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Honoring Bill of Rights Day With Trustworthy Civics Curriculums, Content
Then-Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in October 2011 observed that “[e]very banana republic in the world has a bill of rights.” Most are just “words on paper,” however, he said, because those countries’ constitutions do not “prevent the centralization of power in one person or one party.” Ten years later, in October of this year,… -
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On Bill of Rights Day, Christian Group Says Hope Isn’t Lost on Next Generation
What if former President Ronald Reagan was right? What if freedom really is never more than “one generation away from extinction,” as the then-governor of California said during his inaugural address in 1967. A Purcellville, Virginia-based Christian youth group called Generation Joshua has heeded Reagan’s warning and is working tirelessly to empower and educate teenagers… -
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Republicans Question the Department of Health and Human Service’s Authority to Establish Climate Office
A group of House Republican leaders raised concerns Tuesday about the new climate office created by the Department of Health and Human Services. It remains unclear what statutory authority, if any, the Department of Health and Human Services' climate office has and if its mission is “duplicative” of other government programs, two top GOP members… -
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Parents ‘Furious’ Over School Board’s Decision to Give Teachers More Time Off to Relieve Stress
A Maryland school board approved a calendar change to provide teachers more time off, which infuriated parents over concerns that it will set their children back academically. On Dec. 7, the Montgomery County Public Schools' school board approved a calendar change for the 2021-22 school year that will give Montgomery County Public School staff and… -
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Deadly Delays by the Food and Drug Administration
COVID-19 deaths are up. Politicians tell us to wear masks and get vaccinated. Amid the fear, I’m surprised that we haven’t heard more about two drugs that could make COVID-19 much less of a threat. In blind tests, Pfizer’s Paxlovid was found to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death by 89%! It was so… -
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The Death of California
In “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Victor Hugo told the tale of Esmerelda, a gypsy dancer falsely accused of attempted murder, set to be hanged by an unjust state. Quasimodo, the titular hunchback, swings down from the cathedral of Notre Dame and saves her, carrying her off while crying “Sanctuary!” In fact, throughout European history,… -
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Differences Between a Secular and a Religious Upbringing
Anyone who thinks about the current civil war in America comes to realize that it is, in large measure, a war between the religious and the anti-religious. The left has contempt for evangelical Protestants, traditional Catholics, and Orthodox Jews for good reason: They represent everything the left loathes; and while there are, of course, secular… -
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Woke Mob Comes for Professor Who Opposes Left-Wing Social Values
If you don’t agree with the politically correct narrative, you must be destroyed. That’s the attitude elite Western institutions increasingly take with anyone who disagrees with the ever-moving and increasingly radical cultural left. If you have the gall to still be operating within those institutions, you are treated with an even higher level of hate…. -
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Salvation Army Should Apologize by Christmas for Racially Divisive Training, Watchdog Demands
Between now and Christmas, The Salvation Army has an opportunity to restore faith with members and donors who feel betrayed by an internal curriculum drawing on critical race theory and “anti-racism” teachings that they view as divisive and historically inaccurate, a leading critic of the training material says. Called “Let’s Talk About Racism,” the document… -
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7 Items on Our Christmas National Defense Wish List
’Tis the season of Christmas wish lists and New Year’s resolutions, so there are a few items that The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense would love to see under the tree this Christmas. As we close out 2021, we see Russian President Vladimir Putin massing more than 100,000 troops across from Ukraine, China… -
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Beijing Pays US Social Media Influencers to Hype Olympics, Downplay Boycotts
China’s government is paying social media influencers in the U.S. to promote the Beijing Olympics and distract from diplomatic boycotts over its human rights violations, according to disclosures filed with the Department of Justice. The Chinese Consulate is paying Vippi, a New Jersey-based public relations firm, $300,000 to have influencers on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitch… -
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China’s 20th Anniversary of WTO Membership Necessitates a Reality Check
China celebrated its 20th anniversary of being admitted to the World Trade Organization on Dec. 11. While the mission of the WTO is to ensure that world trade is as smooth, predictable, and free as possible, today’s China remains economically and politically unfree. As BBC’s economics editor pointed out, China’s admission to the World Trade… -
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Find Out Which States Best, Worst for Honest Election Laws
Georgia ranks at the top among states for the strongest laws in the nation to guarantee honest elections, while Hawaii ranks at the bottom, according to a new Election Integrity Scorecard from The Heritage Foundation. Heritage’s scorecard, announced Tuesday, measures all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on a dozen election-related categories. Categories… -
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Medals for Jumping to Conclusions About Jussie Smollett
If love means never having to say you’re sorry (it doesn’t), then being a member of the media means never having to admit you were wrong (it does). I wouldn’t write about the Jussie Smollett case and his conviction for lying about a hoax he perpetrated if it didn’t reflect something seriously wrong in the… -
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Middle Class Will Get Stuck With Bill for Biden’s Spending, Rep. Bryan Steil Says
As Americans experience inflation at a rate not felt in four decades, the Biden administration continues to promote a multitrillion-dollar social spending package. “Our spending is already out of control,” Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., says, adding that “new government spending is only going to exacerbate [inflation] and make it worse.” In an effort to get… -
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We All Have Role in ‘Fight to Maintain This Great Nation,’ Heritage Foundation’s Former President Says
Former Heritage Foundation President Kay C. James says her life “is a model for what can happen in this country with opportunity and seizing the day.” As a child, James lived with five siblings in the housing projects of Richmond, Virginia. Her father struggled with alcoholism and was absent from her life. Despite the challenges… -
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A Former Prosecutor’s Take on Ghislaine Maxwell Trial
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell—the right-hand woman of deceased financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—continues this week, with Maxwell’s defense attorneys expected to make their case Thursday. Maxwell is charged with recruiting and grooming four underage girls to be abused by Epstein. To better understand the details and nuance of this disturbing case, The Daily… -
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Saint Louis University Threatens to Expel Student for Posting Flyers Promoting Conservative Speaker’s Event
Saint Louis University is threatening to expel or suspend a student for posting flyers advertising the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh’s off-campus speaking event, according to the Young America’s Foundation. The student, James Dowling, was told in a Dec. 9 videoconference with school administrators that he could face expulsion for his “inappropriate conduct” and “failure to… -
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Media, Liberals Quick to Blame Deadly Tornadoes on Climate Change
Media outlets and liberals, including elected Democrats, were quick to blame climate change for the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest over the weekend. President Joe Biden announced that he would ask the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct an investigation into the role climate change played in the storms that caused fatalities in Kentucky,… -
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Taking Potshot at Texas, Newsom Wants to Let Californians Sue to Enforce State’s Gun Laws
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans Saturday to allow individuals to sue some gun manufacturers, distributors, and sellers in response to a Supreme Court decision on a Texas abortion law. “I am outraged by [Friday's] U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing Texas’s ban on most abortion services to remain in place, and largely endorsing Texas’s…