2006—A South Dakota law enacted in 2005 sets forth informed-consent provisions for abortion, including that the woman undergoing abortion be informed that “the abortion will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique living human being.” The law defines “human being” as an “individual living member of the species Homo sapiens.” Advertisement Advertisement In Planned

Four years ago, the media were talking about a “Libertarian Moment.” I had high hopes! Sen. Rand Paul ran for president, promising to “take our country back from special interests.” But his campaign never took off. He “shouldn’t even be on the stage,” said Donald Trump at a Republican presidential debate. Paul quit his presidential

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman arrives to testify on Capitol Hill, October 29, 2019. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters) Vindman, a key witness in the impeachment inquiry, was the subject of attacks ahead of his Tuesday testimony. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council staffer and key witness in the House’s impeachment inquiry, was accused by former Republican

On August 5, India revoked Article 370 of its constitution. This article had been in place for decades, and granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir within the Indian union. India’s Parliament then passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, dissolving the state and reorganizing it into separate territories: Jammu and Kashmir in the west and Ladakh in the east. Pakistan has

House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Representative Liz Cheney of Wisconsin slammed fellow Republicans on Tuesday for questioning the patriotism of witnesses for House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against President Trump. “Questioning the patriotism, questioning the dedication to country

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the weeks, then months and now years after losing the presidential election in 2016, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly demonstrated in speeches and television interviews that she has no idea why she lost. She has blamed everything from racism to Russia, from the media to sexism, from deplorables to stubborn, backward-looking nostalgia.

(Roza/Dreamstime) Decades of misgovernance and misplaced priorities have left the state fighting fire with … blackouts. California is staying true to its reputation as the land of innovation — it is making blackouts, heretofore the signature of impoverished and war-torn lands, a routine feature of 21st-century American life. More than 2 million people are going

Here are some of the messages the left has been giving America’s young people: Your past is terrible, and your future is terrible. The American past is a story of genocide, slavery, racism, patriarchy and colonialism. You should be ashamed of it. As regards your future, your very existence is in jeopardy. You may well

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) at a weekly news conference in the U.S. Capitol, September 25, 2019 (Al Drago/Reuters) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday that a decision by Democrats to hold a vote on the impeachment inquiry against President Trump later this week shows the process was “botched from the start.” “It’s

According to the media, Bill Taylor, the acting chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, delivered the coup de grâce to the Trump presidency earlier this week. Taylor testified before members of the House committees leading the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry behind closed doors, but his opening … Read More

Federal government health-coverage forms (Jonathan Bachman/Reuters) The ‘center lane’ 2020 Democrats want a problematic policy that we barely avoided ten years ago. A  lot of the Democratic presidential candidates are rushing as far to the left on health care as they can. But some in the “center lane” are advocating what they claim is a more

A man believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a screen grab of a video released on April 29, 2019 (Al Furqan Media Network/Reuters TV via Reuters) President Trump announced Sunday morning that U.S. special forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a night raid in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, fulfilling “the

Would Amy McGrath, who hopes to take Mitch McConnell’s Senate seat away from him, attend a dinner hosted by a Nazi group? Of course not. Would she show her face hosted by a group that opposed jihad terror? Not on your life. But in a sign of how topsy-turvy the Left’s moral compass has become,

Ellen DeGeneres, October 2019 (Tim Heitman/USA Today Sports/ Reuters) The practitioners of the politics of cooties seem not to realize that we’re all in this together. When the Founders designed the basic architecture of the American system, they bore in mind among other antecedents the Roman republic. Their heirs are fascinated by a rather different

When Bernie Sanders visited Canada’s national health care system on a fact-finding mission, he came away mightily impressed. “Somehow or another in Canada,” he said, “for a number of decades, they have provided quality care to all people without out-of-pocket expenses…And they do it for about 50 percent per capita of the cost that we

Republicans and Democrats, partisans of Donald Trump and those looking to impeach him, should speak with one voice about at least one thing: It is time for Nancy Pelosi to bring the impeachment process out of the shadows, out from behind closed doors, and into the light and air, such as it is, of the

President Lyndon B. Johnson in an undated photo (Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum/Reuters ) Lyndon Johnson’s 1960s spending initiatives have not paid off with any improvement in education. In 1964, most people would have been excited to receive a signed picture from the president. But a woman known to history as “Mrs. Marlow” did

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren visits a picket line of striking teachers in Chicago, October 22, 2019. (Joshua Lott/Reuters) The political contradictions of progressivism ‘The fact is there is no more money. Period,” says Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot. She’s talking about the teachers’ strike that has paralyzed her city’s public schools — enrollment 360,000

So, Eddie Johnson, superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, says he will give it a miss on Monday when President Trump addresses a gathering of police chiefs in the Windy City. “The values of the people of Chicago are more important than anything that he would have to say,” Johnson’s spokesman said in explaining the

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., October 23, 2019 (Erin Scott/Reuters) Those attempting to cajole Facebook to censor political speech do not want these same standards applied to them. Misinformation, spin, and false claims have been part of politics since America’s founding. To secure the 1800 presidential

The anti-gun Left has managed to narrow the focus of their foaming-at-the-mouth rage in the last year or so. After spending decades just barking “NRA BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS!” when “debating” gun control, they’ve now squarely focused their anger on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In the new telling of the story, the real reason

(Dado Ruvic/Reuters) It would be a travesty if China, which has entered the fray, became the world’s leader in this global economic development. The old adage about giving a dog a bad name certainly applies to Facebook these days. Politicians and pundits of every ideological stripe feel free to lash out at Mark Zuckerberg whenever

While Trump-haters keep obsessing over his tweets and “manners,” we are witnessing the Democrats’ ongoing rejection of President Donald Trump’s constitutional right to govern and the people’s sovereign choice in electing him. Let’s check our priorities. You may regard Trump’s tweet “#StopTheCoup” as political theater, but it’s not, and we need to take notice. Ever

President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., July 17, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) As evidence mounts, the GOP defense of Trump’s call is falling apart. During the last impeachment, the Latin expression coitus interruptus got a workout. This time, it’s quid pro quo. Republicans lashed themselves to this mast when the White House’s

I sometimes say that my particular “beat” as a PJ columnist is spotting examples of stupidity and explaining why they’re stupid. You’d think I’d have something every day, but the truth is I see so many examples I end up like the donkey in the precise center of a ring of bales of hay, unable

Cane Madden (Courtesy of Louisville Metro Corrections) Incompetent to stand trial, competent to offend In February of this year, Cane Madden of Kentucky was released after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman. Per arrest records, Madden was accused of biting the victim and “removing a large chunk of [her] face.” Face-ripping is the sort of behavior

Recently I had an experience that brought home to me why the Left is so decisively winning the culture war. It involved local politics, but the same kind of thing is happening all over the country. A few weeks ago I spoke up in New Hampshire at the invitation of the Sullivan County Republican Party,

(Michelle Marsan/Dreamstime) A senior Education Department official who oversees the U.S. student loan program will announce his resignation on Thursday and call for the cancellation of the nation’s student debt, according to the Wall Street Journal. A. Wayne Johnson was appointed chief operating officer of the Office of Federal Student Aid in 2017 by Education Secretary

The New York Times and CNN co-sponsored the recent Democratic presidential debate. The New York Times has not endorsed a Republican for president since 1956. Prior to the Mueller report, the influential paper published story after story about alleged Russian collusion with the Trump presidential campaign. Project Veritas, the investigative reporting outfit that uses undercover video,

Members of the U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in southern Syria, November 22, 2017 (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob Connor) It’s not troop presence, which serves aims that are in America’s interest. President Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from Syria should not have surprised anyone. He has consistently opposed U.S. military involvement