Indiana moves toward commission to welcome conservative Illinois counties

April 18, 2025

Indiana moves toward commission to welcome conservative Illinois counties

The Indiana Senate passed a bill to create the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission earlier this week, sending it to Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN) to be signed into law as soon as the state House approves any changes to the bill. The commission will look into adding 33 counties in Illinois that passed a referendum in […]

Should day care be like preschool or like Aunt Susie’s playroom?

How much should the government regulate child care? How much should the government subsidize child care? The public’s views on these questions cover a massive range. The District of Columbia government requires that all child care workers have four-year degrees. Idaho, meanwhile, is moving aggressively to deregulate child care. Forces within the Biden administration argued […]

Trump’s chaotic European defense spending messaging

The Trump administration is right to push European allies to urgently spend significantly more on defense. It should also be noted that tentative but significant moves by European powers to increase defense spending would not have occurred had Trump not retaken office. President Donald Trump’s Defense Department team further deserves praise for refocusing U.S. military […]

Los Angeles’s incompetence turned the city into a fire pit

Los Angeles’s incompetent leadership turned the city into a ticking time bomb for massive fire damage. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the Los Angeles Fire Department had a budget of around $837 million. Los Angeles spent more money on homelessness — around $961 million. LAFD is also forced to spend its own resources and money […]

Musk makes room for the worst of surrogacy

In our age of self-preoccupation, children’s rights usually take a backseat. With one of the worst offenders, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in political prominence with the GOP, this problem is not going to be solved anytime soon. Part of that is because, as a concept, Musk’s family plan itself is never really “solved.” He has […]

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Blue Origin flight is one giant leap backward for feminists

Space travel is one of human civilization’s greatest accomplishments. Yet, it’s hard to argue that humanity’s latest voyage into space hasn’t tainted this achievement. With Blue Origin‘s space flight on Monday, six women were passengers on a commercial trip to space. It is a neat story, but far from any kind of triumph. Yet, inexplicably, […]

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