Rich Tucker

The House of Representatives prepares to vote on trade agreements pushed by President Obama.

In the U.S. today, all the focus seems to be on gay marriage. It’s a central topic at the Supreme Court this month, for example. But the real story isn’t the death of men; it’s the death of marriage.

As lawmakers headed home for a week of vacation–or as some of them return next weekend, earlier than they had expected–they’ll certainly notice the nation’s airports are not in tip-top shape.

Bribery is mostly a problem in dealing with government officials, who have a legal monopoly in a particular area. So it makes sense to allow free markets to prevent bribery, rather than counting on governments to root it out.

The U.S. Senate limped into its Memorial Day recess leaving a key piece of legislative business unfinished: how to handle the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk collection of telephone data.

Homeschooling is taking off because it works, and because it empowers parents. The bigger question isn’t whether it’ll be banned in 100 years; it’s “what will government schools look like in 100 years, with dwindling student populations?”

The Senate voted 62-37 late Friday to approve a controversial trade measure that President Barack Obama has made a priority.

Senators have one more chance to block one of the president’s signature initiatives with a procedural vote on Friday.

But why bother waiting for the accident professionals to tell us why an Amtrak train derailed? Plenty of political professionals already know the solution: Spend more on Amtrak.

In modern society, of course, much of the complexity in our lives is placed there by governments, supposedly acting to “help” us avoid failure or to “protect” us from failure.

The federal government wants Americans to use wind power, which is produced here in the U.S. and doesn’t put out any emissions. So wind is heavily subsidized in the tax code. The bill to taxpayers will total at least $6.4 billion over the next decade.

In Nevada, the House always wins. That’s why they build massive casinos: to collect money from gamblers–who are unofficially known in the state as “suckers.”

Loretta Lynch will receive a vote this afternoon on whether she will become the next Attorney General of the United States.

Steelworkers exist to make things. They use a process that requires lots of energy and produces lots of pollution. Environmental groups exist to oppose making things, such as steel, since doing so produces so much pollution. Eventually, since their reasons for existing are diametrically opposed, they have to come apart.