John York

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John W. York, Ph.D., is a policy analyst in the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at The Heritage Foundation.

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    • Opinion

    Twitter’s Ban on Political Ads Will Only Make Things Worse

    John York
    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently announced that the social media platform will no longer run political advertisements of any kind. Twitter is a private company and is free to adopt whatever policies it wants, but this decision is not the win for civil discourse and our “democratic infrastructure” that Dorsey claims it is. Defending his…
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    • Opinion

    What Our Founders Really Thought of Slavery—and Why The New York Times Is Wrong

    John York
    • Opinion

    Electoral College Encourages Candidates to Get to Know All Kinds of Americans

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    • Opinion

    Union Sues to Allow Government Employees to Promote #Resistance at Work

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    • Opinion

    ‘Fixing’ Our Democracy Would Only Make Matters Worse.

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    • Opinion

    Trump Just Earned a Big Win Over Public-Sector Unions

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    • Opinion

    The Sneaky Way the Government Is Growing the Number of Bureaucrats

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    • Opinion

    How the Trump Administration Is Reining in the EPA’s Union

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    • Opinion

    Government Unions Fight Trump Plan to Raise Retirement Benefits for Some Feds

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    • Opinion

    No, Sen. Warren, Presidential Candidates Wouldn’t Campaign in Mississippi If We Got Rid of the Electoral College

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    • Opinion

    Creaky Merit Systems Protection Board Shows Why Civil Service Is Badly in Need of Reform

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    • Opinion

    Giving a Raise to All Federal Employees Makes No Sense

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    • Opinion

    Why We Couldn’t Create Our Constitution Today

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    • Opinion

    Trump Received a Loss in Court Battle With Unions. He Should Keep Fighting.

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    • Opinion

    Some Conservatives Want to Repeal the 17th Amendment. Here’s Why They’re Misguided.

    John York
    • Opinion

    The IRS Has Rehired Hundreds of Fired Employees. Congress Should Step In.

    John York