What the Constitution Really Says About Race and Slavery

Dec. 28, 2015
Good morning from Washington, where politicking remains on Christmas break. Melissa Quinn spotlights government regs that spelled death for a huge Obamacare co-op. Kelsey Harkness tells why a prominent evangelist said goodbye to the GOP. Nolan Peterson takes your breath away tracing the steps of Tibetan refugees high in the Himalayas. Recommended commentaries: What liberals get wrong on the Constitution and slavery; John Kerry's embarrassing explanation of Earth's atmosphere; and the meaning of a 9-year-old's shotgun at Christmas.
Commentary What the Constitution Really Says About Race and Slavery Many remain confused about the status of slavery under the original Constitution. Read More
News How Overregulation Led to the Collapse of Obamacare's Largest Co-Op A "breakdown" in oversight from a New York agency and artificial cuts in Health Republic's premiums may have led to the ultimate failure of the consumer operated and oriented plan. Read More
News No Way Out: The Forbidden Himalayan Escape Route for Tibetan Refugees From China At more than 19,000 feet this mountain pass, which bridges the Himalayas between Nepal and Tibet, is high enough to cause cerebral and pulmonary edema, when the brain or lungs fill with fluid because of oxygen deficiency. Read More
Commentary John Kerry Proves He Doesn't Understand Climate Science In a widely covered speech in Indonesia, the secretary of state gave an absolutely cringe-worthy explanation of carbon dioxide and global warming. Read More
News Why Franklin Graham Is Leaving the GOP The chief executive of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said Republicans' failure to defund Planned Parenthood is an example of why he is declaring himself an independent. Read More
Commentary What the Gift of a Gun for Christmas Taught a 9-Year-Old Boy "'Open it up,' my dad said, a twinkle in his notoriously nontwinkling eyes," talk-radio host Michael Graham writes in a Christmas memoir. Read More
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