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opinion
Start at Ellipse in DC to Visit America’s 7 Wealthiest Suburbs
If you want to drive through the seven wealthiest counties in the United States, as measured by median household income, you will have to visit only two of the nation’s metropolitan areas. And it would be best to start your trip from the Ellipse in front of the White House. From there, drive six blocks… -
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What We Saw in Videos of Hamas Terrorists’ Oct. 7 Attacks in Israel
We both went to the Israeli Embassy in Washington recently to watch 46 minutes of raw footage showing Hamas terrorists’ savage attacks Oct. 7 on innocent Israelis, including women and children. It was the most horrific, barbaric thing we have ever seen. >>> Warning: This commentary contains graphic descriptions of acts committed by Hamas. In… -
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‘They’re Already Here,’ Arizona Sheriff Says of Terrorists Coming Across the Border
There is growing concern in the U.S. over terrorists crossing America’s southern border and entering the country illegally, according to Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff Mark Lamb. And after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Lamb said some Americans asked, “Should we be concerned about Hamas coming in across our borders?” But the reality, according… -
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Is Biden’s Education Department Scheming With SPLC to Demonize Concerned Parents? Rep. Jim Comer Demands Answers
President Joe Biden’s White House has hosted staff and leadership of the Southern Poverty Law Center at least 11 times, and congressional Republicans want answers about whether the Department of Education has used the SPLC to demonize concerned parents. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, sent a letter Monday… -
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Solving America’s History and Civics Crisis
History and civics education in America is languishing. A troubling number of Americans can’t even pass a U.S. citizenship test. Pioneer Institute‘s recent poll findings on the topic are “pretty sobering,” explains Chris Sinacola, the organization’s director of communications and media relations. The Pioneer Institute, a think tank based in Massachusetts, offers solutions for how schools… -
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Will We Get a Bad Border Deal for Christmas?
Don’t hold your breath that some senators will be able to squeeze border sanity out of the White House in exchange for billions more in aid to Ukraine, all before they go home for Christmas. Before discussing the latest effort, it’s worth noting new laws aren’t even needed to fix about 80% of the border… -
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Conservative Women Shouldn’t Be Calendar Girls for a Beer Company. We Can Do Better.
A brewery that aims its beer at conservative consumers recently announced it will sell a 2024 calendar featuring “real” women who happen to be conservative. Models for the calendar marketed by Conservative Dad’s Ultra Right beer include former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch, businesswoman and former GOP congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik, and… -
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SPLC Demonizes Opposition to Transgender Orthodoxy as ‘Pseudoscience,’ Tool of ‘White Supremacy’ and ‘Theocracy’
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a scandal-plagued far-left smear factory notorious for putting mainstream conservative and Christian organizations on a “hate map” with KKK chapters, released a new report demonizing opposition to gender ideology as “pseudoscience” and a tool of “white supremacy” and “theocracy.” “The controversy over trans health care is manufactured to reinforce both… -
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As Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Market Share Goes Up, So Does Its Taxpayer Funding
To borrow from an old saying, nothing can be certain except for death and taxpayer funding for the abortion industry. At the request of pro-life members of Congress, the Government Accountability Office released the latest round of data detailing how much taxpayer funding goes to Planned Parenthood and other international abortion organizations. From 2019 through… -
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Teacher Fired for Not Using Student’s Preferred Pronouns Wins Major Victory
In a gratifying win for religious freedom and free speech, the Virginia Supreme Court concluded Thursday that embattled Virginia high school teacher Peter Vlaming, who had been fired over his refusal to use a student’s preferred pronouns because of his religious faith, was protected by the free exercise and free speech clauses of the Virginia… -
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How Government Limits Our Choice in Low-Cost Automobiles
It’s no secret that regulation hits the poorest Americans the hardest. Academic research has long demonstrated that environmental regulations impose a higher cost on low-income Americans than they do on the general population. The phenomenon is most visible in the automobile sector, where the average price for a new car was $48,008. Even the least… -
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International Energy Agency Promotes Oil Shortage Instead of Preventing It
This year’s Conference of the Parties to the U.N. climate agreements, or COP, is being held in the Emirate of Dubai, arguably the world’s most extravagant display of oil wealth. Ironies abound. The host and president of this year’s conference, Sultan Ahmed al Jaber, happens also to be the CEO of the United Arab Emirates’… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Butler University Investigates College Republicans for Condemning Antisemitic Chants
While other universities, including Rutgers, have suspended a group called Students for Justice in Palestine over violations of discrimination and harassment policies, Butler University apparently is investigating anyone who dares to condemn the pro-Palestine organization. Indianapolis-based Butler University launched an investigation of the school’s College Republicans chapter Oct. 30, according to an email obtained by… -
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A Renowned Science and Engineering Institute Loses Its Way Due to Woke Leadership, Imperiling Jewish Students
As a 1981 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I have been appalled by the behavior of the president of the university, Sally Kornbluth, in the face of the antisemitism now infesting MIT, something that wasn’t there when I was a student. I echo all of the serious concerns raised by over 700 other… -
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Higher Ed Proves It’s All About Cultural Revolution
Harvard is sticking by its woman and the University of Wisconsin turned down a mountain of money just to maintain commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The actions of these two universities this week demonstrate the depth of the problem with higher education. Their commitment to ideology is stronger than their commitment to anything else…. -
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Tagging Evangelical Christians as a ‘Polarizing Extreme’
In a previous epoch, Tim Alberta was a reporter for National Review, one of too many NR cubs who later joined the liberal-media zoo. Alberta is now at The Atlantic, one of America’s most intense producers of frothing leftist drivel. It seems like every leftist network has welcomed Alberta to trash conservative Christians through his… -
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By Ending Forced Representation, New Proposal in Congress Could Benefit Workers and Unions Alike
What if some of the antagonism around labor unions in the United States could be reduced by eliminating laws that force workers and unions alike to do things against their will? That’s what the Worker’s Choice Act, introduced Wednesday by Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., would do. Current law forces workers in unionized workplaces to be… -
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The New Religion of the Left: Nihilism
Nihilism is the religion of the Left. Anarchy is now at the core of the new Democratic Party. If the Left wished radically to alter the demography of the U.S., it could have expanded legal immigration through legislation or the courts. Instead, it simply erased the border and dynamited federal immigration law. By fiat, nihilists… -
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Hits and Misses: What Congress Achieved in 2023, What’s Ahead for New Year
Only 17 days remain in 2023, and members of Congress are preparing to leave Washington to return to their districts for Christmas. It has been a lively, and sometimes contentious, first session for the 118th Congress. The removal in October of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., by his own party likely will be remembered as… -
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Hamas Murdered Their Friend. Now, They Help Israeli Soldiers to Keep His Memory Alive
David Newman sent a text to a friend the morning of Saturday, Oct. 7. Something terrible had happened. Word quickly spread among Newman’s group of friends, who had known each other since high school. Newman, 25, had traveled the night before to the music festival in southern Israel, close to the border with the Gaza…