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    New Bill in Ohio Could Help Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Live On

    In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, an Ohio state representative has an idea for how Kirk’s legacy could live on for generations to come. State Rep. Gary Click, a Republican, has introduced the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act. According to the bill’s text, it will “permit teachers in public schools and state institutions of…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Three Fundamental Differences That Are Dividing Americans

    Americans don’t just disagree on policies. In three key areas, they disagree on the principles that lead to the creation of those policies. The first is truth. Some people believe that absolute truth exists—a shared reality outside of ourselves. We may not like the truth, but attempting to deny it will only cause confusion, frustration,…
    Victor Joecks
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    Columbus Day Honors Our Civilization … Which Is the Real Reason Critics Hate It

    Battles over Columbus Day aren’t really about Christopher Columbus at all—they’re about whether America should exist. “Columbus’s journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, and culture across the Atlantic into the Americas—paving the way for the ultimate triumph of Western civilization less than three centuries later on July 4, 1776,” President Donald Trump…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    Trump’s Celebration of Columbus Day Shows Left Losing Culture Wars

    “We’re back. Columbus Day. We’re back, Italians. We love the Italians.” That was President Donald Trump on Thursday to his Cabinet as he signed a proclamation to honor Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day, to be celebrated on Monday. “Columbus, obviously, discovered the New World in 1492,” Trump said. “He was a great Italian explorer. He…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    An Unexpected Line in the Sand

    There has been talk for millennia about the wheat and the tares and the eventual separation of the two that Jesus foretold. I don’t know if that separation is happening in the ultimate sense right now, but something is happening and it is significantly unsettling. I admit, I thought any major, society-wide division would be…
    Kimberly Ells
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    Coalition Backs Trump’s Efforts to Purge ‘Woke’ Smithsonian Exhibits

    A coalition of conservative organizations has written a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to combat the “the woke infestation” in the Smithsonian Institution museum network. “We write today in support of your efforts to reform the Smithsonian Institution,” reads a letter penned by Aiden Buzzetti, the president of The Bull Moose Project.  The…
    George Caldwell
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    US Trade Rep Outlines Policy That Puts Middle Class First

    U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday declared the need for an economy that “emphasizes a large middle class that makes and grows, rather than a small elite that extracts, reallocates, and squanders.” “Ultimately, to support a conservative society as conservatives, it’s been drilled into us to always lament that politics is downstream from culture,…
    Jacob Adams
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    Sen. Schmitt at NatCon 5: What Is an American?

    The following are remarks as prepared by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., on Sept. 2 at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C. There’s a special significance to this conference this year. Donald Trump’s victory was not just a victory for his movement, but for the ideas of the people in this room. National conservatism is…
    Eric Schmitt
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    Father Condemns Loudoun County for Choosing ‘Ideology Over Common Sense’ in Punishing His Son

    ASHBURN, Va.—Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears condemned Loudoun County Public Schools for deciding to punish boys who complained about a girl using their locker room, and urged outraged parents to support her campaign for governor in the November election. “We’re talking about three boys, three young boys, who have been punished because they were ……
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Executive Power and the Common Good, From 4 Perspectives

    In a recent discussion that brought influential thinkers of the Right together for an unprecedented public debate, Curtis Yarvin, Christopher Caldwell, Patrick Deneen, and Chris Rufo tackled the conservative movement’s future in a panel convened by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and held at The Heritage Foundation. Moderated by Intercollegiate Studies Institute President Johnny Burtka, the…
    Jacob Adams
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    Redistricting in Historic Perspective

    In assessing the current controversy over Texas Republicans’ proposed redistricting of the state’s U.S. House seats, two historic facts should be considered. One is that the principle of equal representation by population is well established in American history. In 1787, the Constitutional Convention required the members of the House of Representatives to be apportioned according…
    Michael Barone
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    Trump Is Right: Illegal Immigrants Shouldn’t Be Counted in Census

    President Donald Trump is correct in seeking to exclude illegal immigrants from being counted in the census.  Census numbers determine the apportionment of congressional seats and spending. The illegal immigrant population should not be here in the first place, so it should have zero effect on seats or spending. But Trump must go further and finally fix the census, which the Left has…
    Mike Gonzalez
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    Heritage and Cato Debate Conservatism vs. Libertarianism

    Interns from The Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute faced off in a debate on conservatism vs. libertarianism Thursday, arguing which philosophy was the better approach for governing America. Debate moderator Matthew Continetti of the American Enterprise Institute facilitated a series of rounds between the teams on the topics of immigration, international trade, and political philosophy. …
    Quinn Delamater
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    ‘Godfather of the Conservative Movement’: Outpouring of Tributes to Heritage Founder

    Leaders across the country and world honored conservative icon Ed Feulner, who died Friday at age 83. Feulner was The Heritage Foundation’s founder and longest-serving president.  Political figures praised Feulner’s decades-long influence on the conservative movement.  Newt Gingrich, a former House speaker who often collaborated with Feulner, hailed his transformational leadership of Heritage and the…
    Philip Roberts
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    Making America Great Means Making Buildings Beautiful

    On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to “Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” calling for a return to neoclassical architecture in federal construction. To some, this may seem like mere aesthetic preference. But a look back at the history of American architecture reveals that there is a lot more to modern art…
    Richard Stern
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    Pennsylvania Democrats Stall Bill That Would Protect Women’s Sports

    Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have delayed the Save Women’s Sports Act, legislation that would protect girls and women from transgender-identifying males competing in female sports in the Keystone State. The legislation, Senate Bill 9, would prevent biological males from participating in girls or women’s sports at public schools or universities that are…
    Jacob Adams
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    Why the Declaration of Independence Still Matters

    “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” How many times have we heard those words? In 2007, The Washington Post published an article by Gene Weingarten called “Pearls Before Breakfast.” In it, he chronicles an experiment by the newspaper, in which world-renowned violinist Joshua Bell put on a baseball…
    Mark Guiney
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    To Teach the Founding’s Principles, We Must Tell the Founders’ Stories

    Nearly 250 years ago, an extraordinary generation of Americans swore their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the cause of freedom. Determined to hand down the long-standing tradition of American self-government, our Founders took up arms, triumphed in a hard-fought war against the world’s strongest military power, and left us—their descendants—the greatest system of government…
    Kevin Roberts
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    Biden Undermines Law by Invoking This to Create National Monuments

    Since 2022, President Joe Biden has used the Antiquities Act to create five national monuments, collectively spanning more than 1.5 million acres of federal land. While these proclamations are ostensibly aimed at preserving areas of historic or archaeological importance, they often come at the expense of established laws and local economies. The American Forest Resource Council has…
    Diana Furchtgott-Roth
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    The Most Important Founding Father You May Not Remember 

    Thursday is the birthday of the most important Founding Father Americans may not even remember. He doesn’t have a musical written about him. He doesn’t have an HBO series. But he is one of the most significant Founders in the history of the United States. Thursday is the 272nd anniversary of James Madison’s birth. More…
    Rep. Mark Green
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