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opinion
State Department Right to Tackle ‘Birth Tourism’
“Birth tourism” has become big business. Today, hundreds of companies advertise to pregnant women—particularly upper-middle-class women from China, Nigeria, Russia, and Turkey—offering assistance to get visas that would allow them to visit the U.S. during the time they expect to give birth. The U.S. hosts tens of thousands of “birth tourists” every year. In 2015,… -
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Ocasio-Cortez’s War on Wealth Is a War on All of Us
“No one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars,” chided U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., earlier this week. “You didn’t make those widgets,” she added. “You sat on a couch while thousands of people were paid modern-day slave wages … [and] are literally dying because they can’t afford to live.” This latest… -
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Exclusive: Biggs, Kennedy Bills Would Require Hospital Admitting Privileges for Abortionists
A congressman from Arizona and a senator from Louisiana have introduced legislation that would require that all abortion providers have admitting privileges at a local hospital and comply with basic safety standards. “Abortion providers refuse to accept the reality that an abortion is a serious medical procedure that should be treated with the same care and… -
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Why I’m Going to the March for Life
Last semester, I had the opportunity to take a class on Nazi Germany. As someone who thoroughly appreciates history—and specifically 20th century history—I signed up without a second thought, sure an enlightening experience was in store. A World War II buff—though not a scholar by any true definition—I was sure I would hear about Hitler’s… -
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Attorneys General Warn Impeaching Trump Will Have Long-Term Consequences
The Constitution’s impeachment provisions are among the few that we would rather never be used. President Donald Trump is the 20th public official, and only the third president, to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Because the result of House impeachment, followed by conviction in a Senate trial, removes the president from office, however,… -
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‘Stories of Pain and Misery’ Moved Lawmaker to Take Action on Childhood Gender Transition
State Rep. Fred Deutsch didn’t set out to be a trailblazer. He just wanted to protect kids. But if his South Dakota bill stops children from being mutilated, then all of the nasty emails will have been worth it. At least in one state, hurting teens will have a chance at a normal life—not the… -
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Trump to Be First President in History to Speak in Person at the March for Life
President Donald Trump will attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C., Friday, making him the first U.S. president to do so. The president will speak at the 47th annual March for Life, a pro-life demonstration following the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, March for Life President Jeanne Mancini announced Wednesday night. The announcement comes… -
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America’s Expiration Date
I love definitions because they help focus the mind. For decades, we are said to have been in a culture war. As in any war, it helps to know one’s enemy. One online dictionary defines culture this way: “the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as… -
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I’m Pro-Life. Here’s What Happened When I Attended the Women’s March.
Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” As a history major, I study human rights violations like slavery, the eugenics movement, and the Holocaust. Historians usually note that mass conformity and silence are what most drive these crimes against… -
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Virginia Gun Control Bills Firing Up Second Amendment Backers
Proposed gun control legislation in the Virginia General Assembly has many Second Amendment advocates in the state literally up in arms, prompting strong pushback from gun rights groups and firearms owners. Groups including the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a pro-Second Amendment nonprofit organization, and the National Rifle Association are taking the lead in opposing enactment… -
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Israel-US Model Is Unconventional, and Successful
Whether by accident or by deliberate osmosis, Israel and the U.S. have adopted similar solutions to their existential problems. Before 2002, during the various Palestinian intifadas, Israel suffered hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries from suicide bombers freely crossing from the West Bank and Gaza into Israel. In response, Israel planned a vast border… -
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The Great American Story of Clarence Thomas
Justice Clarence Thomas is famously quiet on the Supreme Court. But a new movie, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words,” is drawn from an exclusive interview with Thomas. Filmmaker Michael Pack shares what he learned about Thomas. Read a lightly edited transcript of the interview, pasted below, or listen on the podcast: We… -
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Problematic Women: Teen Vogue Shouts the Merits of Abortion
Friday is the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. In honor of this special day, we have an episode dedicated to the pro-life movement. We break down the theme of this year’s march, the story of the original pro-life feminists, and some of the big positive and negative news stories surrounding the abortion… -
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5 Flash Points From Impeachment Trial’s Opening Arguments
House prosecutors claimed Wednesday that President Donald Trump is trying to “cheat” to win the 2020 election, as opening arguments from each side commenced in the Senate impeachment trial of the president. The seven House Democrats who are impeachment managers, acting as prosecutors, made their case against Trump. They include House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff… -
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Half of Pro-Choice Americans Favor Restrictions on Abortion, Poll Finds
Nearly half of self-described pro-choice Americans actually support “significant restrictions” on abortion, a new poll finds. Marist Poll’s annual survey on abortion, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, found that 40% of those surveyed identified as pro-life and 55% as pro-choice, with 5% undecided. But when the question was rephrased to ask whether those surveyed… -
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Reforming Journalism Requires ‘Street Reporting,’ Not ‘Suite Reporting,’ World Editor Olasky Says
Reforming journalism is about making good journalism that is factual and original, a renowned magazine editor and author says. “We like being flies on the wall, watching and listening,” Marvin Olasky, editor-in-chief of World magazine, said Wednesday at an event at The Heritage Foundation, adding: We don’t want to make ourselves the center of attention… -
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‘Greedy’ Businesses Responsible for Constant Improvements
Reporters complain about business. We overlook the constant improvements in our lives made possible by greedy businesses competing for your money. Think about how our access to entertainment has improved. “When I was a kid,” says Sean Malone in a new video for the Foundation for Economic Education, “my TV broadcast options were PBS, Fox,… -
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5 Key Exchanges From the Supreme Court in Religious School Case
The Supreme Court heard oral argument Wednesday in an important case involving a Montana tax credit scholarship program that provided scholarships for underprivileged kids to use at private schools. Initially, families could use scholarship funds at qualified religious schools, but the Montana Department of Revenue later implemented an administrative rule excluding religious schools, citing a provision in the… -
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Pro-Life Women Stand in the Shoes of Early Suffragists
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote and catapulted them out of the shadows of dependence into the full sunlight of long-awaited civic freedoms. The right to vote was only the beginning of a long list of goals achieved by the early women’s right… -
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How the Oil Production Boom Has Benefited America
“We can’t just drill our way out of the problem.” That was the oft-repeated phrase of President Barack Obama, who throughout his presidency argued that the key to beating higher gasoline prices was to subsidize alternative energies, such as solar and wind. It was a common sentiment from those who fretted that the world had…