President Donald Trump invited the Dodgers to the White House. Many of their fans feared that the team, by accepting, would humiliate themselves and betray the team’s large Latino, Asian and African-American fan base. Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter, along with co-owner Magic Johnson, have proposed a solution. Trump has promised that if he can keep the championship trophy, the Commissioner’s Trophy, he will end all seizures and deportations of immigrants.   read more

The last men standing from World War I who fought for the United States and Great Britain reflect differently on their experiences. One refuses to participate in ceremonies commemorating the “Great War,” while another fights for the establishmen...   read more

An outspoken advocate for homosexuals, as well as a writer and educator, Kevin Jennings has served since July 2009 as assistant deputy secretary to head the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools in the U.S. Department of Education. Founded in 200...   read more

A former state legislator from Virginia, L. Preston Bryant, Jr. was appointed chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) by President Barack Obama in September 2009. His term on the commission expires in 2013. The NCPC reviews a...   read more

Despite former President George W. Bush’s recent admission about authorizing torture, the Obama administration has given no indication it wants to reopen the controversy over how suspected terrorists were treated during the “war on terror.” At l...   read more

Accused of failing to properly regulate the discharge of toxic metals by power plants into waterways, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being sued by two environmental organizations. The Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club ...   read more

The Great Recession did nothing to convince Congress to slow down the soaring increase in highly-paid federal workers. An analysis by USA Today has revealed that the number of U.S. government employees earning $150,000 or more a year jumped tenfol...   read more

An internal survey conducted by the Department of Defense involving active duty and reserve troops found that more than 70% of respondents did not express opposition to repealing the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military. The effect ...   read more

Americans have continued to put off getting married for the first time, according to new figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. Both men and women have reached a record average age for their first marital commitment: 28.2 for men and 26.1 for wome...   read more

The Obama administration has decided not to pursue criminal charges against CIA officials who destroyed more than 90 videotapes showing the torture of suspected terrorists during the early Bush years. Special Prosecutor John Durham with the U.S....   read more

As if the food in fast food wasn’t questionable enough from a health standpoint, it turns out the wrappers used for hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, microwave popcorn, etc. contain chemicals that are leaching into the human body.   Researchers ...   read more

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has spent too much time going after small-time gun runners instead of focusing on larger operations that have supplied weapons to Mexico’s drug cartels, according to a federal audit. ...   read more

Two civil liberties groups argued in federal court this week that the U.S. government does not have the legal right to order the assassination of American citizens overseas even if they advocate terrorist violence.   The case was brought by th...   read more

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to maintain a database of dangerous chemicals to better inform the public of risks posed by the substances. But EPA officials have fallen so far behind on updating the Integrated Risk In...   read more

More taxes are out of the question for voters in Washington state, even if those feeding the coffers of government are the rich. Residents overwhelmingly rejected a plan during last week’s election to establish a state income tax that would have...   read more

Although there is no record of Islamic law ever being used in a court case in Oklahoma, voters last week approved an amendment to the state constitution that bans the application of Sharia law by judges when deciding cases. The new law also bans...   read more

Forget Congress, argue attorneys Jeanne Mirer and Marjorie Cohn. President Barack Obama has all the authority and resources needed at his disposal to create millions of new jobs for unemployed Americans.   Just as others on the left have remarke...   read more