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Why Sen. Pat Toomey Did Right Thing in Stopping Burn Pit Bill
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., was right last week to stop legislation that would have presumed a host of health conditions are linked to American service members' exposure to burn pits. First, Toomey was right because the automatic presumption that many illnesses suffered by veterans are connected to burn pit exposure (ranging from chronic sinusitis to… -
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Historical Revisionism at Jefferson’s Monticello, Madison’s Montpelier Decried as ‘Attempt to Colonize Culture’
George Washington’s home is a good place to visit for education and history. But Thomas Jefferson’s home is bad, and James Madison’s is ugly, at least in terms of history. That’s the assessment of a new report, “A Tale of Three Presidential Houses: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” on three Virginia presidential homes… -
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Sen. Mike Lee’s ‘National Pregnancy Center Week’ Resolution Salutes ‘Life-Affirming Work’
“Pregnancy Resource Centers are a vital resource to women across the country, providing a wide range of health care services to those in need,” Sen. Mike Lee said in announcing a resolution he has introduced in the Senate recognizing the centers for their dedication to the pro-life cause. The centers “go above and beyond the call of… -
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Big Government Socialism Is Destroying America. Newt Gingrich Explains How You Can Help Save Us.
Joe Biden campaigned for president in 2020 as a practical politician with a moderate record. He promised to unite America under a Biden presidency. The former senator and vice president even said: “There will be no blue states and red states with me.” More than 18 months into the Biden administration, America is witnessing a… -
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The New Age of Orwellianism
Community organizer and left-wing social activist Saul Alinsky wrote, in his 1971 book “Rules for Radicals,” that “he who controls the language controls the masses.” Alinsky, whose work profoundly influenced at least one notable fellow Chicagoan, Barack Obama, was in that quip channeling George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel “1984.” “Newspeak,” the language of Orwell’s fictional… -
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Second Amendment Protects Everyone, as 12 Examples of Defensive Gun Use Show
The Supreme Court in June struck down a New York law that effectively prohibited ordinary citizens from carrying handguns in public for self-defense. As some New Yorkers joined gun control activists in decrying the decision as making them less safe, one young woman explained how, for her, the high court’s opinion meant she was one… -
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Is Labor Market Really as Good as Biden Administration Says?
Between out-of-control inflation, ongoing supply chain struggles, the crisis at the southern border, foreign policy concerns, exploding energy prices, rising crime, and a high likelihood that the country is either already or soon will be experiencing stagflation (an inflationary recession), it’s no wonder that Democrats and the Biden administration are talking up the strong labor… -
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2 California Parents Fight Transgender Bills
As California lawmakers consider two sweeping bills on gender ideology, one California mom says she’s over this “extreme liberalism.” “We’ve had enough of this extreme liberalism,” Erin Friday, a registered Democrat, told The Daily Signal in an interview. Friday, 55, is the leader of a local Parents of Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoric Kids chapter. For her, the… -
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I’m a Conservative College Student. Here’s How Universities Are Failing to Prepare Our Future Leaders.
Polite discourse among citizens about political issues has become increasingly hard to find in recent years. This is especially true at colleges and universities around the country, where students are supposed to use debate and discussion with classmates to help develop their opinions. This begs the question: If college-aged students are afraid to engage in… -
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‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Is Euphemism for Big Government Socialism, Higher Prices
In the midst of a recession, with inflation eating away an average of $6,800 in purchasing power from the incomes of families with two workers, the so-called Inflation Reduction Act would impose tax increases, manipulative federal subsidies, and price controls on every American family. The bill would deepen the growing recession, continue to depress household… -
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Trading for Brittney Griner or Other Prisoners Held Abroad Is Politically Expedient, but Ill-Advised
Last week, I wrote in The Federalist about Brittney Griner, a player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, who was arrested in Russia in February for possession of a small amount of cannabis oil. Since then, Griner’s trial is playing out as predicted. In Russia, such cases are tried by judges, not juries, and the… -
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Litigation in State Courts Puts Pro-Life Laws on Hold
Long before American independence, legislatures were enacting laws to restrict the killing of human beings before birth. In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court put a stop to those pro-life efforts by manufacturing a constitutional right to abortion in Roe v. Wade and taking away the legislative power to protect life in this way. But on… -
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‘We’ll Raise That Baby’: Pro-Life Courage From NCAA Coach
“The right choice is to have the courage to let the unborn be born.” A devout Catholic college football coach made headlines last week for publicly taking a firm pro-life stance. Coach Jim Harbaugh of the University of Michigan Wolverines spoke at a pro-life fundraiser, along with his wife, Sarah. The Detroit Catholic covered the couple’s individual… -
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DOJ’s Partisan Shell Game Raises Ethics Issues About Pamela Karlan
As a tenured law professor at Stanford University, Pamela Karlan earned $1 million a year. We now know that she stayed on the Stanford payroll, at that same impressive salary, during the entire 17 months she served as the Justice Department’s principal deputy assistant attorney general for civil rights. Karlan left her DOJ post on… -
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Woke History at James Madison’s Montpelier Backed by Southern Poverty Law Center
Virginia is for history lovers. George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, and James Madison’s Montpelier—a triad of epicenters of our nation’s past—are all within driving distance. Those who own and operate these historic houses have a significant say over how the American Founding is taught. Unfortunately, as described in a new Heritage Foundation report, the… -
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Biden Administration Abandons Biology. What’s Next for Parents?
Lia Thomas was recently nominated as the NCAA “Woman of the Year.” Just one problem: Thomas is male. Yet neither the “progressive media” nor the Biden administration sees this as problematic. Thomas, a collegiate swimmer, declared to be a girl. The “woke” media wrapped him in praise when he exited the pool a Division I… -
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Governors Have ‘Incredible Ability’ to Rescue Education, South Dakota’s Noem Says
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says governors can counter federal overreach in schools and accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of destroying kids’ education. “We can talk about members of Congress eliminating the Department of Education, or reforming it to that level, but governors have incredible ability to make a difference right at home,” Noem, a Republican, said in remarks Wednesday… -
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The Ukrainian Verdun
Five months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war is now reduced to one of attrition. The current dirty, grinding slog is fought mostly with artillery and rockets. Everything from Ukraine’s shopping centers to apartment buildings—and the civilians in them—are Russian targets. Most outsiders have already forgotten the heroic Ukrainian winter repulse of the botched Russian… -
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Portland Schools Teaching Young Children About ‘Infinite Gender Spectrum’
A Portland school is teaching children as young as kindergarteners about the “infinite gender spectrum” and gender “colonization,” according to public documents. The curriculum implemented in 2021 at Portland Public Schools in Portland, Oregon, teaches K-12 students that there is an “infinite gender spectrum” and that they can make up their own pronouns, according to… -
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Poll Finds Americans Want Biden to Condemn Pro-Abortion Violence, Harassment of Justices
Most Americans want President Joe Biden and their other elected officials to condemn intimidation of Supreme Court justices and related violence and vandalism in the wake of their overturning of Roe v. Wade, a new poll finds. The poll, released Wednesday by the Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative advocacy group, found that 61% of…