St. Louis Residents Are Battling the City to Keep Their Homes

March 22, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where lawmakers don't necessarily do right by the folks back home. William Wolfe celebrates two congressmen who buck that trend. Hear about the tax preparation giant that wants government to go after the competition? James Sherk calls foul. Natalie Johnson reports on Missouri residents who won't surrender their homes without a fight. Drew Gonshorowski says we shouldn't be surprised Obamacare premiums are skyrocketing. Plus: A reporter's take on the stakes in Ukraine, and an editorial cartoonist's pen is stilled.
News St. Louis Residents Are Battling the City to Keep Their Homes "People don't want to move; they don't want to leave their community," said John Wright, a policy researcher at the Show-Me Institute. "Some of these people have had these houses for generations; some were purchased back in the '60s." Read More
Commentary This Company Wants to Make It Harder for You to File Taxes Big businesses frequently lobby for stricter regulations in order to drive out small-business competition. Read More
Commentary How the Washington Establishment Actually Operates On a weekly basis, members of Congress vote for bills they disagree with in principle, practice, and policy—and their constituents would, too—because they are being "team players" and making the legislative process "work." Read More
Commentary Why Obamacare Premiums Are Climbing All Over US For 2014, in Tennessee, premiums for a 27-year-old on the exchanges cost 70 percent more than what that person would have paid previously. Read More
Commentary What You Should Know About the Ukraine War From a Journalist on the Front Lines Americans generally don't understand the potential for the Ukraine war to spread to larger parts of Europe, warns Daily Signal foreign correspondent Nolan Peterson. Read More
News Glenn Foden, Editorial Cartoonist for The Daily Signal, Dies Daily Signal editorial cartoonist Glenn Foden, who delighted in puncturing the pretenses and policy missteps of politicians, died Sunday after suffering a brain aneurysm. Read More
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