The low U.S. labor force participation rate has several causes, but a major one is the disincentive to work created by government programs. The Republican Party's growth wing has spent years developing ideas for addressing these incentives not to work and rise up the economic ladder, and the ...

This is a story about children, but first I have to tell you what happened to the adults who love them.Last week in northern Ohio, 200 or so federal immigration agents with weapons and trained dogs swarmed two garden centers of a family-owned business.They rounded up and bound the wrists of ...

Sept. 11, 2001, seems so long ago, in many ways. A whole generation of Americans has no personal recollection of that tragic day.We are being reminded of it once again, by the announcement that some wreckage from Flight 93, no longer needed for purposes such as investigating the tragedy, will ...

This past week, we reported on a Park City teacher being put on paid leave after she instructed her students to read the lyrics of an Eminem song that slams President Donald Trump.Students and parents complained, and the teacher from Treasure Mountain Junior High School was disciplined.A school ...

With the 2020 presidential election on the horizon, voters will have a distinct choice: Elect another food stamps politician like Barack Obama or re-elect jobs creator Donald Trump.The numbers don't lie. Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program soared by 70 percent between ...

Each week the Standard-Examiner hashes out issues large and small and takes a thumbs-up, thumbs-down stance. Have a thumbs-up or thumbs-down you’d like to give? Email a submission of 100 words or less to jmccabe@standard.net.Here’s what we recommend this week for praise and ...