[ad_1] In Oregon, you can have cocaine, but not cranberries. Heroin, but no ham. Meth, but not mashed potatoes! Amazingly, a state that just legalized drugs wants to criminalize Thanksgiving! Talk about a double helping of hypocrisy—just in time for the holidays. Of course, Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, wasn’t exactly winning any popularity contests as it

[ad_1] Noncitizens likely voted at a high enough rate to alter the 2020 Electoral College tally, potentially flipping the states of Arizona and Georgia in the presidential election, according to an analysis by Just Facts, a research group.  That’s significant, and while it wouldn’t be enough to hand the election to President Donald Trump, it

[ad_1] In a revived era of great-power competition, the United States must face revisionist powers and rogue regimes with advancing nuclear forces and a greater willingness to use them than we have experienced in the past. It’s incumbent upon the next administration to protect American citizens and interests from these rising threats. Under the Trump

[ad_1] If you’ve ever had a post flagged on or removed from social media, you need to know about the arcane sounding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.  In this episode of “The Bill Walton Show,” Klon Kitchen, the director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Technology Policy, joins Walton to take an in-depth look

[ad_1] National Adoption Month reminds us there are still has too many children who need the permanency of a stable and loving family. The U.S. has more than 424,000 children in foster care. More than 122,000 of these children are adoptable and waiting for their forever family. But it’s not just the numbers of children

[ad_1] Democratic Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak on Sunday strengthened the state’s mask mandate and limited attendees in private gatherings ahead of Thanksgiving. Residents must wear face coverings whether gathering indoors or outside if any member that’s not in their household is present, according to a press release from the governor’s office. Private gatherings are limited to 10 people from

[ad_1] Gov. Andrew Cuomo will no longer see his elderly mother and two daughters for Thanksgiving after facing backlash for contradicting his own advice to “stay away” from loved ones. The New York Democrat said during a radio interview Monday that his 89-year-old mother and two daughters, none of whom live with him, will attend

[ad_1] The future of the United States depends on our ability to meet the military challenges coming from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran in this turbulent 21st century. According to The Heritage Foundation’s recently published 2021 Index of U.S. Military Strength, the U.S. military is only marginally able to meet the demands of defending

[ad_1] Even in this dreadful year, there is much for which to be thankful. For example, clinical medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to advance at a breathtaking pace, with not one, but two different vaccine approvals expected in the coming days, and numerous drugs, both old and new, being found to have a

[ad_1] In another Trump administration move to boost transparency and roll back regulations, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed two rules on Tuesday that could affect any future imposition of regulations going forward.  The first rule the HHS seeks is to require the department and its agencies to demonstrate to the public how

[ad_1] The traditional media has sacrificed fact-based reporting in favor of promoting its own social and political agenda, says Sharyl Attkisson, author of the new book “Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism.” Attkisson, host of the TV show “Full Measure” and a five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, joins

[ad_1] Until “every legal vote” is counted, the presidential election isn’t over, prominent conservative leaders said in a joint statement Monday. Members of the Conservative Action Project—a coalition of American political, economic, and social activists—say they are standing with those refusing to allow the election to conclude “until every legal vote has been counted.”  Former

[ad_1] John Kerry, a former secretary of state in the Obama administration and the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, will return to the federal government to oversee climate policy, former Vice President Joe Biden announced Monday.  Biden, who several major news outlets have projected as president-elect, announced his national security team on Monday, including his would-be

[ad_1] Will Americans still be celebrating Thanksgiving 100 years from now? This year marks the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival in America. The moment, which deserved wider recognition, was celebrated in an excellent speech by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. “A great American anniversary is upon us,” Cotton said on Nov. 18. “Regrettably, we haven’t

[ad_1] The legal team for President Donald Trump distanced itself from Sidney Powell Sunday evening, announcing that she has no official role with the campaign or the president himself. The announcement came from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, both of whom have represented the Trump campaign in its lawsuits attempting

[ad_1] America could reach herd immunity by May of next year if a majority of citizens are vaccinated, a prominent health expert told CNN’s Jake Tapper Sunday. Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the chief scientific adviser for President Donald Trump’s immunization program Operation Warp Speed, told Tapper on his show “State of the Union” that if 70% of the

[ad_1] With the Thanksgiving season upon us, a group of scholars is meeting today to discuss the Mayflower Compact, in a webinar series honoring the 400th anniversary of the signing of this quintessential and seminal American document. Hosted by The Heritage Foundation and the Religious Liberty Institute, the concluding webinar examines the impact of the

[ad_1] America’s most popular federal government program—Social Security—will be insolvent within 15 years, leaving older workers and retirees fearful of future benefit cuts. It will also leave younger workers reticent to contribute even larger chunks of their paychecks toward a program that 80% of millennials and Gen Xers doubt will be there for them when

[ad_1] The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez says he came face to face with the fear and anxiety created by COVID-19 when his own daughter contracted the virus over the summer after giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. The pastor’s daughter, 29, ended up in an intensive care unit fighting for her life. The challenging lessons

[ad_1] Everywhere one looks there are warning signs, from labels on cigarette packs warning that smoking causes cancer, to ridiculous labels on thermometers that read, “Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally.” Associate Justice Samuel Alito has delivered some serious warnings that too often are ignored by many who believe the freedoms

[ad_1] The investigative journalists over at The Daily Beast report that Madison Cawthorn, the North Carolina Republican who will soon become the youngest member of Congress in American history, “has admitted he tried to convert Jews and Muslims to Christianity.” So what? As a Jew, I’ve had several Christian friends try to turn me toward

[ad_1] One of the most memorable scenes in the “Hunger Games” books and movies is when the poor kids from the outer districts take the train into the glimmering capital. There they see affluence and decadence completely foreign to them in their poor, hyper-regulated homelands. It’s all fiction, of course, but it’s not too far

[ad_1] They called on states to increase voter ID requirements; to be leery of mail-in voting; to halt ballot harvesting; to maintain voter lists, in part to ensure dead people are promptly removed from them; to allow election observers to monitor ballot counting; and to make sure voting machines are working properly.  They also wanted

[ad_1] I landed in Washington, D.C., in 1965 as a graduate student. For a conservative, the landscape was barren. There was no conservative administration, no national newspaper that competed with the liberal New York Times and Washington Post, no conservative think tanks that rivaled the Brookings Institution or Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and no

[ad_1] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield said school “is one of the safest places” for children and data supports in-person learning. Redfield stressed the importance of adhering to data during a White House press briefing Thursday. The CDC director also said “data-driven decisions” are what should lead discussions regarding “institutions or what we’re doing

[ad_1] Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell refused to provide his show evidence backing up her “bombshell” claim that electronic voting machines stole millions of votes from President Donald Trump. “We took Sidney Powell seriously. We had no intention of fighting with her,” Carlson said Thursday. “We simply wanted to

[ad_1] Mark Twain copied a friend’s remark into his notebook: “I am not an American; I am the American.” That is a claim—to be the American, the exemplary or representative American—that very few Americans could plausibly make. Twain himself could. Benjamin Franklin could and did. Abraham Lincoln could, but didn’t, though admirers made the claim for him. Surely some number of

[ad_1] Donald Trump has been a unique president for a lot of reasons, but one in particular: he keeps his promises. Anyone who’s seen former Vice President Joe Biden’s priorities has to be praying he doesn’t become president. They make Hillary Clinton, who ran on the most extreme platform of any candidate in history, look

[ad_1] When it dawned upon newscasters that President Donald Trump was going to win Florida on election night, one famous county zoomed into focus: Miami-Dade. With a demographic that is approximately 70% of Hispanic-origin Americans, composed of Cubans, Venezuelans, Mexicans, and Columbians, just to name a few immigrant groups, Miami-Dade County was expected to deliver

[ad_1] The Hon. Ken Blackwell, advisory board member of the Trump/Pence 2020 Campaign, and J. Christian Adams, president and general counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, join “The Bill Walton Show” to discuss the latest on the Trump campaign’s battle over the counting of legal votes. Read a portion of the transcript, lightly edited,