Decline of Unions Under Right-to-Work Laws Levels Playing Field for Trump

Feb. 20, 2017
Good morning from Washington on the day Americans mark the birthday of the father of our country. Arthur Milikh tells why we shouldn't call it Presidents Day. The lessening power of labor unions gave Donald Trump, who just made a big speech in Florida, an opening in key states, Kevin Mooney discovers. (You can watch his speech here.) We've got stories from Fred Lucas on evidence that voter fraud is a serious issue and from Nolan Peterson on the reality of war in Ukraine. Plus: Katrina Trinko on the redemption of Jane Roe, and Jennifer Marshall remembers moral giant Michael Novak.
News Decline of Unions Under Right-to-Work Laws Levels Playing Field for Trump Trump prevailed where other Republican presidential candidates failed in Midwestern states in part because of new right-to-work laws that have diminished the power and influence of the teachers' unions. Read More
Commentary Why We Should Celebrate Washington's Birthday, Not Presidents Day First instituted as a federal holiday in 1879, this day ought to celebrate Washington, not an abstraction called "presidents." Read More
Commentary Michael Novak and America's Moral Ecology Novak has equipped us for an enduring defense of freedom by urging us to tend to the spirit, not just the structures, of our American order. Read More
Commentary The Pro-Life Legacy of Norma McCorvey, the 'Roe' of Roe v. Wade "Upon knowing God, I realized that my case, which legalized abortion on demand, was the biggest mistake of my life," said Norma McCorvey, who died Saturday. Read More
News Here's Why State Election Officials Think Voter Fraud Is a Serious Problem "As clerk, I saw two school board races decided by a single vote," says Wayne Williams, now Colorado secretary of state. Read More
Feature 3 Years After the Revolution, Peace Remains Elusive in Ukraine There's a McDonald's restaurant down the street across the Maidan. That's where, during the revolution, my friend Valentyn Onyshchenko went to wash his face clean of the blood and bits of brain that spattered on him when a man standing in front of him was shot by a sniper. Read More
Commentary We Hear You: 'I Tried to Put Myself in the Defector's Shoes' "I am a South Korean student who has translated the testimony of a North Korean defector. Since I was a girl, I have been very interested in North Korean human rights, and wanted to provide a small help for those people," writes Ruth Uhm. Read More
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