opinion

Burger King’s decision to acquire Tim Horton’s, a Canadian purveyor of coffee and doughnuts, is a good business move but its choice to locate the newly created company’s corporate headquarters north of the border is the direct result of President Obama’s anti-business tax policies. Burger King is a well managed …

On the rise in national rankings and global reach, the University of Texas — now known as much for its academic rigor as its football team — generally benefits from its location in Austin, a growing urban center of technology and music. Unfortunately, Austin is also the state capital, and …

This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day in honor of our American servicemen and women who have sacrificed their lives defending us both at home and abroad. Many of our troops enlist in the military upon adulthood and have served in wars before their classmates have even graduated from college. These …

Over 2 billion people are celebrating Easter today, April 20, as the calendars of Western and Eastern churches coincide this year, and these billions of faithful people are celebrating HOPE. The Easter message begins with the hopeful news that death has been overcome by life, that hatred has been overcome …

The old adage, if something’s too good to be true, it probably is, too often applies to bargain-basement prices for retail goods online. An often ignored loophole in existing sales tax law is giving online retailers an unfair advantage over traditional brick-and-mortar stores, forcing thousands of local stores across the …

The 2014 Winter Olympic Games are underway in Russia’s resort city of Sochi. In the days before the games began terror experts issued security threat warnings. To ensure safety, the Russian authorities set up a massive electronic surveillance system, a security zone 60 miles long and 25 miles deep—the so-called …

“The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy’s will to be imposed on him” — Sun Tzu When it comes to warfare, our president is not gifted. It is clear that Al Qaeda is not “on the run” as put forth by the …

On January 23, 1996, President Clinton famously declared to a captivated American public that “the era of big Government is over.” Eighteen years later, President Obama will shoot for a similar impact when delivering his fifth State of the Union Address, laying out his administration’s legislative priorities for the year …

My bookshelves sag with encyclopedic volumes arguing that America and the West are in decline. But proving that a picture is worth a thousand books, the “selfie” seen ’round the world ends the argument. It’s official — the government of the United States of Obama consists of boobs and bores …

Let’s be honest. It’s hard to concentrate on more than one scandal at a time, and the ObamaCare meltdown could be the most consequential government policy failure in modern American history. But let’s not forget another scandal, one that could well be one of the most consequential acts of sheer …