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opinion
City in Kansas to Remove ‘In God We Trust’ From Police Cars
Last week, during a City Council meeting in Haven, Kansas, council members voted on removing the “In God We Trust” decals from police vehicles. Council member Sandra Williams introduced the measure by emphasizing that she did not think the police department was the proper forum to be talking about God. After a brief discussion, Williams made a… -
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‘Social and Emotional Learning’ Programs Are No Substitute for Mothers
Just as critical race theory and other leftist propaganda were injected into classrooms disguised as harmless curriculum, it is becoming clear that “social and emotional learning”—which claims to equip children with the ability to manage emotions, feel empathy for others, and maintain positive relationships—is being used to push a collectivist and social justice-laden agenda. But… -
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Supreme Court Greenlights Racial Admissions at Top US High School
The Supreme Court declined to block a racial admissions policy at one of the nation’s top public high schools Monday. The court denied an emergency application to vacate a stay granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which allowed a controversial Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology admissions process to continue…. -
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American Library Association Picks Self-Proclaimed Marxist as President
The world’s largest library association has selected a self-proclaimed “Marxist lesbian” to serve as its president. Emily Drabinski was selected as the 2023-2024 president of the American Library Association on April 13, according to a press release. She currently serves as the interim chief librarian at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. “I just cannot believe that… -
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Largest State Library Association to Host Drag Queens at Annual Conference
Librarians across Texas on April 25 will be attending a conference hosted by the United States’ largest state library association, which is set to feature drag queens at its events. The Texas Library Association’s annual conference will include drag queens as “featured speakers,” according to the conference program. Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, who goes by the stage… -
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Why Local Leaders Don’t Want This Prosecutor Making Their Towns a ‘Petri Dish for Social Experiments’
LOS ANGELES—In the eyes of some Los Angeles County leaders, District Attorney George Gascon is guilty of creating an environment for crime to go unchecked. “We have great concern about various prosecution policies that basically aren’t being enforced,” Joe Vinatieri, mayor of the city of Whittier about 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles, told The… -
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Lesson From Tennessee: School Spending Should Be More Transparent, Help Children With Special Needs
Two Anderson County, Tennessee, school employees were indicted in February on charges of stealing $10,000 from a local school. Just weeks after that, the office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury announced that the head of the Parent Teacher Association at Kingston Elementary School had misappropriated nearly $20,000, and investigators are reviewing an additional… -
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State Financial Officers Urge Biden to Prioritize American Energy
President Joe Biden should prioritize American energy independence and end reliance on adversaries such as Russia, Venezuela, and Iran, 27 state financial officers say in a letter Tuesday to the president. In their letter, they urge Biden to consider the consequences of foreign energy dependence for U.S. businesses and consumers. “Policies implemented during the last… -
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How Socialist Policies Destroyed His Home Country of Venezuela
Two decades ago, Venezuela was a thriving country. Today, Venezuela is ranked 176th on The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, just above North Korea. How did Venezuela fall from prosperity so quickly? How did socialist policies affect the nation’s economy? Is there any hope for its future? Jorge Galicia, a refugee from Venezuela and… -
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Don’t Let Biden Hijack Global Magnitsky Act for Left-Wing Social Agendas
Congress is considering several bills that would warp how the U.S. applies sanctions—through the Global Magnitsky Act—against foreigners who violate human rights. The changes would redefine human rights to enforce the left’s abortion-and-gender agenda. That would hobble the fight against real abuses of human rights. This problem has already appeared in trade bills related to Russia… -
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Sen. Rick Scott: GOP Must Be More Than ‘Speed Bump’ on Road to Socialism
The “militant left” has gained control of virtually every one of the nation’s institutions, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Thursday, arguing that Republicans have to be more than a “speed bump on the road to America’s socialism and collapse.” “I’m a business guy,” Scott said in outlining an 11-point plan for conservative governance during a… -
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Biden’s Bid to Transform Federal Judiciary in Full Swing
President Joe Biden took office in January 2021 with clear instructions about undoing his predecessor’s impact on the federal judiciary. Weeks earlier, more than 70 liberal groups issued a statement urging Biden to appoint judges who would advance “the administration’s priorities” on a range of issues. Their demand became Biden’s plan and, while a lot… -
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Finnish Court Clears Christian Politician, Bishop of ‘Hate Speech’ Charges
A Finnish court has dismissed all charges against a Christian member of Parliament and a bishop charged under Finland’s “hate speech” and “ethnic agitation” law for supporting traditional marriage. The court ordered the government to reimburse the two. In a unanimous ruling Wednesday, the Helsinki District Court determined that it isn’t its job “to interpret biblical… -
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Biden’s Regulatory Blitz a Massive Tax, Especially Harming Seniors and Low-Income Americans
Public attention is understandably focused these days on the inflationary effects of massive government spending, which has increased the national debt by $7 trillion in the past two years. No less dire are the repercussions of the Biden administration’s radical regulatory agenda. The president’s 2022 regulatory to-do list includes 2,678 “active” actions, which exceeds by… -
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What the Confirmation Hearing Told Us About Judge Jackson’s Judicial Philosophy
“I do not have a judicial philosophy, per se,” Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson told the Senate Judiciary Committee last year. This week, the committee held its hearing on her nomination to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, and identifying her judicial philosophy and measuring it against how America’s Founders designed the judiciary is necessary for… -
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Kansas Weighs Protecting Rights of Children, Families in Education
Special-interest groups don’t want parents to know when a student in Kansas public schools “identifies as” a gender not aligned with his or her biological sex. And school officials are prepared to keep this information from families, even when it involves children who are minors. Now, Kansas lawmakers are considering a proposal to create a… -
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Sleepwalking Into a Chinese-Style Social Credit System
While the world fixates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a huge threat is gathering here at home. As Canada demonstrated, Western governments and tech companies are mobilizing to cut off mainstream Americans from public life and constrain their private lives. Actions like protesting government overreach, expressing “anti-authority” ideologies, or even sharing “disinformation” on social media… -
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How Heritage’s Budget Blueprint Would Make Social Security Solvent, Better Deal for Workers
Social Security is extremely popular, but most people don’t realize how much more income and opportunity they could have without Social Security’s high taxes, lack of ownership, and limits on when people can access money and how much they can receive. Moreover, Social Security has long been unsustainable. Beginning just 11 years from now, Social… -
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8 Ways Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Budget Blueprint Strengthens Financial Health, Economic Vitality, National Security
The Heritage Foundation on Feb. 22 unveiled its Budget Blueprint for 2022, and with more than 200 specific policy proposals accompanied by analysis from Heritage experts, it contains a wealth of information for both policymakers and the public. The Budget Blueprint is about much more than just numbers. It addresses America’s most pressing problems and… -
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America ‘Not Going Down Socialist Road,’ Rep. Byron Donalds Vows
The warnings about creeping socialism appear to be true, Rep. Byron Donalds says, invoking politicians on the far left such as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “In 2020, when we were telling the world that the radical Democrats believed in socialism, the media said we were lying. They said it was a joke….