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Court to Lawmakers: It’s Not OK to Treat Churches and Businesses Differently During COVID-19
You can treat churches differently—but you can’t get away with it. That was one federal court’s message to New York leaders last week, when it called out the state’s double standards on coronavirus orders. Hypocrisy, which has been spreading faster than COVID, won’t stand up to the legal challenge, Judge Gary Sharpe warned. Liberals may… -
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Trump Executive Order Combats Credentialism in Federal Hiring
Does it matter more if you can do a job well or if you have a piece of paper that says you can probably do a job well? Commonsense would suggest the former, yet hiring practices in the United States too often rely on the latter. The Trump administration on June 26 took a… -
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Universities Sowing Seeds of Own Obsolescence
When mobs tore down a statue of Ulysses S. Grant and defaced a monument to African American veterans of the Civil War, many people wondered whether the protesters had ever learned anything in high school or college. Did any of these iconoclasts know the difference between Grant and Robert E. Lee? Could they recognize the… -
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No, the French Revolution Was Not a Good Thing
Is America headed for a French-style revolution along the lines of the one in 1789? Let’s hope not. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said as much in a tweet comparing Democrats to French revolutionaries. But some of the responses to him were strange, to say the least. Dan Saltzstein, an editor at The New York Times,… -
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Remembering Frederick Douglass’ Great Fourth of July Speech in Context
Each Independence Day, my social media feed divides in two: half commemorates the declaration of our nation’s independence from Great Britain, while the other laments the hypocrisy that a nation founded on the idea of liberty would have simultaneously tolerated slavery. In the last few years, I’ve been pleased that both sides seem to freely… -
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Texas Congressman Tours American Landmarks: ‘I Pledge to Defend Them!’
At a time when America’s monuments and statues are under attack from an angry mob, a Texas congressman took a road trip to personally visit and defend our nation’s landmarks ahead of the Independence Day holiday. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and members of his congressional staff traveled to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and several landmarks in Washington,… -
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Independence Day Is a Time to Reaffirm That America Must Stay Strong to Preserve Peace
This is an article in a series on the importance of achieving peace through strength and keeping U.S. national security strong. Both long have been Heritage Foundation principles and a great foundation for America’s national power. Some voices call for reducing defense spending to focus on the response to COVID-19, but the need to fully… -
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3 Reasons America Is Great
Independence Day in 2020 will have great meaning to many Americans. As we’ve seen many symbols of America’s past get literally smashed by mobs, it’s important for those who still love their country to reflect on why it is exceptional and worth fighting for. America has always been great and can be greater still. This… -
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Sen. Mike Lee: ‘The Mob Hates America on America’s Dime. It’s Time to Cut Off Their Allowance.’
On the floor of the U.S. Senate Thursday, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah delivered an impassioned speech condemning mob violence in the United States. Lee offered a resolution, which his Democrat colleague, Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, attempted to amend by inserting language attacking President Donald Trump. Menendez then repeatedly tried to silence… -
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A Deeper Look at Black Lives Matter and Its Impact
Standing behind vandals who attempted to pull down the bronze statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House last week is a loosely configured, increasingly well-funded network of Black Lives Matter activists bent on constraining and defunding law enforcement. An area called Black Lives Matter Plaza became the staging ground for more than 100 demonstrators,… -
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New Jobs Report Suggests Americans Eager to Return to Work After Lockdown
Expert predictions were shattered again, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 4.8 million jobs and the unemployment rate fell by 2.2 percentage points to 11.1%. The new jobs report suggests that Americans are eager to return to work, after many were temporarily unemployed due to an effort to contain the… -
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America’s Founding Was Greatest Anti-Slavery Movement in History
This Independence Day, more than any in living memory, it is vitally important that we reflect upon that greatest of all anti-slavery documents, the Declaration of Independence. That document in turn launched the greatest abolitionist movement in human history: the United States of America. The United States was not founded as a regime of institutionalized… -
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Trump Hails Second Month of Rebound as Economy Adds 4.8 Million Jobs
President Donald Trump is touting the “spectacular” addition of 4.8 million new jobs in June and a drop in the unemployment rate to 11% as the economy continued to recover from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is not just luck, what is happening,” Trump told reporters Thursday morning in the White House briefing… -
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Why We Must Advocate for Better Civics Education in Our Schools
The sharp decline in civic knowledge among America’s youth is a growing concern. The violent turmoil of recent weeks, including the destruction of statues and memorials, has made it an urgent issue. Justice can only be achieved if America remains a nation governed by the rule of law, committed to the founding belief that all… -
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As We Navigate Our Modern Revolution, We Must Choose the Right Guide From History
There are revolutions and there are revolutions. There was the French Revolution that swept away the culture and the politics of the old regime in the name of liberte and was cut short by the guillotine. There was the American Revolution that created a new political order that declared “We the People” shall govern, and… -
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Leftists Are Using Race to Push an Anti-American Agenda
Our country is under attack from radical leftists. Mobs rampage through our streets, monuments are being destroyed, and the very law and order that ensures our communities’ peace and security is being undermined. In far too many instances, those bent on destruction have hijacked protests, creating violence and division, and ultimately attacking the very foundation of our… -
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Gingrich Calls on Conservatives to Focus on ‘Black Success,’ Not ‘White Guilt’
How will historians look back at 2020? “I think it’s a decisive moment and I don’t think we know yet how it’s going to work out,” says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. “Once you start tearing down statues, somebody hates the next statue, the statue after that,” adds Gingrich, author of “Trump and the American… -
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Problematic Women: Sen. Martha McSally, Air Force’s First Female Combat Pilot, on ‘Doing Things Afraid’
Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., was the first female Air Force pilot to fly in combat and to command a fighter squadron. McSally joins “Problematic Women” to share her story of “feistiness” and what drove her to literally do what no American woman before her had ever done. In her new book “Dare to Fly: Simple… -
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Don’t Allow a Vocal Fringe Minority to Cut Our Much-Needed Defense Investments
This is one in a series on the importance of achieving peace through strength and keeping U.S. national security strong. Both long have been Heritage Foundation principles and a great foundation for America’s national power. Some voices call for reducing defense spending to focus on the response to COVID-19, but the need to fully fund our… -
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Trump’s Trade Czar Details Monitoring of Chinese Compliance With Phase One Deal
When U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testified before the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees last month on the Trump administration’s trade policies, much of the discussion was focused on the progress of the Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement with China. Lighthizer was able to shed some light on how his agency…