Free Republic

As a general rule, once a city erects turnstiles to tourist attractions which were once free to visit, it is time to go elsewhere. Never more so than in the case of Rome. Last week the Italian capital introduced a €2 charge to visit the Trevi Fountain. Tight-fisted tourists like me will still be able to see the Trevi from a distance – it happens to stand in a public street. The charge will be only for sad Instagrammers who want to get close enough to chuck their coins in the water. The city’s tourism department has suggested the fee...

As some of the more critical issues facing our nation finally start coming before those we elected to examine, debate and resolve them, one thing has become tragically apparent. The majority of those on the left side of the aisle have arrived ill-prepared to do the business of the 109th Congress, and unwilling to do the business of government. It is incomprehensible that leaders of a major political party would put party politics and special interests ahead of the needs of the American people. That is exactly what the leaders of the Democratic Party are doing as the much anticipated...