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Economists Hysterically Misread Supreme Court’s Dobbs Ruling on Abortion
Economists tend to believe that they deserve deference on a broad range of public policy questions that involve much more than economic analysis. They often say they are guided by reason and science. But economists’ wildly inaccurate reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision Friday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization should lead us to… -
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Free Trade Between US, UK Is Step Closer
The United Kingdom is the U.S.’ closest ally. It also has one of the world’s largest economies. And, needless to say, Britain’s a democracy that plays by the rules. All that makes it amazing that the U.S. doesn’t have free trade with Britain. But the reason for that is simple: Until 2020, the U.K. was… -
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Pentagon Pledges to Protect Abortion Access for Troops
The Pentagon pledged to protect “seamless access” to abortion in a statement Friday, citing the potential impact of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on troop readiness. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed concern in a statement about military “readiness and resilience” following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that put states in control of… -
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Touchdown! Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Football Coach’s Right to Prayer
It’s the end of the fourth quarter. There’s no time remaining on the clock. The final score: 6-3. Coach Joe Kennedy has won. After a seven-year legal battle, the Supreme Court on Monday affirmed Kennedy’s right to take a knee in silent prayer in view of the public after high school football games. “The Free Exercise… -
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What Gas Prices Could Have Been Today If Trump Policies Continued
There’s a popular genre of fiction books and TV programs that explore what the world might have been like if history had taken a different twist. What if Julius Caesar never crossed the Rubicon? What if Napoleon won at Waterloo? What if the Allies lost the Great War? And what might gasoline prices look like… -
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Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Thirty years after his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas continues to have a profound influence on American law and culture—evident again with last week’s landmark rulings. A new book, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words,” gives readers access to hours of the exclusive content from the justice himself. Building… -
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Justices’ Home Addresses Blasted on Social Media With Zero Consequences
Following the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, at least two social media sites hosted content revealing the home addresses of the Supreme Court justices. Some posts directly called for people to go to the home addresses and protest, an act that is illegal according to federal law. Popular social media… -
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The Inconvenient Truth About COVID-19 Relief Scandals
Raise your hand if you’re surprised that the trillions of dollars spent on COVID-19 relief gave way to billions of dollars in government waste, fraud and abuses. I’m not, but based on recent reporting, you might think this type of carelessness with taxpayers’ money has never before happened. Sadly, such waste and fraud are normal… -
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The Catastrophe of 12 Million Fatherless American Boys
Amongst the heated public rhetoric in the aftermath of the Uvalde school massacre, one tragic detail remains stubbornly paramount: the 18-year-old male shooter came from a broken family and was estranged from his father. While it would certainly be unfair to pin all the blame for monstrous crimes committed by young men on the failings of… -
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A New Kind of Comedy
A woman tells the cop who stopped her in a carpool lane she’s allowed to drive there because her pronouns are “they” and “them.” That’s from a video by a conservative Christian satire site called the Babylon Bee. Their humor gets millions of views. “Christian conservatives used to … be very dour and self-serious,” says… -
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Arizona Extends School Choice to All K-12 Students
“This session, let’s expand school choice any way we can,” declared Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey in his State of the State address on Jan. 10, “Let’s think big and find more ways to get kids into the school of their parents’ choice. Send me the bills, and I’ll sign them.” The Arizona Legislature on Friday… -
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Supreme Court’s Decision Is a Huge Win for Constitution
In the 2008 case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court recognized the individual right to gun ownership in the home. In the 2010 case of McDonald v. Chicago, it recognized that the right of individual gun ownership extended to states and local municipalities. This week, in New York State Rifle and Pistol… -
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One Uvalde Responder Showed What Real Masculinity Is
It was the last conversation they would ever have. On May 24, sometime between 11:44 a.m. and 12:50 p.m., 44-year-old Eva Mireles called her husband, Ruben Ruiz, and told him “she had been shot and was dying,” in the words of Texas Department of Public Safety Director Colonel Steven McCraw, who testified at a Texas Senate hearing… -
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‘I Literally Lost Organs’: New Bill Aims to Protect Minors From Gender Experimentation
Five years ago, Chloe decided she was transgender. Last year, at the ripe old age of 16, she abandoned the flirtation with transgender ideology and embraced her natural sex. In the intervening four years, she had both her breasts removed. “I was failed by the system,” she now says. “I literally lost organs.” If a new… -
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Clarence Thomas Just Issued His Career-Defining Court Opinion
On Thursday, the single greatest living American used the occasion of his 74th birthday to remind of his greatness. He did so by issuing the single piece of writing that, at least thus far, best encapsulates and defines his career as one of the most towering constitutionalists in the history of the republic. It is… -
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Liberal ‘Fact-Checkers’ Swept In to Clear Up Satire Around Biden’s Bike Fall
On June 18, someone captured video of President Joe Biden riding a bike on vacation in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. When he came to a stop, he caught his foot in the pedal and fell to the pavement. Without it being on tape, no one would have cared much. On social media, conservatives quickly brought up… -
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She Had an Abortion. Why She’s Glad Roe Was Overturned.
When she was 17, Cathy Harris had an abortion. After her abortion, Harris says she felt “immediate regret, immediate just grief that fell upon me.” “I wasn’t really sure what to do with it, where to put it,” she recalls. “A lot of people, friends of mine had continued to tell me that’s not a… -
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What We Saw During ‘Night of Rage’ Pro-Abortion Protest
As the sun set over Washington, D.C., hundreds of pro-abortion demonstrators stood chanting and holding signs outside the Supreme Court. Rally speakers called for protesters to “take to the streets” in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling Friday that overturned Roe v. Wade. >>> Facing an Unexpected Pregnancy? Here’s Help In the majority opinion, Justice Samuel… -
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Fact-Checking 5 Biden Claims on Dobbs Ruling
President Joe Biden spoke Friday in response to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health, in which the court overruled Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The speech was heavy on outrage, but light on truthfulness. Here are a few of Biden’s worst whoppers. Claim 1: “Today the Supreme Court of the United… -
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Democrats Call for Expanding Supreme Court After String of Losses
Democratic lawmakers called for expanding the Supreme Court and abolishing the filibuster following a string of Supreme Court rulings not in their favor this week. Many Democrats and liberals reacted with anger over the three rulings that covered the exclusion of religious schools from a taxpayer-funded voucher program, expanded gun rights involving concealed carry and overturned Roe v. Wade’s…