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opinion
What Happened in Chicago and What May Be Next, Explained
Hundreds of vandals looted Chicago businesses Sunday night and into Monday morning. The images of shattered storefronts in and around the city’s Loop look more like a war zone than an American city. John Tillman, chairman and CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, joins the podcast to offer insight into how the streets of Chicago… -
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Are Today’s Leftists Truly Marxists?
Most people who call themselves Marxists know very little of Karl Marx’s life and have never read his three-volume “Das Kapital.” Volume I was published in 1867, the only volume published before Marx’s death in 1883. Volumes II and III were later edited and published in his name by his friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels…. -
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The Troubling Ignorance of Our Lawmakers
The two biggest events of 2020 have exposed a frightening fact: A passing grade in civics class wasn’t a prerequisite for many of our political leaders to get elected to public office. Their embarrassing ignorance about the roles of state and local governments versus the federal government when it comes to handling riots and pandemics… -
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‘Philadelphia Statement’ Defends Free Speech From Cancel Culture
Asserting that cancel culture has put freedom of expression in crisis, a statement initially signed by 45 prominent individuals from universities, think tanks, and other organizations asserts that expressing “ideas we find offensive is not an act of ‘violence.’” Called the Philadelphia Statement, the 845-word document says in part: If we seek to change our… -
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We’re a Doctor and a Nurse. Here Are 10 Things You Should Know About Sending Your Kids to School.
Some schools are reopening this fall. COVID-19 is still going around, so parents have a lot of questions about what this means for their kids, their families, and their extended families. Here’s our take on the top questions we’re hearing. 1. If my child returns to school, should I expect my child to contract COVID-19? If so,… -
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Why a Safe Harbor Is Needed to Protect Gig Workers’, Gig Users’ Safety
You know there’s something wrong if companies can’t do the right thing without potentially destroying their entire business model. In fact, many of the ways that gig companies would like to help their partners—which is what gig companies consider people who use the companies’ platforms to earn income—operate safely during the pandemic could be used… -
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Until Cities End Riots, Federal Authorities Stand Ready
The first and most important duty of our government is to keep our country safe. No country should allow a militant attack on its courthouses and federal property. And no American president should turn a blind eye to the mass carnage in Chicago and other cities. The president is both authorized and honor bound to… -
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2 Promising Developments Toward Improving the Immigration Courts
Two senators, Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., are taking seriously the need to improve our broken immigration courts, and their attention to this issue is welcome and much needed. The immigration courts—the courts that conduct removal proceedings and decide asylum claims—are in a sorry state. Their backlog continues to rise dramatically and now… -
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A Defense of Our Founding Ideas
It’s not just statues and American history that are under attack. The most essential ideas from America’s founding are under siege and on trial. Robert R. Reilly, the director of the Westminster Institute and widely published author, joined “The Right Side of History” podcast to discuss his new book “America on Trial: A Defense of the… -
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Trump Is Right About Mail-In Ballots
I begin with a personal story to make a greater point. Two weeks ago, I mailed an 8-by-10-inch envelope from a Miami post office to an address in New York state. The postage was correct, as was the address and ZIP code. One week passed and the recipient emailed to say the envelope had not… -
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‘Do I Seem Rattled?’: Trump Calmly Describes Shooting Near White House
A few minutes into a press briefing Monday evening, President Donald Trump calmly walked away from the lectern after a Secret Service agent interrupted him and whispered a few words. News outlets later reported the agent’s words: “We hear shots fired outside.” “Excuse me,” Trump said to reporters, and departed the White House briefing room… -
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A Museum, or Another Monument to Identity Politics?
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved the creation of another Smithsonian institution, a National Latino Museum. It was one more sign that political leaders are desperately reacting to a time of crisis with policies we will regret for decades. There is every indication, judging from our “woke” times, that this museum will become yet… -
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3 Key Concepts That Woke ‘Anti-Racists’ Believe
In our summer of discontent, of protests and then riots in what many view as a racial reckoning following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, we’ve seen previously radical ideas such as defunding the police become the norm. Not only that, we’ve seen liberal institutions such as The New York Times… -
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Border Chief Rips Media, Oregon Politicians for Anti-Law Enforcement Rhetoric
A top homeland security official is calling out leaders in Portland, Oregon, as well as the mainstream media over criminal rioting and the smearing of federal law enforcement there. “This is really about politics over public safety,” Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said Monday during a virtual event held by… -
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Defensive Uses of Guns in July Prove Importance of Removing Barriers to Ownership
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently blamed her city’s acute surge in gun violence on the lack of gun control laws in other states. As many commentators have pointed out, her assertions are factually incorrect to the point of absurdity. Meanwhile, several Illinois residents are suing the state over significant—and arguably illegal—delays in processing Firearm Owner… -
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Parents, Beware: The Global Assault on the Health and Innocence of Children
Parents in America and around the world are waking up to the disturbing reality that their children are being subjected to a new woke form of radical sex ed called Comprehensive Sexuality Education. Systematic sexual indoctrination would be a better description of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education programs being dished up—sometimes daily—to children in countries as… -
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Administration Ramps Up Use of Defense Production Act
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration was criticized for not using the Defense Production Act quickly enough or in sufficient quantity to counter the spread of the coronavirus. Now, after using the act 33 times since March 18, there is no denying that the administration is utilizing it to fight… -
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Investigating the Prevalence of Left-Leaning ‘Fact-Checkers’
Editor’s note: We have added a response from NewsGuard to this article. A growing response to today’s chaotic information landscape sounds inviting and elegantly simple: Appoint experts to “fact-check” news stories, blogs, speeches, studies, opinions, and political ads. Information they deem to be false is corrected or even removed from public view, in the name… -
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The Newest Demon in the Left’s Sights: Woke White Women
Torch-carrying neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, were the face of white supremacy in 2017. Today, it’s “Nice White Parents.” That’s the title of a new podcast distributed by The New York Times, which argues that many black and brown children are not excelling in our public schools because of “what is arguably the most powerful force in our… -
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Payroll Tax Suspension Executive Order Is Legally Dubious, Economically Unnecessary
President Donald Trump’s new executive order, which suspends the employee portion of Social Security payroll taxes for the rest of the year, is legally dubious and unlikely to turn around the economy. It is understandable that the president wants to help revive the American economy and give relief to Americans who continue to suffer economically….