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opinion
As Obamacare Premiums Continue to Rise, Time to Look at Real Health Care Solutions
Obamacare has wreaked havoc on America’s individual and small group health insurance markets. For the last four years, while lavish taxpayer subsidies insulated low-income people from soaring premiums and deductibles, millions of middle-class Americans in the individual Affordable Care Act coverage markets felt both blasts. At the same time, they lost their old plans and… -
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Michigan Professor Refuses to Write Letter of Recommendation for Student Who Wants to Study in Israel
A professor at the University of Michigan has come in for criticism after initially supporting a student’s application to study abroad and then rescinding that support after discovering the student’s intended destination was Israel. The Washington Post reported that John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor of American culture, received a student’s request for a letter of… -
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How Faith-Based Organizations Are Helping Communities Recover After Hurricane Florence
Lorraine Jenkins returned to her home of 34 years to find it flooded with 18 inches of water. Thankfully, volunteers from Samaritan’s Purse were nearby and ready to help. While speaking with the president of the organization, Franklin Graham, Jenkins shared her story and mentioned that she “had faith but needed a little more strength.”… -
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Why a Florida Man’s 20-Year Sentence for Stealing Cigarettes Isn’t a Case for Criminal Justice Reform
Robert Spellman Jr. last week received a 20-year prison sentence after a jury convicted him on burglary and grand theft charges for stealing $600 worth of cigarettes from a Florida convenience store. It’s a sentence Spellman, of Pensacola, Florida, well deserves. Spellman’s sentence has become a national (and international) story in part because of robust… -
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How ‘Diversity Ideology’ Killed the University and Is Infecting America
When we think of institutions that shape our nation’s future, many often think of Congress and the White House, but it was John Maynard Keynes, the British economist, who said that a great deal of the change we see in politics and in society at large actually starts with professors, academics, people he called “scribblers… -
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Judiciary Committee Advances Kavanaugh to Senate Floor, FBI to ‘Update’ His File Within Week
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh now faces a full Senate vote, after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 Friday along party lines in favor of advancing his nomination. First, though, the FBI will supplement its previous six background investigations on Kavanaugh. The vote came a day after a high-stakes committee hearing where the D.C. Circuit… -
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Highest Minimum Wage in the US Will Hit $19 an Hour
The commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey voted unanimously Thursday to raise the minimum wage of workers at three airports to $19 an hour by 2023, the highest government mandated minimum wage in the U.S. The decision will affect roughly 40,000 workers and airline companies operating at La Guardia Airport… -
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Trump and Congress Just Gave the Military a Big Boost
The military can celebrate some great news this weekend. On Friday, President Donald Trump signed the appropriations package that provides funding for the 2019 defense budget, giving the military a much-needed boost. The nondefense elements of the bill are less welcome, however, and will not serve our country’s overall economic health. The totality of the… -
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Flake Announces Yes for Kavanaugh, Nomination Likely Headed to Senate Floor
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appears headed for approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee—one day after nearly nine hours of testimony regarding high school allegations. Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who was expected to be the key vote on the committee poised to pass the vote along party lines, 11-10, announced Friday morning he would… -
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Defending Kavanaugh Isn’t an Attack on Women
As you may know, Brett Kavanaugh has already been found guilty of crimes against leftism, so now we’re just working our way backward from the ideological indictment to the personal one. Nothing but a confession of wrongdoing and a surrender will stop Democrats from accusing Kavanaugh of being a sexual predator, despite, to this point,… -
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Why Another FBI Investigation of Kavanaugh Would Be Pointless
Campaigns of whatever sort often adopt a mantra, a phrase, or even a single word that’s repeated over and over to advance the campaign’s goals. The campaign against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is no different, and its latest mantra is “FBI investigation.” Let’s look at this mantra’s objectives and its validity. The call for… -
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America’s First ‘Robot Sex Brothel’ Is Bad News for Our Culture
Sex robots are coming to America, and Houston is the first battleground. The first “robot sex brothel” in America is set to open in Houston, Texas, this November. The mayor is currently investigating how to restrict or regulate it. The owner plans to expand to 10 locations in the U.S. by 2020. This disturbing development… -
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The Daily Signal Podcast: The Effect of the Ford Hearing
The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process came to a boiling point on Thursday, as his accuser testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and Kavanaugh himself made a forceful defense. We cover the highlights and discuss with The Heritage Foundation’s Tom Jipping. Plus: We feature an interview with Juanita Broaddrick, the woman who accused Bill Clinton of… -
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9 Key Moments as Brett Kavanaugh Responds to His Accusers
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh firmly and at times tearfully denied the late-breaking allegations of sexual misconduct against him in testimony Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “This confirmation process has become a national disgrace,” Kavanaugh said in opening remarks. “You have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy.” “You may defeat me in… -
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Problematic Women: Kavanaugh Madness
On Thursday, the Senate and the nation heard from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford—the woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by the judge while the two were in high school. We watched the whole thing and talked to protesters, both pro- and anti-Kavanaugh, to find out where Americans… -
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What the Ford Hearing Did, and Didn’t, Accomplish
This is a lightly edited transcript of an interview for The Daily Signal podcast. Daniel Davis: Well, joining us in studio to discuss the ongoing battle over Brett Kavanaugh is Tom Jipping, he is the deputy director of the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies here at The Heritage Foundation. Tom, let’s start with… -
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On the Street: Kavanaugh Protesters Say Enough With White Men
Pro- and anti-Kavanaugh rallies took Washington, D.C., by storm Thursday. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault, testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee following accusations of sexual assault. We took our cameras “On the Streets” of Capitol Hill to find out what protesters… -
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We Went to a Pro-Kavanaugh Rally. Here’s What 8 Women Had to Say.
An hour before it started to rain, a crowd of women gathered Thursday on Capitol Hill just before the much-anticipated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on accusations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Of several late-breaking accusations leveled against Kavanaugh, only one—the claim by Christine Blasey Ford that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when… -
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With US and British Support, Ukraine Pushes Back on Russian Aggression in the Sea of Azov
KYIV, Ukraine—The U.S. Coast Guard was set to hand over two of its decommissioned 110-foot armed cutters to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at a ceremony Thursday in Baltimore. The move comes amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine over the free movement of merchant ships to Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov. “The transfer…