Uncommon Knowledge

U.S.

Chick-fil-A to End Donations to Christian Charities after LGBT Backlash

By Mairead McArdle

Chick-fil-A said Monday that it has stopped donations to several Christian organizations after receiving backlash from LGBT rights activists over the last several weeks. The U.S. fast food chain said that as it expands, it will no longer donate to the Salvation Army, the Paul Anderson Youth Home, and the ... Read More

U.S.

Chick-fil-A to End Donations to Christian Charities after LGBT Backlash

By Mairead McArdle

Chick-fil-A said Monday that it has stopped donations to several Christian organizations after receiving backlash from LGBT rights activists over the last several weeks. The U.S. fast food chain said that as it expands, it will no longer donate to the Salvation Army, the Paul Anderson Youth Home, and the ... Read More

White House

The Impeachment Clock

By Victor Davis Hanson

Adam Schiff’s impeachment inquiry is incoherent. Given the impossibility of a senatorial conviction, the only strategy is to taint the president with the brand of impeachment and weaken him in the 2020 election. Yet Schiff seems to have no sense that the worm has already turned. Far from tormenting Trump and ... Read More

White House

The Impeachment Clock

By Victor Davis Hanson

Adam Schiff’s impeachment inquiry is incoherent. Given the impossibility of a senatorial conviction, the only strategy is to taint the president with the brand of impeachment and weaken him in the 2020 election. Yet Schiff seems to have no sense that the worm has already turned. Far from tormenting Trump and ... Read More

Video

AOC’s District Poll Numbers Are Bad

According to a Quinnipiac poll, 36 percent of respondents had an unfavorable view of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read More

Video

AOC’s District Poll Numbers Are Bad

According to a Quinnipiac poll, 36 percent of respondents had an unfavorable view of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read More

Health Care

Study: Medicare for All Would Make Two-Thirds of Households Financially Worse Off

By Robert VerBruggen

It's here, from the Heritage Foundation. The upshot is that while Medicare for All could be a financial boon to non-working Americans, including seniors who'd see their current Medicare premiums disappear, most of those who currently have jobs would lose more in tax hikes than they'd gain by not having to pay for ... Read More

Health Care

Study: Medicare for All Would Make Two-Thirds of Households Financially Worse Off

By Robert VerBruggen

It's here, from the Heritage Foundation. The upshot is that while Medicare for All could be a financial boon to non-working Americans, including seniors who'd see their current Medicare premiums disappear, most of those who currently have jobs would lose more in tax hikes than they'd gain by not having to pay for ... Read More

Economy & Business

Who Owns FedEx?

By Jim Geraghty

You may have seen (or heard on a podcast) that Fred Smith so vehemently objects to the New York Times report contending that FedEx paid nothing in federal taxes that he's challenged New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger to a public debate and pointed out that "the New York Times paid zero federal income tax ... Read More

Economy & Business

Who Owns FedEx?

By Jim Geraghty

You may have seen (or heard on a podcast) that Fred Smith so vehemently objects to the New York Times report contending that FedEx paid nothing in federal taxes that he's challenged New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger to a public debate and pointed out that "the New York Times paid zero federal income tax ... Read More

Elections

Warren’s Wealth Tax Is Unethical

By Michael R. Strain

Senator Warren would impose a 2 percent annual tax on wealth above $50 million, and a 6 percent annual tax on wealth above $1 billion. These numbers may seem small, but remember that they would be applied every year. With wealth taxes, small numbers have large effects. Applied to an asset yielding a steady ... Read More

Elections

Warren’s Wealth Tax Is Unethical

By Michael R. Strain

Senator Warren would impose a 2 percent annual tax on wealth above $50 million, and a 6 percent annual tax on wealth above $1 billion. These numbers may seem small, but remember that they would be applied every year. With wealth taxes, small numbers have large effects. Applied to an asset yielding a steady ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Former Baltimore Mayor Charged with Fraud, Faces up to 20 Years in Prison

By Zachary Evans

Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh was indicted on Tuesday on multiple federal charges, including fraud and tax evasion. In March, federal authorities began investigating allegations that Pugh made $500,000 from selling her children's book Healthy Holly to the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Former Baltimore Mayor Charged with Fraud, Faces up to 20 Years in Prison

By Zachary Evans

Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh was indicted on Tuesday on multiple federal charges, including fraud and tax evasion. In March, federal authorities began investigating allegations that Pugh made $500,000 from selling her children's book Healthy Holly to the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) ... Read More

Elections

Poll: Buttigieg Remains at Zero Percent among Black Voters in South Carolina

By Tobias Hoonhout

A new Quinnipiac University poll of South Carolina voters found South Bend, Ind. mayor Pete Buttigieg still at zero percent among black voters, despite the campaign’s release of its comprehensive “Douglass Plan,” which details policies designed to address racial inequality. The poll showed former vice ... Read More

Elections

Poll: Buttigieg Remains at Zero Percent among Black Voters in South Carolina

By Tobias Hoonhout

A new Quinnipiac University poll of South Carolina voters found South Bend, Ind. mayor Pete Buttigieg still at zero percent among black voters, despite the campaign’s release of its comprehensive “Douglass Plan,” which details policies designed to address racial inequality. The poll showed former vice ... Read More

Immigration

The ‘Welfare Magnet’ for Immigrants

By Robert VerBruggen

That term refers to a controversial concept -- and a salient one, given the Trump administration's efforts to make it harder for immigrants to use welfare in the U.S. A new study finds that there's something to it: Immigrants were more likely to come to Denmark when they could get more welfare there. From the ... Read More

Immigration

The ‘Welfare Magnet’ for Immigrants

By Robert VerBruggen

That term refers to a controversial concept -- and a salient one, given the Trump administration's efforts to make it harder for immigrants to use welfare in the U.S. A new study finds that there's something to it: Immigrants were more likely to come to Denmark when they could get more welfare there. From the ... Read More

White House

The Impeachment Testimony’s Revelations about Biden and Burisma

By Jim Geraghty

Making the click-through worthwhile: What George Kent and Marie Yovanovitch said about Burisma and the Bidens; the DNC fears a widely respected journalist as a debate moderator; and a columnist who never saw partisanship in Eric Holder runs to the fainting couch over a speech from William Barr. Did Hunter ... Read More

White House

The Impeachment Testimony’s Revelations about Biden and Burisma

By Jim Geraghty

Making the click-through worthwhile: What George Kent and Marie Yovanovitch said about Burisma and the Bidens; the DNC fears a widely respected journalist as a debate moderator; and a columnist who never saw partisanship in Eric Holder runs to the fainting couch over a speech from William Barr. Did Hunter ... Read More