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opinion
Hollywood Socialism
Hollywood is now obsessing about increasing ethnic and gender diversity. Good. There’s been nasty racial and gender discrimination in the movie business. Unfortunately, Hollywood has no interest in one type of diversity: diversity of thought. In most every movie, capitalism is evil. Greedy miners want to kill nature-loving aliens in “Avatar.” Director James Cameron says:… -
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Media Bungles Reporting on Conscience Rights
Three different federal judges recently blocked the Trump administration from implementing a regulation that would give the Department of Health and Human Services additional resources to enforce more than two dozen laws related to conscience rights. The regulation had been scheduled to go into effect Nov. 22. The rule is intended to provide the tools… -
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Chick-Fil-A’s Surrender Will Only Empower Liberal Bullies
As we head into the Christmas season, religious liberty in America continues to be under attack, and it’s not just about whether people can say “Merry Christmas” in public places. With the recent controversy over Chick-fil-A bowing to pressure to end its financial support of charities the far left has labeled as “anti-gay,” organizations that… -
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‘Abortion on Demand Agenda Is Immoral’: Meet Georgia’s Incoming Senator
In a televised speech on Wednesday, Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp officially announced financial executive Kelly Loeffler as his pick to be the state’s next U.S. senator. Kemp—who has mulled over hundreds of applications in the months since Georgia Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson announced he would be stepping down—officially unveiled Loeffler as his choice on… -
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When China Acts on Expansionist Ambitions, We Must Respond
President Donald Trump has been tougher on China than any other president in my lifetime. Free from the baggage of Washington’s 40-year “normalization” consensus, the president can see China for what it is—an economically exploitative dictatorship that abuses human rights. Thanks to Trump’s clear-sightedness, the executive branch is working to address the military, economic, and… -
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Rep. Devin Nunes Sues CNN, Denies Meeting Ex-Ukrainian Prosecutor
Republican California Rep. Devin Nunes is adamantly denying that he traveled to Vienna last year and met with a former Ukrainian prosecutor to dig up dirt on Joe Biden, as CNN alleged in a story published last month. “CNN is the mother of fake news,” Nunes said in a defamation lawsuit against the network filed Tuesday in… -
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Rise of Social Liberalism Disproportionately Hurts Lower-Income Americans
This week, Paul Krugman of The New York Times posited a theory: Red states cause depression and suicide. In a column titled “America’s Red State Death Trip,” Krugman wrote: “In 1990, today’s red and blue states had almost the same life expectancy. Since then, however, life expectancy in Clinton states has risen more or less… -
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Fraud in Higher Education
This year’s education scandal saw parents shelling out megabucks to gain college admittance for their children. Federal prosecutors have charged more than 50 people with participating in a scheme to get their children into colleges by cheating on entrance exams or bribing athletic coaches. They paid William Singer, a college-prep professional, more than $25 million… -
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Is the US a Post-Christian Nation? Here’s What Ross Douthat Thinks
Amid declining church attendance, and cultural storms, do Americans still take faith seriously? “We’re a no longer deeply Christian country that is not yet post-Christian and is still heavily influenced by Christianity,” says Ross Douthat, a New York Times columnist and author. Read the lightly edited interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast: We… -
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3 Steps to Take the Surprise Out of Surprise Medical Bills
Surprise medical bills are a source of frustration for many Americans. Patients who schedule medical care from network physicians or at network hospitals sometimes receive bills from doctors outside the network such as anesthesiologists, radiologists, or pathologists. Or a patient may be transported to a nearby emergency department, only to learn that the hospital was… -
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California Farmer Fights Government Claim That Dirt Is a Pollutant
No one told Jack LaPant that he could be in violation of the Clean Water Act for farming his own land. That’s mostly because the federal law includes a clear exemption for “normal” farming activities. But it’s also because the government officials LaPant consulted didn’t view overturned dirt that has been tilled and plowed as… -
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3 Big Trump-Nadler Scuffles Before the Real Estate Mogul Became President
A rivalry that goes back to the mid-1980s culminates this week as Jerry Nadler presides over the next round of House Democrats’ impeachment hearings targeting Donald Trump. What started as a spat in which a New York state legislator tried to block a New York real estate mogul’s construction of luxury apartments has morphed into a… -
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Trump Administration to Close Food Stamp Eligibility Loopholes for Able-Bodied Adults
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is expected to announce a finalized rule Wednesday to promote self-sufficiency for able-bodied adults without children who receive food stamps. The rule aims to close loopholes used by states that frequently grant broad exemptions for recipients to remain on food stamps longer without actively seeking a job or work training. The… -
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For Chick-Fil-A, a Hard Lesson Is Coming
It is a truism that a blackmailer is rarely satisfied. Once the payoffs start, there often is no end to them. The Chick-fil-A fast-food chain is about to learn this hard lesson, far too late, as many victims of blackmail and extortion generally do. For conservatives and evangelical Christians, Chick-fil-A has been a model company that has consistently stood… -
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How Protests Undermine Iran and Its Proxies in Iraq and Lebanon
Iran’s Islamist dictatorship has been challenged and rebuked in recent weeks by massive political protests—not only at home, but also in the spheres of influence that the regime carved out in Iraq and in Lebanon. In all three countries, the popular protests reportedly erupted spontaneously and initially focused on economic issues, particularly high prices, lack… -
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‘Miracle Baby’: College Football Star Was Almost Aborted
“When my dad was alive, he would tell me, ‘No matter what, have a smile on your face. No matter how you’re feeling, you’re living, and you should be able to smile.’” These days, Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins has a lot to smile about. He just moved into second place on the Buckeyes’ all-time… -
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After Pressure, California School Lets Homeschooler Play ‘Joy to the World’
The turkeys may be gone, but some liberals are back to carving up something else: free speech. Now that it’s December, the left wants to make it clear that Santa Claus isn’t the only thing coming to town—so is censorship. And Brooklyn Benzel, an eighth grade homeschooler from California, seems to be the holiday’s first target…. -
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The Left’s Revealing Hatred of the Salvation Army
We all know some individuals who are so obviously good and kind that we are certain if anyone were to dislike them, that’s all we would need to know about the person. We would immediately assume he or she is a bad person. To hate the manifestly good is a sure sign of being bad…. -
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Patients Deserve Price Transparency. They Soon Might Be Getting It.
Imagine being a patient whose infusion therapy to treat Crohn’s disease cost $40,000, but who later found the same treatment for $4,000 at a treatment center a few miles down the road. On top of that, the patient also gets paid $500 in shared savings cash every time he or she drives to the new… -
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He Grew Up Poor in Chicago. Then Conservative Values Helped Transform His Life.
“After I began to volunteer with this alderman and learn the ways of the Democratic Party … I began to question some of the narratives,” says Gianno Caldwell. “Why is it that although these politicians come every year during election time, why is it the conditions and the communities never get better?” That was the…