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opinion
The UN Is Using COVID-19 to Push Abortion. The US Is Rightly Pushing Back.
One would think that key international organizations responding to the COVID-19 pandemic would maintain a laserlike focus on the physical and economic damage it has done. But just last week, the acting administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development had to write to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to urge that the United Nations stay… -
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Donald Trump Is Right to Dump the Open Skies Treaty
To the horror of some arms-control advocates, the Trump administration recently announced its long-considered decision to withdraw from the 1992 Treaty on Open Skies (OST). Despite the expected outcry, it’s fully justified in doing so. For years, Russia has been blatantly violating the 34-nation confidence- and security-building treaty, which came into force in 2002, and allows unarmed… -
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A Decade After Obamacare Became Law, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Is Working to Fix Issues It Created
The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was supposed to cut insurance premiums, reduce the uninsured population, and provide the option to keep your plan and your doctor, but it has fallen short in all these areas. “We have 30 million Americans today that will tell you that they cannot afford their health insurance,” says Rep…. -
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She Wrote Fake News for Cosmopolitan and Now Regrets Misleading Women on Feminism
LANDER, Wyo.—Sue Ellen Browder wrote fake news before “fake news” was ever a thing. Except she prefers not to call it that—not because she’s embarrassed to admit she wrote fake news (although she’s certainly not proud), but because she thinks the term “fake news” is too vague to understand. Browder, a Cosmopolitan magazine writer for 20… -
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Let’s End the CARES Act’s Work Disincentive That’s Hurting Employers
If you’re a small-business owner looking to hire back workers you were forced to lay off due to the COVID-19 economic shutdown, you shouldn’t have to face another government-created burden. But sadly, you’re facing just that. Due to a flawed provision in the CARES Act, which House Democrats insisted be included, Americans are able to… -
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10 Key Education Recommendations for Reopening the K-12 Classroom
Homeroom has taken on a literal meaning over the past two months. Parents, while always their children’s first and foremost educators, have had to fully embrace homeschooling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And although that has been working great for many families – some 40% now say they’re more likely to continue homeschooling… -
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Judges Aren’t Kings. This One Didn’t Get the Memo.
In the United States, we don’t have kings or queens of any variety. Still, some judges apparently think they are philosopher-kings, and an order released last Tuesday by a federal district court judge in Texas shows he may be in that group. Judge Fred Biery’s order that state officials allow mail-in voting for all eligible… -
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Remembering the Benefits of Trade
International trade benefits and enhances the lives of Americans every day. In these uncertain times, it is more important than ever to reiterate the importance of trade to America. In that context, President Donald Trump has proclaimed May 17-23 World Trade Week. The president encourages “Americans to observe this week with events, trade shows, and educational programs… -
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A Counterbalance to the False Narratives About Gun Ownership
The data is in: Americans are flocking to gun stores in unprecedented numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The spike has left many gun control advocates struggling to find a motive other than pure, irrational panic. After all, the common narrative goes, “the good guy with a gun” is a myth and it’s very rare that… -
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How 3 Olympians Are Dealing With Postponed Summer Games
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed until next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but for pistol shooter Alexis “Lexi” Lagan, the delay is not unwelcome news, as the year’s postponement provides more opportunity to hone her skills. “I would not have had the best opportunity to compete at the Olympics had the… -
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The Shutdown’s Silver Lining
The government has closed most schools. So, more parents are teaching kids at home. That upsets the government school monopoly. Education “experts” say parents lack the expertise to teach their kids. Without state schooling, “learning losses … could well be catastrophic,” says The New York Times. Homeschooling “will set back a generation of children,” according… -
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Across the Wide, Growing American Divide
Red- and blue-state America was already divided before the coronavirus epidemic hit. Globalization had enriched the East Coast and West Coast corridors but hollowed out much in between. The traditional values of small towns and rural counties were increasingly at odds with postmodern lifestyles in the cities. There were, of course, traditionalists in blue states…. -
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A Memorial Day Like No Other in the Era of COVID-19
This Memorial Day, during the time of COVID-19, will be different from all others. Many cemeteries likely will have new restrictions, making it more difficult for visitors to pay their respects. Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place for more than 400,000 active-duty service members, veterans, and their families, is closed to the public, although… -
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The Dangers of Pursuing Safety Above All Else
In a recent “Fireside Chat,” my weekly talk show on the PragerU platform, I commented on society’s increasing fixation on being “safe.” The following is a condensed version of what I said. We have a meme up at PragerU: “‘Until it’s safe’ means ‘never.’” The pursuit of “safe” over virtually all other considerations is life-suppressing…. -
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Americans Need Work Opportunities, Not Unemployment Incentives
With more than 1 in 5 Americans filing for unemployment benefits over the past eight weeks, policymakers’ top priority is clear: restoring conditions that allow workers to resume their previous jobs or find new ones. Federal assistance can help bridge a temporary gap in employment and incomes, but the only long-term solution is to let… -
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A Bailout Won’t Help States With No Financial Backbone
At a time when huge spending bills marked “coronavirus relief” are easily passing Congress with little scrutiny, poorly run states are asking unscrupulous members of Congress to slip in taxpayer bailouts to rescue them from years of their own fiscal mismanagement. In response, the House of Representatives on Friday passed a coronavirus relief bill that includes a half trillion… -
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Why Are Millennials the Least Entrepreneurial Generation Since WWII?
It used to be that starting a small business was seen as the way up to wealth, or at least middle-class respectability. Nearly half (49.7%) of American World War II veterans started their own small businesses, and it became natural and admirable for the nation’s young men to go from uniform to financial independence. Through… -
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White House Official Explains Trump’s Action Plan to Revitalize Underserved Communities
President Donald Trump met Thursday with national and Detroit-area African American leaders in Michigan to discuss how distressed communities can recover from COVID-19. Ja’Ron Smith, deputy assistant to Trump and deputy director of the Office of American Innovation, traveled with Trump to his Michigan meeting and explained what steps the commander-in-chief is taking to revitalize underserved… -
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Election Judge Pleads Guilty to Ballot Stuffing for Democrats
A former elected official in Philadelphia who accepted large payments from a political consultant to stuff ballot boxes for Democratic judicial candidates has pleaded guilty as part of a continuing federal investigation. The Justice Department announced Thursday that Domenick J. DeMuro, 73, who was an election judge in South Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to… -
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Phased Reopenings in California, Minnesota Discriminate Against Religious Services
Feeling tired? Worn out? Getting cabin fever after being stuck inside for the past two or three months? Good news! As many states move to reopen, in the coming weeks you likely can begin to return to work, go out to eat, or even go to a bar. Unfortunately, do you know what you still…