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A family bakery owned by a Christian cannot refuse to make wedding cakes for homosexual couples, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. The court affirmed the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s order that Jack Phillips, the owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act when he refused to …

On Tuesday afternoon I told you that court officials in Tennessee had replaced the words “Mother” and “Father” on court documents with the gender-neutral terms “Parent 1” and “Parent 2”. A few hours after my column was published the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) announced they were reversing …

Fresh off a golf vacation at Martha’s Vineyard, President Obama is back to doling out disparaging dialogue about critics of his Iran nuclear deal.Even now, after learning that the deal includes trusting Iran to self-inspect, the president calls opponents “crazies.”What’s crazy, is putting trust in the hands of Iranian leaders. …

The tone of the debate over the nation’s immigration laws has taken an ugly turn as some office-seekers offer solutions to problems that don’t exist. The natural rights of all persons consist of areas of human behavior for which we do not need and will not accept the need for …

The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, as amended, provides that “Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or an Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force as a posse comitatus …

Over 3,900 film artists, including some of Hollywood’s most celebrated names, just signed a boycott of Israeli cinema institutions. They claim this is a principled stand. I call it what it is: a cowardly act that feeds antisemitism, punishes Jewish artists, and poisons the very spirit of creativity. I am …

Monday marksthe100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth – an occasion that brings together leadersandsupporters from acrosstheAtlantic to pay tribute to her life. We attheRonaldReaganPresidentialFoundation&Instituteare honored to participate inthecelebration, an occasion that also invites us to reflect on her legacyandconnection withRonaldReaganinthecontext of our modern era. Namely, what made her partnership with …

As someone whose life’s work is helping small businesses navigate our nation’s complex tax system, I have witnessed firsthand how the Internal Revenue Service has become an outsized force that too often targets those least equipped to fight back. While the agency has long maintained that its enforcement efforts are …

Any person who can survive captivity under extreme conditions is a hero in anyone’s book. Yes, there are variations in the degree of starvation, torture, mental anguish and deprivation; the degree of exposure to respiratory and gastrointestinal infections; not to mention the compounded torment for those who have been injured, …

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recentlydeclaredthat President Donald Trump’s administration is considering declaring an emergency situation forhousing.He pointedouttheweakest summer home sales in a decade, withmore than 15%of transactions falling through in July,thehighest cancellation rate since record-keeping commencedin 2017. Prices, though below pandemic levels,arestill too lofty for working- and middle-class Americans. Bessent …