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opinion
Pelosi’s Plan on Drug Pricing Would Hamper Lifesaving Medical Innovations
Another day in Washington, another practical, bipartisan solution thrown out of the window and replaced with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s political games and partisanship. The political sideshow of the day? It’s H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act—Pelosi’s inappropriately titled proposal to address the high cost of prescription drugs. The issue of high drug… -
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Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year, ‘They,’ Is Politically Correct Nonsense
The Merriam-Webster dictionary—that reliable source for simple, straightforward linguistics—has released its 2019 Word of the Year, an annual trend since 2003. Only, I hate to break it to you, the word is “they.” “They,” you say? As in, “They looked up the word ‘they’ in the Webster dictionary?” No, not that kind of “they.” That’s… -
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In Round 1 of Ukraine Peace Talks, Zelenskyy Holds His Own With Putin
KYIV, Ukraine—These days, it gets dark around 4 p.m. here in Ukraine’s capital city. The leaves are all gone from the trees, and the skies are often gray. The Dnieper River hasn’t iced over yet. However, about 400 miles southeast of Kyiv in Ukraine’s embattled Donbas region, the front lines of Europe’s only ongoing land… -
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Election Irregularities Persist in Palm Beach County 20 Years After Bush-Gore Standoff
You would think that after being one of the centers of the election storm in 2000 when the hotly contested Florida recount determined whether George Bush or Al Gore would be president of the United States, Palm Beach County would have gotten its act together. But as is evident from a recent report from the… -
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Planned Parenthood Targets Los Angeles High Schoolers
Planned Parenthood announced Wednesday a plan to open 50 health centers at Los Angeles high schools. The nation’s largest abortion provider plans to spend millions to build “Wellbeing Centers” that target high schoolers in Los Angeles County and aims to “create a safe space in each school where students can receive the education and health… -
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Trump Warns of ‘Trivializing’ Impeachment as House Panel OKs Abuse and Obstruction Charges
The House Judiciary Committee voted Friday morning along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump, sending two charges to the House floor for what is expected to be another party-line vote next week to set up a Senate trial in January. Now attention turns to the 31 House Democrats who were elected last year in… -
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The Growing Threat of China, and How US Should Respond
Heritage Foundation scholar Klon Kitchen joins “The Bill Walton Show” to discuss TikTok, cyberwarfare, China’s growing economy and buying power, and more. Read a portion of the transcript, lightly edited, below, or watch the full episode above. Bill Walton: Welcome to “The Bill Walton Show,” featuring conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs, artists, and thinkers; fresh perspectives… -
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CBS Boosts Southern Poverty Law Center
You’d think that liberal news outlets would get tired of schlepping around the Southern Poverty Law Center’s baggage. After a devastating year—one that saw all of SPLC’s top leadership resign over workplace sexism and racism—it seemed, at least for a while, that the media would stop propping up the disgraced anti-Christian cesspool of bigotry. Apparently… -
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Conservative Blowout in Britain Puts Brexit Back on Track
Though the last votes are still being counted, it is clear that Britain’s Conservatives have won an overall majority in Thursday’s general election. Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will be the largest party in Parliament and will be able to form a government that controls the House of Commons. The Conservatives have won… -
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Scholars Examine the Problem of Nationalism
Should conservatives embrace nationalism? A panel of Heritage Foundation scholars discussed why they shouldn’t on Monday, highlighting their views in a debate currently facing American conservatives and many countries throughout the West. So-called national conservatives sparked considerable discussion at a conference in the nation’s capital in July and a number of scholars have been advocating… -
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Podcast: Alaska Attorney General Talks Workers’ Rights
Two years ago, the Supreme Court handed down a major ruling in the Janus decision. That decision freed up public-sector workers from having to pay unions against their will. But since then, a lot of states haven’t been complying—and unions have fought back. Alaska is leading the charge in the opposite direction—bringing its state into… -
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Greta Thunberg Is the Perfect Hero for an Unserious Time
Who better than a finger-wagging teen bereft of accomplishment, or any comprehension of basic economics or history, to be Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2019? Greta Thunberg’s canonization is a perfect expression of media activism in a deeply unserious time. Has there ever been a less consequential person picked to be Person of… -
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What’s Really at Stake in the Chick-Fil-A Controversy
The angry backlash against their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman started on social media. Soon activists called for a boycott. Then officials banned them from selling in a key market. Faced with mounting social, economic, and legal attacks on their business, the company’s leadership was faced with an impossible decision:… -
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Trump Is Delivering Economic Wins for Rural America
Following the Great Recession in 2008, many economists and liberal thinkers argued that rural America would never again be an engine for economic growth. While more folks today reside in metropolitan areas, I can tell you from firsthand experience that rural communities continue to play an integral role in job creation and our national economy…. -
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What My Ukrainian In-Laws Taught Me About Freedom and Rock ’n’ Roll
KYIV, Ukraine—When the guitarist for Deep Purple hit those epic opening notes of “Smoke on the Water,” my 54-year-old Ukrainian father-in-law grabbed me by the shoulder with one hand, pumped his other in a fist, and yelled a drawn out “da!” No translation needed. The crowd in the Kyiv sports hall was going wild. The… -
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Drag Queen Prostitute Visits Texas School
If it’s OK for drag queens to host story hour, what about prostitutes? At one Austin, Texas, elementary school, students got both. In what some parents are calling “a sign of things to come” under the city’s radical new sex ed, the kids at Blackshear Fine Arts Academy had an unexpected visitor—with an even more… -
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All of Us—Men and Women—Can Speak for Life
It might surprise you, but it’s true: Today, more women than men consider themselves to be pro-life. According to the 2019 Gallup poll on values and beliefs, 51% of women consider themselves to be pro-life, compared with 46% of men who self-identify as pro-life. Why do fewer men identify as pro-life? Possible explanations abound. Is… -
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Combating Value-Neutrality and Creating Classrooms of Character
Louisville, Kentucky, public school teacher Paul Barnwell was distressed by his 11th-grade students’ response to this hypothetical moral quandary: “If your significant other commits a felony where people are gravely injured, do you report them to the police?” To his dismay, the students resoundingly responded “No!” His students’ reaction made Barnwell recognize the absence of… -
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Challenging Beijing’s Distortions About Human Rights in China
For six months, China has been the focus of international criticism over deteriorating freedoms in Hong Kong, but the Chinese Communist Party’s intransigence regarding liberty in Hong Kong is only one of myriad repressive campaigns that the world should oppose. People in Hong Kong possess far greater freedom of expression and speech than those in… -
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March for Life to Highlight Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
The March for Life aims to foster a culture where abortion becomes “unthinkable.” To that end, Jeanne Mancini, president of the group that sponsors the annual pro-life march in Washington each January, says it will work to draw the public’s attention to the proposed Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The legislation stipulates that if a…