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Biden on Energy Crisis: Begging Others to Save Him From Himself
President Joe Biden is drowning in a sea of crises of his own creation, and Americans are the ones who are paying the price. There’s an ongoing humanitarian and national security calamity at the southern border. Thirteen U.S. service members are dead, and an unknown number of our citizens remain stranded in Afghanistan following Biden’s… -
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‘Just Unconscionable’: Parents Protest Outside Justice Department Against ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Label
Frustration at school boards boiled over for some parents and activists who protested outside of the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., Sunday. A small crowd gathered for the "Parents Are Not ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Rally," a reference to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Oct. 4 memorandum that called on the FBI to “use its authority” in response to… -
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24/7 Operations Might Not Be Enough to Solve Supply Chain Crisis
The Biden administration announced last Wednesday that the Port of Los Angeles will now operate 24 hours a day. That’s belated good news, but how operations have been going at the neighboring Port of Long Beach, which is also operating around the clock, suggest that this might not be enough to solve California’s supply chain… -
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10 Absurdly Wasteful Items Tucked Into Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Monstrosity
House Democrats a few weeks ago released the full text of their big-government socialism $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend package. Many important elements were already clear. It would recklessly boost federal spending at a time of already high inflation, impose ruinous tax hikes when the post-pandemic economic recovery is still vulnerable, and impose an anti-work welfare state…. -
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This Doctor Opposes COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate. Now His State Won’t Let Him Practice Medicine.
Dr. Stephen Skoly is a well-known oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Rhode Island. He has been called to testify before lawmakers and serves as chairman of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity. But recently, Skoly made news for another reason: He opposes his state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Because of his principled stand, he… -
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#MeToo Groups Silent Over Boy Allegedly Raping Girl in Loudoun School Girls Bathroom
Advocacy groups that once emphatically urged the public to “believe all women” are now silent over a viral report that a skirt-wearing male student allegedly raped one of his peers in her school bathroom. “The left’s silence on the accusations of sexual assault inside Loudoun County schools is absolutely deafening,” Lauren Adams, legal director of… -
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Ben & Jerry’s Interview Gives Woke Capitalism Its Just Desserts
Woke capitalism has gained popularity in the past several years. Unlike traditional free-market capitalism that says companies exist to create shareholder value, woke capitalism posits that companies must consider social justice ideas like “climate change” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” when making business decisions. Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is no exception. Following heightened tensions between… -
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Why We Must Protect School Choice
It takes brave men and women to stand up to the inhumanities that are occurring today. As we see many fighting for our freedoms—holding the line, risking it all—I am motivated to talk about another freedom that we depend on: school choice. Why is school choice important to protect? School choice prevents the government from… -
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Blame Government, Not COVID-19, for Supply Chain Collapse
Having made a mess of Afghanistan, the Biden administration now turns its trademark incompetence to something closer to home; namely, the supply chains that put toys under our Christmas trees and food on our tables. Biden is using the pandemic as an excuse, but the truth is that government diktats, handouts, and cronyism have catastrophically… -
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Media Ignores Story About ‘Gender-Fluid’ Boy Accused of Raping Girl at School
If we sat in a boardroom and tried to decide the kind of story that the liberal media is the most hostile to covering—hostile to the point of wishing it had never existed—it may be this: Teenage boy describing himself as “gender-fluid” accused of raping a girl in a high school bathroom. This is a… -
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Biden White House Will Pay for Playing Inflation Games
White House chief of staff Ron Klain recently endorsed the idea that inflation and supply-chain struggles Americans are facing are “high-class problems.” I’m in no position to comment on whether the inflation spike we’re experiencing is “transitory” or not—though, metaphysically speaking, isn’t everything? Maybe it will be a short-term problem sparked by supply shocks and… -
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Katie Couric Edits Ruth Bader Ginsburg Comments About National Anthem Protests to ‘Protect’ Her
All the news that’s fit to coddle the minds of woke social justice warriors. That’s the message to the world from prominent television journalist Katie Couric. The former “Today” co-host actually admitted in her memoir “Going There” that she edited a 2016 interview with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to “protect” her…. -
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Illegal Immigration Could Destroy Our Country
Britain’s Home Office says more than 12,500 migrants have broken the law to get into the U.K. so far this year. Compare this to the nearly 200,000 migrants who have crossed the nearly nonexistent southern border just in July of this year. The count is estimated by the overwhelmed U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a… -
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Eroding Congressional Support for Israel Is Cause for Alarm
With instability and political unrest roiling the world stage, it is more important than ever for America to have solid allies in the Middle East, a dangerous region historically rife with conflict and dysfunction. Americans know and understand almost innately that Israel’s values are a mirror of our own: Israel champions democracy and the rule… -
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Overturn Roe? It’s Not 1973 Anymore. Justices Should Let States Follow Science.
The Supreme Court this term will hear a major abortion case, which will provide the justices with the opportunity to make a long-overdue course correction on vague and unworkable standards set in motion by the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that don’t account for advances in modern science. Specifically, the court will answer “whether… -
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Hallmark of Economist Thomas Sowell’s Scholarship: Questioning Orthodox Thinking
The following is excerpted from Jason Riley’s book “Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell,” about the iconoclastic economist. The book is available here. Though he’s better known for his writings on racial controversies, Thomas Sowell spent the early part of his career writing mostly about economic history. After releasing an undergraduate economics textbook in 1971, he… -
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Biden’s Monomaniacal Fight to Stop Texas’ Pro-Life Law
President Joe Biden may be the left’s puppet on a lot of things, but abortion isn’t one of them. In the past two years, the onetime March for Lifer has become a true believer in the fringe wing of his party, where destroying babies in the womb is concerned. His Justice Department (when it isn’t… -
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Parents of Girl Allegedly Assaulted in School Bathroom to Pursue Legal Action Against Loudoun District
The family of a girl who was allegedly assaulted in the bathroom of a Virginia high school plans to pursue legal action against Loudoun County Public Schools over the incident and the aftermath. “The Smith family has retained the Stanley Law Group of Virginia,” according to a statement from the firm released Thursday. The firm will not… -
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Economic Freedom Is the Path to Healthy Environments, Social Progress, and Good Governance—Not Woke Corporatism
The left is trying to refashion how policymakers and private-sector leaders understand their roles by insisting that their actions must have an “environmental, social, and governance” focus. This agenda is frequently abbreviated to “ESG”—a buzzword that is now being heavily circulated online and in D.C. It’s also completely misguided. The environmental, social, and governance agenda… -
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Leftists Celebrating Conservatives Who Die of COVID-19 Is a New Low Even for the Left
Popular social media site Reddit seems to be suffering from a huge lack of empathy. Visitors to the site are greeted not just by pictures of cats or the newest Marvel trailer, but posts from an increasingly popular subreddit called r/HermanCainAward. The subreddit is named after former businessman and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, who…