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opinion
The Age of Wokeness
“And I’m proud to be an American … ” (Lee Greenwood) A Gallup poll has found only 38% of us are “strongly proud” to be Americans, the lowest on record. Another 22% say they are “moderately proud.” Some pro-choice liberals have called for boycotts of future Independence Days. What is responsible for these numbers and… -
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Open Borders Cost Lives. Biden Doesn’t Care.
Fifty-three illegal immigrants died in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio on June 27 after unlawfully entering the U.S. The rest of last week, it was revealed that multiple additional smuggling incidents had resulted in migrant deaths as smugglers attempted to evade law enforcement. Many have rightly blamed President Joe Biden’s open-border policies for these deaths… -
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These 7 Charts Show Why Congress Must Get Spending Under Control Immediately
Millions of American families are reeling from the worst wave of inflation in more than four decades. Reduced purchasing power and shortages of basic goods, such as baby formula, have caused consumer confidence to hit record lows. Those looking to Washington for real solutions will be left wanting. Both the Biden administration and congressional Democrats… -
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Democrats Are Fooling Themselves on the Popularity of Abortion
One of the central justifications for the left’s proposed court-packing scheme is to claim that the reversal of Roe v. Wade is so radically out of step with the American public that it is an undemocratic, minoritarian power grab. Not only is the argument based on the unconstitutional notion that justices should weigh the vagaries… -
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The Problems With Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony
LONDON—According to Mr. Google, I am 3,430 miles from home. It’s nice to be back in London, though I’m sorry to report that my visit was occasioned by the funeral of an old and dear friend. (By “old friend” incidentally, I mean that we had been friends a long time, not that he was old.)… -
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In San Francisco, a Zone of Lawless Sovereignty
The epicenter of the political earthquakes rattling San Francisco’s progressive establishment is a 30-square-block neighborhood in the center of downtown known as the Tenderloin. Adjacent to some of the city’s most famous attractions, including the high-end shopping district Union Square, the old money redoubt of Nob Hill, historic Chinatown, and the city’s gold-capped City Hall,… -
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A Road Map for Finding Success and Happiness
Tom Lewis knows what it takes to find success and happiness in life. He’s a living example. As founder of the T.W. Lewis Co., an Arizona-based real estate investment company known for its outstanding quality and customer service in the homebuilding industry, Lewis built a thriving business while being a devoted dad. Now, he’s sharing… -
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The Numbers Behind Pennsylvania’s Turmoil Over Transgender Women in Prison
Almost 200 biological males behind bars in Pennsylvania’s state prisons say they identify as women. A small number of them are seeking a transfer to a women’s prison. But the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections says it doesn’t have information on how many of these biological males who identify as women were convicted of sex crimes. … -
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Don’t Blame Manufacturers for Rising Food Prices. They’re Hit By Inflation and Higher Costs, Too, Experts Say
Most recognized in the recent record-high gas prices, the far-reaching effects of inflation are now moving to the food supply chain, experts say. While it’s tempting to blame individual brands for raising their prices, it’s “simply not true that it’s the manufacturers’ fault that prices are higher. We’re all in this inflationary environment together…. -
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Supreme Court Unwisely Lets Biden End Program Making Illegal Aliens Remain in Mexico
As the U.S. southern border is being overrun with record numbers of illegal aliens month after month, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday approved the Biden administration’s termination of the successful Remain in Mexico program in a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and… -
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China More Dependent on US and Our Technology Than You Think
The Biden administration has been wrong to frame U.S.-China competition as a technological competition. This is because, in most areas, there is no technology competition between the two countries. There is only China’s reliance on the U.S.—a far more technologically advanced nation with far more technologically advanced allies and trading partners. And it’s in the… -
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Twitter Suspends Jordan Peterson for ‘Misgendering’ Transgender Actor
Twitter suspended well-known clinical psychologist and author Jordan Peterson for “misgendering” actor Elliot Page on Wednesday. The tweet that got Peterson suspended read “Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician.” Peterson’s daughter, Mikhaila, announced the suspension on her own Twitter, tagging Elon Musk and adding that… -
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Court Restores Culture of Life
The cries from the left predicting the end of the world in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is a familiar sound. We heard the same after the historic reform in welfare in 1996 when Aid to Families with Dependent Children, which effectively subsidized low-income women to have children… -
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Did George Washington Violate the First Amendment?
Did George Washington in his first act as president violate the first principle soon to be enshrined in the First Amendment? Did the Congress that approved the First Amendment compel him to do so? On April 7, 1789, three weeks before Washington was inaugurated, the Journal of the Senate reported that the Senate had ordered… -
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How Mississippi Led Way to Overturn Roe, Attorney General Lynn Fitch Explains
At the center of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is the Mississippi case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. In 2018, Mississippi passed a 15-week abortion ban. The abortion clinic Jackson Women’s Health challenged the law. “When I took office, that case had been sitting at the Fifth Circuit and it… -
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5 States Call Special Sessions to Determine Abortion Law in Wake of Roe Reversal
Abortion law is now in the hands of the American people and their elected state leaders. Already, 26 states have laws in place to protect the unborn, and others are taking swift action to do likewise. Governors in South Dakota, Indiana, South Carolina, and Nebraska have called for special legislative sessions to pass pro-life bills… -
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Liberal ‘Tolerance’ on Display After Overturning of Roe v. Wade
Last week, the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that outlawed state anti-abortion laws and federalized an issue that, for all but the last 50 years of our history, was decided by the states. Critics falsely claim that Roe “legalized” abortion, when pre-1973 abortion was legal in the states where a majority… -
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The Crybaby Leftist Mind
Modern progressives assume moral and intellectual authority. Consequently, their supposedly superior ends naturally justify almost any means necessary to achieve them. Among the elite, the Democrats’ “blue wall” states were once considered a testament to the wisdom of the Electoral College. When that wall crumbled in 2016 to Donald Trump, the Electoral College suddenly was… -
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Violence, and Calls for It, Increase Post-Roe. Will Authorities Take This Seriously?
Americans today might be getting flashbacks to 2020, when the radical left committed itself to a rampage that lasted for months. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, the left decided the only way to get what it wanted was through the destruction of once beautiful cities and endless political violence. And with the end… -
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Biden’s Push for ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Betrays Parental Rights
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade through its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a renewed conversation about abortion is front and center all across the country. And rightfully so, because states will now be forced to confront the question of whether or not they will stand for…