How the GOP Crackup Happens

Rich Lowry Less than two weeks after the unveiling of the GOP Obamacare replacement, the party is already staring into the abyss. The bill has had the worst rollout of any major piece of legislation in memory, and failure is very much an option.

Senate panel OKs budget for upcoming two-year period

Ed Sterling A state budget for fiscal years 2018-2019 cleared the first in a series of hurdles when the Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved committee substitute Senate Bill 1 on March 22. The legislation next moves to the full Senate for consideration.

Thinking big when you’re small

Lynette Sowell Once upon a time there used to be grocery stores where they knew your name because you shopped there week after week. You could even run a “tab” and pay for your purchases all at once at the end of the month.

Keep going

Renae Brumbaugh Green Don’t you just love to watch people run? Whether they’re running a race or a marathon, or just trying to get into shape, there’s something inspiring about seeing a person in swift motion. Every time I see a runner, I just want to cheer and encourage him or her to keep going.

The worst argument for Trumpcare

Rich Lowry Of all the arguments to make for repealing and replacing Obamacare, the very worst is that people don’t need health insurance. Yet this is a Trump administration talking point.

State budget progress toward vote by full Senate

Ed Sterling The Senate Finance Committee, at work on the 2018-2019 state budget since January, on March 16 approved workgroup recommendations in preparation for a final vote.

The arts are moving in

Lynette Sowell I only lived in the city of my birth for the first six months of my life. There are only one or two pitures taken inside the walk-up, brick apartment building where my parents and I lived until we moved to Puerto Rico.

Spring Cleaning

Renae Brumbaugh Green Have you ever noticed it’s much, much easier to get rid of somebody else’s old junk than it is your own? No? Well, you are superior to me in every way. I recently helped my mom clean out her storage building.

The Battle of Middlebury

Rich Lowry At Middlebury College earlier this month, Charles Murray needed a safe space -- literally. In a significant escalation of the campus speech wars, protesters hooted down the conservative scholar in a lecture hall and then roughed up a Middlebury faculty member escorting him to a car.

Federal court panel rules against Texas redistricting plan

Ed Sterling Three of Texas’ 36 congressional districts are unconstitutional because of racial or political gerrymandering, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled on March 10.