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opinion
Supreme Court Punted on Protections for Religion in Workplace. Justice Gorsuch Wasn’t Having It.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday released various opinions and orders, as it does in the flurry of activity in the spring season that precedes the court’s summer recess. While most orders are released without commentary, among this week’s batch was a denial of a petition for writ of certiorari that included a strongly worded… -
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What Will You Do When Teachers and Trans Activists Try to Force Your Children to Violate Their Conscience?
One of the most memorable scenes in “The Silver Chair” by C.S. Lewis occurs when a protagonist, Puddleglum, breaks free of a witch’s enchantment by stepping on a hot coal. Though painful, the burn clears his head of the witch’s spell of deception and reminds him of what is real. Now is the time for… -
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How Public Sector Unions Are Failing Government Employees
Public employees across America are growing weary of unions that do not represent their interests, says Elisabeth Kines, the national executive director of Americans for Fair Treatment. Kines helps public sector employees, such as teachers, to understand their First Amendment rights and to stand up to union pressure. She says conservatives used to be the… -
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How Georgia’s Voting Law Compares to 7 Blue, Purple States’ Laws
Democrats have repeatedly denounced the new Georgia election integrity law that requires IDs for absentee ballots, but seldom criticize blue states that have comparable laws on their books—or in some cases, laws making it more difficult to vote than in Georgia. “Overall, the Georgia law is pretty much in the mainstream and is not regressive… -
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Should Government Track the Miles You Drive?
One American gets up in the morning, gets in his car, and drives down a congested highway to work. Another wakes at noon and rides a subway to a saloon. Which of these two—if America’s future takes a wrong turn—would pay what might be called the “Buttigieg tax”? CNBC’s Kayla Tausche asked Transportation Secretary Pete… -
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Earmarks a Tool of the Swamp, Not the Constitution
Republicans are helping House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bring back the special-interest spending known as earmarks. You won’t find so much as a tweet from congressional Republicans touting the move, but the House GOP Conference changed its rules to lift the earmark ban and added a statement that earmarks could help “execute Congress’ Article I authority… -
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Over 172,000 Migrants Encountered at Southern Border in March
More than 172,000 migrants were encountered at the southern border in March, according to Customs and Border Protection. Officials apprehended nearly 19,000 unaccompanied migrant minors, around 53,600 family units, and over 99,000 single adults, according to Customs and Border Protection. Encounters were up 71% in March from February. “CBP has experienced an increase in encounters and arrests. This is… -
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Tucker Carlson Spars With Arkansas Governor on ‘Chemical Castration’ of Minors
Arkansas just did something historic: It’s become the first state in the nation to enact the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act. This much-maligned bill does three things: It protects minors from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and/or masculinization or feminization surgery (all of which have permanent, life-long effects) until they are adults and can make… -
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When Government Demands Social Media Censorship, Americans of All Political Beliefs Lose
In what’s becoming a Capitol Hill ritual, lawmakers recently called the leaders of Facebook, Google, and Twitter back before Congress to give them their latest pummeling. This particular session focused on “misinformation” and how social media companies purportedly played a role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but it easily could have been mistaken… -
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Wyoming Governor Signs Born Alive Act
Republican Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has signed the Born Alive Act into law, legislation that requires doctors to care for babies born alive in botched abortions. Senate File 34, which passed the Wyoming House 48-11, requires doctors to use “commonly accepted means of care” for “the treatment of any infant born alive.” “Any physician performing… -
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The Left Wants Kids to See White Supremacy Everywhere, and It’s Destroying Pop Culture
“Certain elements of our community are threatening to get people fired,” tweeted Yale professor Nicholas Christakis on Apr. 3. “Even if someone just poses a question, or expresses a conflicting view, you’re immediately labeled a problem, a white supremacist, and people will say, ‘Find out where they work.’” Christakis was quoting an excerpt from a… -
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Justice Thomas’ Thought Experiment on Novel Issues With Social Media, Free Speech
On April 5, the Supreme Court declined to hear Biden v. Knight, a case involving the First Amendment and digital platforms. Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with the court’s decision, but wrote a concurring opinion to highlight what he considers to be the difficulties of “applying old doctrines to new digital platforms.” The case was originally… -
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Pennsylvania Agrees to Exhume Dead From Its Voter Rolls
Pennsylvania, one of the top battlegrounds of the 2020 election, has agreed to remove the names of about 21,000 dead people from voter registration rolls before the general elections this year. The agreement was reached last week, according to the Public Interest Legal Foundation, an election-integrity watchdog group that first identified the names of 21,000… -
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‘Goal Is to Protect Children,’ Lead Sponsor of Arkansas’ Transgender Bill Says
Arkansas has just become the first state in the country to pass legislation protecting minors from being prescribed puberty blockers or gender-hormone treatments, or from receiving gender-change surgery. Arkansas state Rep. Robin Lundstrum, the lead sponsor for the bill, joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to explain why the passage of the legislation is a victory… -
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The Woke Revolution Is Powered by the Elites
Ed Bastian made $17 million in 2019 as chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines, Georgia’s largest employer. Bastian just blasted Georgia’s new voting law. He thinks it is racist to require the same sort of ID to vote that Delta requires for its passengers to check in. Yet most Americans believe voting is a… -
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I’m a Capitalist, Mr. President, but You’re Not
Back in the day when “Saturday Night Live” was funny, Chevy Chase would open the “Weekend Update” segment by saying, “I’m Chevy Chase … and you’re not.” That line came to mind over President Joe Biden’s massive tax-and-spend proposals, which are unlike anything since FDR, after whom Biden appears to be modeling himself. The president… -
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What Is ‘No Place for Hate’ Program Actually Teaching K-12 Students?
Americans agree that schools should be no place for hate. Instead, we should foster respect, and reject bullying and racism. But how do we best achieve that shared goal? A program called “No Place for Hate,” now in more than 1,600 K-12 schools, attempts to answer that, but in so doing raises questions about the… -
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Arkansas Law Lets Kids Be Kids
American law, including state law in Arkansas, has a long history of protecting children from themselves and others. The nation’s adults recognize that children are typically incapable of assessing long-term consequences of their actions, weighing risks and benefits, having fully formed identities and understanding of themselves, or even processing information needed to make critical decisions…. -
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9 Things You Need to Know About Biden’s ‘Infrastructure’ Spending Plan
Fast on the heels of signing a bloated $1.9 trillion spending package, President Joe Biden has introduced yet another gigantic spending plan. While the administration’s messaging focuses on broadly popular themes such as “jobs” and “infrastructure,” the details of the plan show that it would be a destructive power grab for Washington. Here are just… -
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Biden’s California Dream
I was surprised to read (in the Los Angeles Times) that the Biden administration’s “role model for America” is … California! He wants to “Make America California.” That is a terrible idea. Californians now rush to move out of California. Some hopeful folks still move there, but so many more leave that California now loses…