Indiana’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the state’s voucher program, giving a serious boost to education reform. The program had come under attack for diverting public money to religious education, but the court rejected this argument in a unanimous decision. The WSJ reports: The judges, upholding an earlier trial-court decision, ruled that as long as the […]

China has agreed to buy 24 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and four Lada-class submarines from Russia, state media reported yesterday. This is China’s biggest arms purchase in a decade and a signal to neighboring countries that the People’s Liberation Army means business.The large purchase will bulk up China’s naval and air forces at a tense time. […]

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius admitted yesterday that Obamacare will raise the price of insurance premiums for some Americans. Unsurprisingly, young people will get the shaft, especially young men. WSJ: The secretary’s remarks are among the first direct statements from federal officials that people who have skimpy health plans right now could face higher premiums for plans that are […]

The US is gaining one of Britain’s brightest political stars. David Milliband, former UK Foreign Secretary and head of Tony Blair’s policy unit, is stepping down from Parliament to run the International Rescue Committee, a New York-based humanitarian organization. Milliband’s move continues a long pattern of leaders in both countries having close ties across the oceans.Business, […]

After threatening to incinerate the US, now the Norks are refusing to pick up the phone. Reuters reports on the escalating bluster from Pyongyang: Reclusive North Korea is to cut the last channel of communications with the South because war could break out at “any moment”, it said on Wednesday, days after warning the United States and South Korea of nuclear attack.It is […]

Here’s one job Americans should be overjoyed to outsource: global imperialist overlord. Historically, the US has shouldered the burden of this charge, making the big investments in foreign mines, energy supplies, and transport networks necessary to keep the liberal global economic system healthy and growing. Needless to say, Uncle Sam ruffled many a local feather in […]

China is making waves again, this time by allegedly firing on a Vietnamese fishing boat in the South China Sea. Reuters reports: A statement posted on the Vietnamese government’s website said the trawler was chased away and came under attack from Chinese ships near the Paracel islands on March 20, calling the incident a breach of international […]

If you have young children, or have given some thought to starting a family, the looming specter of paying for your son or daughter’s college tuition 15 or 18 years down the line no doubt keeps you wide awake some nights. You may have considered putting money into a “529 plan”, an investment vehicle designed […]

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held its annual meeting on March 14-16, 2013, in Washington. Widely reported on in the media, its main agenda was fiscal conservatives and social conservatives assuring each other that they could collaborate in reviving the Republican Party despite their different emphases on issues, respectively, north and south of the […]

Gay marriage is coming, like it or not.