A Wisconsin judge says a work-from-home photographer does not have to comply with city and state public accommodations laws that might have forced her to photograph same-sex weddings.

This is a huge win for free speech in Wisconsin, said Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action. No one should be threatened with punishment for having views that the government doesn't favor. Full Story....Here

Colleen Hroncich

Education savings accounts represent a paradigm shift in the way Americans access public education. Currently, the focus is on public school systems, not children. Tax dollars are sent to school districts based primarily on where children live, regardless of whether the students are actually receiving a quality education.

In this paradigm, failure to properly educate students is often rewarded with more money, despite a lack of evidence that more money improves failing schools.

Education savings accounts disrupt that flawed system by putting money in the hands of parents and students instead of districts. The potential benefits are enormous.

Full Story....Here

by VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

The American political system has never quite seen anything like the current opposition to President Trump and his unusual reaction to it.

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Republicans should have been delighted with control of both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, state governorships and the legislatures, and the White House. In principle, they laud Trump's efforts to appoint strict constructionists to the federal courts, to increase oil and gas production, to reform Obamacare and the tax code, and to restore deterrence abroad.

Yet the Republican-controlled Congress is nearly paralyzed. It simply cannot unite to deliver on promised major legislation. Some senators and representatives find Trump too uncouth to support his otherwise agreeable proposals, and they fear (or hope) that he may not finish out his term. Some worry that Trump's low approval rating might hurt their own reelections. Some are careerists who value getting along more than fighting for the White House agenda.

The result is that when factions of the Republican Congress are not battling one another, they are feuding with Democrats and often with the Trump White House. Full Story....Here

By Tyler Brandt, M.D. Kittle, & Matt Tragesser

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Fine, the enhancers fire back. But there isn't nearly enough in DOT waste and inefficiencies to fill the funding gap for all of those crumbling roads and cash suck southeast Wisconsin "Mega Projects," they declare.

Isn't there?

The MacIver Institute has dug into the numbers, taken a deeper dive into DOT projects that are at the very least questionable, if not an outright waste of taxpayer money, and administrative failures that have added substantial and unnecessary costs. We found nearly $2 billion in wasteful Wisconsin projects and practices - $1,965,882,239 to be precise. Full Story....Here

This was written in 2012 but just as true today.

......I'm pretty alert to such problems these days. Soap doesn't work. Toilets don't flush. Clothes washers don't clean. Light bulbs don't illuminate. Refrigerators break too soon. Paint discolors. Lawnmowers have to be hacked. It's all caused by idiotic government regulations that are wrecking our lives one consumer product at a time, all in ways we hardly notice. Full Story....Here

By Martin Ingall

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

This means that each individual has inherent rights by virtue of his existence, that these rights are given by God, that they are natural rights that cannot be granted or withheld by government. Full Story....Here

by DAVID FRENCH

A recent increase in law-abiding gun ownership bodes well for the country's future. The great arming is underway, and that's a very good thing for our nation, for our culture, and for the relationship between citizen and state.

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First, it's just a fact that for the vast majority of people, the instant they start carrying a gun is the instant they change their relationship with the state. No longer are they a protectee. They're suddenly and substantially less dependent. They become a protector of themselves and others and that transition has a powerful psychological effect. It grants them greater security in their home, and it grants them greater freedom in their community. For many people, it gives them freedom from fear.

Full Story....Here

Elle Rogers

Senate Republicans should repeal Obamacare or prepare to face consequences, say leaders of conservative groups.

Now is the time to act after eight years of promising to repeal Obamacare, said Family Research Council President Tony Perkins during a conference call with reporters, urging Republicans to move forward with a proposed measure that would repeal the Affordable Care Act.

If Republicans cannot repeal Obamacare, they need to call hospice care, because their majority is not long in this world.

Full Story....Here

By: Michael Bastasch

While President Donald Trump struggles to push through health care reform, his administration has successfully withdrawn hundreds of Obama-era regulations, according to the latest federal regulatory agenda. Full Story....Here