitch McConnell grow a pair?

If the Senate Majority Leader stays true to form, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is going nowhere

The Stupid Party is screwing up Obamacare repeal

While Obamacare collapses under its own weight congressional Republicans are preparing to save it and make it worse. Obamacare is causing premiums on the government-created exchanges to rise higher and higher to point where fewer people can afford health insurance. Unfortunately, Republicans are on course to accelerate the death spiral and, thus, flub their chance to undo Obamacare and put our health care system on path toward a free market.

Thomas Sowell retires

Most of you probably know that last week economist Thomas Sowell decided to hang up his syndicated column after 25 years. There have been many tributes to Sowell (including mine), so I won’t bother with another one here. Rather, I want to take a brief look at three of his most important insights on racial and ethnic groups.