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As Pericles said, “Just because you don’t take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” Nothing is more illustrative of the noble Athenian’s point than the American Census. The count is made, and you become part of a political calculus. In a parliamentary democracy, that is expected. Since 1790, every ten years the United States has conducted a headcount. Unlike much of what the government does these days, there is actually a constitutional basis...

Morgan Griffith On April 22, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on H.R. 51, a bill to admit the District of Columbia as the 51st state of the Union. D.C.’s lack of voting representation in Congress is a matter of fairness that deserves to be addressed, but H.R. 51’s proponents are advocating the wrong solution. The Founding Fathers wanted the nation’s capital to stand alone, not be the first among equals as a state along with the others. As James Madison wrote in...

Forcing Critical Race Theory on children is psychologically damaging. I come from a time when schools existed to teach the ABCs, basic math and the amazing story of the American founding. While it’s true that Horace Mann, the man who first promoted universal public education, was a central planner, government schools usually turned out educated students whose values comported with those of their parents. But these days, driven by fads and pseudoscience, many schools seem to exist to frighten...

Suspending the filibuster to pass H.R. 1 is just what the Senate should do, voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday:

Western North Dakota county passes Second Amendment Preservation Act Stark County commissioners on Tuesday, March 2, unanimously approved in a 5-0 vote an act that will immediately go into effect in Stark County to strengthen the countys preservation of the Second Amendment in the wake of President Joe Biden and Democratic legislators recent legislation and long-standing policies on gun control. Written By: James Miller | × Introduced by Andrew "Kord" Kordonowy, a U...

Stark County Commission passes Second Amendment Preservation Act Stark County commissioners on Tuesday, March 2, unanimously approved in a 5-0 vote an act that will immediately go into effect in Stark County to strengthen the countys preservation of the Second Amendment in the wake of President Joe Biden and Democratic legislators recent legislation and long-standing policies on gun control. Written By: James Miller | × Introduced by Andrew "Kord" Kordonowy, a Unite...

This week, Connie Lawson (R) announced her resignation as the Indiana Secretary of State. She was first appointed to the role in 2012 to fill the office vacated by Charlie

View the comic strip for Prickly City by cartoonist Scott Stantis created February 16, 2021 available on GoComics.com

On Friday, Rep. Louie Gohmert became the first of two politicians fined for not walking through the new metal detectors installed inside of the U.S. Capitol building. The Texas congressman was fined $5,000 after not stopping to be screened for a second time after he left the House floor on…

On Tuesday, House Democrats instated a new rule to issue a $5,000 fine to any lawmakers who refuse to comply with the new safety measure.