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Biden Administration Is Skewing Carbon Numbers to Push Regulations
The social cost of carbon is a climate economics construct used to quantify the damages associated with carbon dioxide emissions. The Biden administration wants to use the social cost of carbon in public policy to justify its regulatory agenda. The administration recently invited the public to comment on the Interagency Working Group’s interim technical support document… -
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Tough Questions About Electric Vehicles Unasked, Unanswered by Green Left
“We need plug-in hybrids!” a young leftie once chirped at me after I addressed students on his college campus. “OK,” I asked. “When you go home and plug your car into the electric socket in the garage, where do you think that electricity comes from?” He stood there in silence for a couple of seconds,… -
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This Site Is Trying to Bring ‘Snark Brevity’ Into Media
How can the culture of the current news cycle—never-ending and never positive—be tempered? Jonathan Grella, the founder of JAG Public Affairs and Daily Malarkey, has some ideas. “We really think that there is a place in the market for ‘snark brevity,’ as we call it. Like Axios coined the phrase ‘smart brevity,’ and we do… -
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Where Is Harris’ Concern for ‘Root Cause’ of Urban Homicide?
Vice President Kamala Harris just returned from Guatemala where she discussed the “root cause” of the post-election “surge” of “migrants” to our southern border. Harris said, “People leave home … because they don’t have opportunities there to fulfill their basic needs like feeding their children or keeping a roof over their head, or they’re fleeing… -
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Ban Jeff Bezos From Earth?
One of the most curious things about America is how many of our most celebrated billionaires sound like socialists. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett love talking about how more and more of their wealth should be taxed. Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post, enabling it to wage relentless war on the Republicans. That’s why it… -
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Says Opposition to Critical Race Theory Is ‘Rooted in Racism’
Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Thursday that opposition to critical race theory is “rooted in racism.” “Opposition to critical race theory is obviously rooted in racism and has just become the newest dog whistle for racists,” the Michigan Democrat tweeted Thursday, referring to a video in which Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley… -
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The Systemic Con Behind Wokeism
There are lots of reasons why wokeism spread like wildfire once America lost its collective mind during the pandemic, quarantine, self-induced recession, and rioting of 2020. Wokeism was never really about racism, sexism, or other isms. For some, it illustrated a psychological pathology of projection: transferring one’s own prejudices onto others in order to alleviate… -
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Economic Freedom Would Be Fastest Route to COVID-19 Recovery for Spain
Spain has been on an economic roller-coaster ride throughout the past decade. Economic freedom for the European Union’s fourth-largest economy has improved remarkably over the past few years. Now, however, in trying to spur economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain may be pushing economic freedom to the sidelines. As documented by The Heritage Foundation’s… -
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Homicides Have Skyrocketed in These 6 Democratic Cities. Black People Are Disproportionately the Victims, Data Shows.
The number of homicides in six major cities across the country has increased compared to last year, disproportionately affecting black people, according to crime data. Black people have represented a massive share of murder victims in six major cities through the first six months of 2021 compared to last year, which itself saw a large crime… -
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The Movement Against Critical Race Theory Is Deeply Necessary
According to the establishment media, critical race theory is a distraction. It is a right-wing smear. It is a conservative attempt to quash the dark side of American history. Most of all, according to the establishment media, you must never—ever—pay attention to the infusion of critical race theory into the nation’s institutions of power. According… -
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Britney Spears’ Mandatory IUD Recalls Long Shadow of Eugenics
Even for those who aren’t Britney Spears fans—or even very interested in pop culture—it was hard not to feel compassion listening to Britney desperately plead for freedom from a Los Angeles judge Thursday at a special hearing regarding her conservatorship. It was particularly jarring to hear the long list of indignities the pop singer, known… -
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Biden’s Hypocritical Efforts to Stem the Wave of Violent Crime Fall Far Short
There’s good news, and there’s bad news. The good news (which really is also bad news) is that the Biden administration has finally been forced to acknowledge and admit that the surge in violent crime—especially the surge in homicides in many cities—is a problem. It shouldn’t be shocking that a 24% increase in homicides during… -
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Proposed Credit Reporting Requirement May Be a Precursor to Discriminatory Lending Quotas
No one should be denied credit because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Ostensibly to deter such discrimination, a proposal in Congress (HR 1443) would require small-business lenders to furnish data to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau detailing the LGBTQ business ownership status of credit applicants. That mirrors current law imposing similar reporting… -
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Group Tracks Growing Number of ‘Canceled’ Faculty at American Colleges
It is no secret that the far left has infiltrated higher education. But Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, says his organization is doing all it can to expose the spread of woke ideology on America’s college campuses. The National Association of Scholars operates a cancel culture tracker to document each time… -
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What You Need to Know About Supreme Court Rulings on Faith-Based Foster Care, Student Speech, and More
The Supreme Court has issued a number of significant rulings this term that affect everything from collegiate athletics to adoption agencies. Among the most notable decisions, the high court ruled 9-0 in favor of religious liberty in the case of Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. The case gives a Catholic social service agency in Philadelphia… -
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Biden Backs Gun Control, Not Defunding Police, in New Executive Actions
President Joe Biden announced a host of executive actions Wednesday, many of them backing up his long-standing support for gun control and others distancing himself from some fellow Democrats who want to defund the police. “The Second Amendment from the day it was passed limited the type of people who could own a gun, and… -
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Democrat Lawmaker Suggests Catholic Church Should Lose Tax Exemption If Pro-Aborts Denied Communion
Yet again, Democrats are outraged to discover that religious beliefs actually impact people’s actions. In the latest dust-up, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 168-55 on Friday to proceed with a draft document “on the meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the Church” that, when finalized, may deny the Eucharist to politicians who support… -
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Florida Makes Sure Schools Teach Evils of Communism, Totalitarianism
The revolt against indoctrinating students and other Americans with critical race theory is ramping up, despite left-wing denial and opposition. But a simple reaction against malignant ideas isn’t good enough. Critical race theory—which frames every issue through the lens of race and the idea that some races are inherently oppressors or oppressed—thrives in a country… -
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4 Keys to Understanding How Illegal Immigrants Fly to New Homes in America
Two Republican governors are calling for the Senate to investigate why the Biden administration hasn’t notified state and local governments before transporting illegal immigrants to their jurisdictions and releasing them there. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee wrote a letter of support to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate… -
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Supreme Court Protects Property Rights Against Union Trespass
The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that a state law permitting labor union organizers to enter farmland without permission to try to organize workers was unconstitutional under the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the Constitution. The ruling was 6 to 3. In Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, the court considered a California regulation that allowed…