A century ago, my grandparents boarded an ocean liner in eastern Europe. They took only what they could carry with them, and left behind everything they had known. I can only wonder what they thought as they took one last look at the only place they called home. There was no telling what they would…
As the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, I’ve always believed my service doesn’t stop at the church’s doors. I am not a senator who used to be a pastor – I’m a pastor that serves in the U.S. Senate. And I bring that lens of returning to my congregation each week and spending time…
Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard – the video game company behind titles like “Guitar Hero,” “Candy Crush,” “World of Warcraft” and “Call of Duty” – in the largest tech acquisitions in history. Antitrust regulators are assessing whether the deal could hurt competition in the booming global video game industry, for numerous reasons including the fact…
As we enter the final week of the midterm election, voters are expressing deep concern about the state of the economy and inflation. They should. Today, we live in an economy in which the billionaires are getting much richer while working families fall further behind. Unbelievably, while 60 percent of Americans are living paycheck to…
I love Los Angeles – I grew up and raised my own family here. My grandparents emigrated here and started their lives from scratch as they worked hard to achieve the American Dream. They instilled in me strong family values, a hard-working spirit, and a deep commitment to giving back to the community. These are…
Conversations around Sherri Bukovskey’s kitchen table are much like yours. A dental hygienist from Maine, Sherri remembers the days not long ago when she could keep her home toasty warm in the wintertime for half the price it would cost today. She remembers when no one in her neighborhood would even consider foregoing medication in…
You wouldn’t know it from reading the headlines, but Special Counsel John Durham has demonstrated in exacting detail what former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes and I first uncovered five years ago: the Steele Dossier was not just a Clinton-concocted and Democrat-funded scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election. It was an unlawful effort…
In the Harvard and University of North Carolina affirmative-action cases, the Supreme Court has the opportunity to end our system of racial spoils in higher-education admissions. Indeed, recent arguments showed that a clear majority of justices are uneasy at best with the blatant use of racial preferences that especially harm Asian-American applicants. The man-eating plant…
The race for Texas Governor presents a pivotal moment for our great state. Amid the destructive Democrat policies wreaking havoc on the American economy and the soul of our nation, Texas serves as a beacon of growth, prosperity and freedom. As Governor of Texas, I will keep it that way. This race has placed Texas…
The politics of education have changed so much, so quickly in the COVID-19 era that universal school choice — an unattainable ideal for generations of reformers — has suddenly become a middle-of-the-road position for most Americans. Universal education choice should be a ripe campaign issue for state candidates this fall and the top policy priority…