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    Too Early to Judge the Fate of Pentagon Reform Efforts
    If you hired a trainer to lose 50 pounds, would you fire him after two weeks if you’d lost only 5? Now, imagine being asked to reform an agency of over 2 million employees that operates on a $700 billion budget. Could you do it in two years? Congress seems to thinks so. The need…
    Frederico Bartels | Adrian Hyman-Martin
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    How the 3 Seas Initiative Enhances an Important Pillar of America’s Transatlantic Relationship
    “The United States has skin in the game, and we look forward to every member of the Three Seas Initiative contributing as well.” Those were the unmistakable words of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday at the Three Seas Initiative summit hosted by Estonia, highlighting that America is firmly committed to forward-looking engagement with…
    Anthony B. Kim
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    What Happens on Campus Doesn’t Stay on Campus: Why Socialist Organizing Should Concern Us All
    Just last year, the Xavier University student newspaper announced nine new student clubs, including a chapter of the Network of Enlightened Women, which I serve as president. What caught my eye is that the Xavier Socialists Club was started at the same time. According to the Socialists Club president, the organization is for students interested…
    Karin Lips
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    Economic Freedom Is the Key Ingredient in Enhancing Food Security
    The Norwegian Nobel Committee recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World Food Program, the world’s largest humanitarian organization, for its work combating hunger and enhancing food security. The award is timely, as enhanced efforts to advance food security are critically needed in response to the COVID-19 slowdown in world economic growth….
    Anthony B. Kim
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    Soros-Funded Prosecutors Put ‘Social Justice’ Above Law and Order, Analysts Say
    Self-styled progressive political activists who win election as district attorneys with financial support from wealthy donors have made “social justice” initiatives more important than public safety, legal analysts say.  George Soros, the Hungarian American billionaire investor, stands out as the big donor behind a super PAC that helped elect district attorneys who have overseen a…
    Kevin Mooney
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    Racial Deception
    During slavery, many black women, often in a forcible union with a white man, bore mixed-race children. Based on their percentage of white blood, they were deemed “mulattos,” “quadroons,” “octoroons,” or even “hexadecaroons.” Depending on skin color, they could pass as white and avoid the gross racial discrimination suffered by their darker skinned brothers and…
    Walter E. Williams
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    The Status of US Military Power in 2020
    America’s competitors are developing and deploying new technologies that will make their conventional forces far more effective in open combat. The question before Congress is: Will the U.S. try to keep up? Unprecedented spending in response to the pandemic has driven the national debt to new heights. As Congress struggles to pass a now overdue…
    Dakota Wood
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    Election Politics Aren’t Slowing Down Border Security Efforts
    A year ago, it looked like there was no stopping the administration’s plan to secure the border and stem the tide of illegal immigration. Today, that prediction looks about right. Just a few days ago, a caravan aiming at the U.S. border to coincide with the election campaign was broken up in Guatemala in cooperation…
    James Carafano
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    Coast Guard Icebreaker Fire Dramatizes US Polar Security Gap Years in Making
    A fire aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy on its way to a research mission in the Arctic late last month forced the Coast Guard to cancel all Arctic operations at a time when the United States can least afford it. It pointed out again that the Coast Guard’s motto, Semper Paratus—“Always Ready”—is not being fulfilled in the…
    Janae Diaz | Maiya Clark
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    Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense
    This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years. You can purchase your copy of “Mandate 2020” here. Since publication of the last Mandate for Leadership, the Trump administration has worked…
    Michaela Dodge
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    Injunction Against Postal Reforms Is Biased Judicial Overreach
    U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian last week issued a nationwide injunction preventing the U.S. Postal Service from implementing reforms to its inefficient and wasteful procedures, which will affect postal operations across the country. The Sept. 17 ruling is the latest in a string of factually challenged attacks on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Bastian (who…
    David Ditch | Hans von Spakovsky
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    DHS Puts US Companies on Notice: No More China Slave Labor
    Federal agents seized a 13-ton shipment of human hair in July based on evidence the hair was taken from innocent people detained in Chinese internment camps. This was just the beginning of the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to protect U.S. citizens from unknowingly funding China’s human rights abuses. Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli…
    Arielle Del Turco
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    Creating a Smart Financial System Based on Better Monetary Policy, Deregulation
    Millions of Americans live in fear of another financial crisis, so they are willing to go along with extensive regulation of the financial sector. Unfortunately, they have been fed a falsehood about government regulation and financial stability. While the dominant argument is that deregulation in the 1990s caused the 2008 crash, that story is dead…
    Norbert Michel | David Burton
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    For More Security at Less Cost, Buy More F-35s
    Since its conceptual inception, the F-35 fighter jet has been known as an extremely expensive aircraft that can fill multiple roles. This high-priced “Swiss Army knife” of fifth-generation fighters is intended to replace fighters in the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. The down side always has been the cost. As good as the F-35…
    Steven Bucci | Philip Bucci
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    US Prosecutors in DC Put Racial Politics Above Safety of Black Residents
    D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser last week unsuccessfully tried to shift the political blame to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia for the violence that she drew to the city in June by ordering the words “Black Lives Matter” painted on a city street. Her stunt failed when the U.S. attorney rebutted her…
    Cully Stimson
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    6 Persistent Myths About Socialism, Debunked
    A frightening 70% of millennials say they would back a socialist candidate for office. Today, we are seeing many socialist ideas gaining traction, such as “free” college tuition, government-run health care, and a guaranteed income even for able-bodied people who don’t work. While we can blame some of the attraction on socialism’s false promises of…
    Kay C. James
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    NBA’s New Social Justice Coalition Silent on China’s Voter Suppression
    The NBA’s new social justice coalition dedicated to promoting voter access and civic engagement has kept silent on China’s systematic suppression of any organized political opposition to the ruling Communist Party. The NBA and NBA Players Association announced the launch of the coalition, which, according to a statement, will focus on a “broad range of…
    Andrew Kerr
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    Attorneys for Teen Kenosha Shooter Say He Acted in Self-Defense
    Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two people and wounding another during a riot on Tuesday, said the teenager “did nothing wrong” and only pulled the trigger to defend himself from harm. “Kyle did nothing wrong. He exercised his God-given, Constitutional, common law and statutory right to self defense,” Pierce Bainbridge, the…
    Peter Hasson
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    Politicians Seek to Drive Out Income Opportunities in California
    With the COVID-19 recession causing high unemployment around the country, now is the time for policymakers to lift barriers to earning an income. With limited operations and selective lockdowns making business activity difficult for both employers and employees—especially workers who have children at home or other obligations—promoting worker flexibility is essential. Unfortunately, California lawmakers are…
    Rachel Greszler
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    Protesters Harass Politicians, RNC Guests Leaving White House After Trump’s Speech
    Protesters in Washington, D.C., harassed and blocked people trying to leave the White House as the Republican National Convention ended late Thursday night, numerous videos show. A crowd swarmed and shouted at Sen. Rand Paul and his wife as they left the White House after President Donald Trump closed out the RNC. A police officer…
    Kaylee Greenlee
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