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Looking to the Stars in 2022
The heavens are a little more crowded as 2021 draws to a close. There are more players and more systems in orbit … and more threats. The People’s Republic of China has significantly expanded its role in space. This week, Chinese astronauts at the Tiangong space station engaged in a six-hour spacewalk, the longest ever… -
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The Ungracious Generation and Its Demonization of the Past
The past two years have seen an unprecedented escalation in a decadeslong war on the American past. But there are lots of logical flaws in attacking prior generations in U.S. history. Critics assume their own judgmental generation is morally superior to those of the past. So, they use their own standards to condemn the mute… -
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Oklahoma Proposes Bill That Would Allow Parents to Remove Sexually Graphic Books From School Libraries
An Oklahoma bill introduced on Dec. 16 may allow parents to seek the removal of books that they deem inappropriate from school libraries. The bill, Senate Bill 1142, would give parents a right to ask for the removal of “books that are of a sexual nature that a reasonable parent or legal guardian would want to… -
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How Justice Is Denied When Prosecutors Go Rogue
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan recently criticized Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby for her egregious mishandling of cases and her allowing of criminals to return to the streets, unsupervised and unpunished, with the potential to add more victims to Baltimore’s growing list of victims of preventable criminal activity. What is occurring in Baltimore is unilateral justice,… -
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The Awful Year We Just Lived Through
As this is my last column of 2021, I thought it would be worthwhile to review some of the most important observations I made over the course of an awful year. I hope you agree, and wish you—and our country—a happier New Year. JAN. 5: These past few years have taught me not to so… -
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Liberal Goal Nearly Achieved in 2021: Zero Population Growth
As of July 1, 2020, there were 331,501,080 people living in the United States of America, according to the Census Bureau’s estimate. A year later, there were 331,893,745. That was an increase of only 392,665—or 0.1%. In a press release published last week, the Census Bureau announced that this was the lowest annual rate of… -
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3 Books for Liberty-Loving Readers in 2022
This time of year, dear readers, is when us writers curate lists. Some are about the best movies, top kitchen appliances, or favorite new songs of 2021. This year, I’d like to recommend three books to read after the tumultuous events of 2021. My first is a new and important book by law professors Randy… -
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For China, Amazon Supports Democracy Dying in Darkness
There’s something remarkably phony on the front page of every Washington Post, proclaiming the motto, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” A new investigative report from Reuters found that the Post’s owners at Amazon are partners in a propaganda project with Communist China. Reuters began by revealing that Amazon knuckled under and banned reader reviews on its… -
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COVID-19 in 2021: The Year of Living Unreasonably
In 2020, Americans learned that if emergency dictated, we could lock down, mask up, and blow out spending to temporarily stymie the impact of a global pandemic. We learned that if uncertainty required massive response, we could mobilize massive response, including the creation of new vaccines within one year. And in 2021, Americans learned that… -
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Will 2021’s Spike in Violent Crime Continue Into 2022?
Law and order, once lost, is not easy to restore. That’s one of the clear lessons of 2021. Numerous American cities were devastated by violent crime, which rose sharply after protests stemming from the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. In 2020, the United States nationally saw its highest-ever increase in… -
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‘Wild West’: California Aims to Crack Down on Major Retailers Over Plastic Bag Violations
A California state commission requested that authorities crack down on retailers it accused of skirting plastic bag and pollution laws, Reuters reported. The California Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling alleged that many retail businesses are selling plastic bags that are falsely labeled as being recyclable, according to Reuters. On Dec. 3, the state-appointed commission… -
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Killing Keystone XL: How Biden Destroyed American Energy Independence
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden revoked the Keystone XL pipeline permit via Executive Order 13990. With the stroke of a pen, Biden canceled a project that would have boosted U.S. gross domestic product by more than $3 billion, carried 830,000 barrels of oil daily from Canada to the United States, and… -
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Constitutional Peril in Defense Secretary’s Straw Man on Extremism in Military
After almost a year of work, the secretary of defense on Dec. 20 released a report on findings regarding extremist activities in the U.S. military and actions to be taken to counter them. After all that’s going on in the world, it must be heady stuff to warrant so much of the secretary’s time. Spoiler… -
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More Government, Less Religion—the Progressive Doctrine
One great mystery is the persistent refusal of those on the left to abandon what is clearly not true. That is, that the means for reducing the burden of poverty is more government spending. It all really started in the 1960s under President Lyndon B. Johnson. He declared in his State of the Union address… -
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Kamala Harris’ ‘Biggest Failure’? Where to Begin?
Vice President Kamala Harris denies people within the White House are trying to undermine her. Appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” host Margaret Brennan asked Harris about gossip that she is being set up to fail. Harris responded: “No, I don’t believe I’m being set up to fail. I’m vice president of the United States…. -
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A Challenging 2022 Looms for Pentagon
With inflation surging and dim prospects for a full-year appropriations bill, 2022 is already shaping up to be a challenging year for the Pentagon. Whether buying supplies for a New Year’s Eve party or filling their gas tanks, Americans are noticing that just about everything is more expensive. So, instead of buying a cashmere sweater… -
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Democrats Are Losing Grip on 2 Key Demographics, Winsome Sears Says. ‘Who Better to Help Make That Change but Me?’
Winsome Sears, the Republican lieutenant governor-elect of Virginia, told The New York Times that Democrats are at risk of losing black and immigrant voters. As an immigrant from Jamaica and the first black woman elected to statewide office in Virginia, Sears told The New York Times she was the perfect person to kickstart her demographic’s political realignment in America…. -
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Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas Is a Cheat, Period
If you want one exemplar of the moral and intellectual chaos that characterizes the age in which we live, there are a number of candidates: “Having fewer police leads to a decrease in violent crime” is one. “Men give birth” is another. But perhaps the most obvious moral and intellectual absurdity of all is the… -
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Pretending Biden Is Blameless on COVID-19
As the bad news surges and throbs again about the coronavirus, you can easily sense the lack of political vitriol for this president. President Joe Biden gets a free pass. On CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Dec. 19, reporter Mark Strassmann solemnly marked “another milestone in mourning.” “Bells tolled Thursday for 800,000 Americans dead from… -
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Questioning the Science
When people criticize Dr. Anthony Fauci, he says, “They’re really criticizing science. Because I represent science.” Pretty arrogant. I assume Fauci is a top-notch scientist. My brother worked with him at the National Institutes of Health and respected him. But power tends to corrupt, and Fauci has been given a lot of power. His department…