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opinion
Rep. Gary Palmer Exposes Biden’s Failures on Economy, Health Care
Americans have had more than a year to experience President Joe Biden’s administration. If Biden’s slouching poll numbers are any indication, Americans aren’t thrilled with the president’s performance. High inflation featuring rising food and gas prices, missing baby formula, and a hyperfocus on race and gender ideology seemingly are beginning to grate on the public’s… -
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Supreme Court to New York: Second Amendment Means What It Says
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued its first significant opinion in a Second Amendment case in well over a decade, striking down a New York state law that effectively denied ordinary residents the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. This decision, in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, is… -
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By Inserting Gender Identity, Team Biden Muddies Title IX’s Protections for Girls, Women at School
On the 50th anniversary of Title IX protections for girls and women, the Biden administration proposed rule changes in enforcing the law that would have dramatic repercussions for publicly funded schools around the country. The Education Department released a 700-page document Thursday announcing the proposed changes to Title IX regulations. Perhaps most significantly, the changes… -
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Fewer Americans Believe in God Than Ever. Here’s Why It Matters.
Per a new report from Gallup, the percentage of Americans now saying they believe in God is the lowest since it first started doing the survey. In 2022, 81% of Americans say they believe in God. When Gallup first asked this question in 1944, 96% said they believed, and in the early 1950s, it was… -
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Boston Banned a Christian Flag but Raised a Communist One
Not long after al-Qaeda terrorists flew commercial jets into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Northern Virginia, Major League Baseball teams started playing “God Bless America” in the seventh inning of their games. Many of these games were played in stadiums owned by local governments. Did that establish a religion?… -
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Supreme Court Upholds Second Amendment in New York Gun Case Decision
Liberal states cannot require Americans to show “some special need” to exercise their constitutional right to carry guns in public for their own protection, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday morning. Instead, the court ruled, the Constitution recognizes each citizen’s right to self-defense in public places. The 6-3 ruling struck down a New York state… -
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Facts of Uvalde Shooting Violated All 4 Steps of Effective School Security
Information about what happened before and during the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has changed continually. The bottom line is that it’s not a happy story, but confirms that school security is still a work in progress. Having a plan is better than not having one. Absent good implementation, practice, and real rehearsals, however,… -
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Biden Administration Proposes Changing Title IX to Include Transgender Students
President Joe Biden’s Department of Education on Thursday unveiled proposed changes to Title IX, a landmark civil rights law intended to curb sex-based discrimination in federally-funded education, that would expand the law’s protections for transgender students. The proposed changes would expand protections against discrimination on the basis of sex under Title IX of the 1972 Education… -
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If Garland, Local Prosecutor Won’t Protect Justices, Virginia Governor and State AG Must Act
With U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Fairfax County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano refusing to enforce federal and state laws against the pro-abortion protesters who are intimidating and threatening Supreme Court justices and their families who live in Virginia, it’s time for Gov. Glenn Youngkin and state Attorney General Jason Miyares to step in… -
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On 50th Anniversary of Title IX, Biden Seeks to Undo Protections for Women
It’s been 50 years since the U.S. government acted to ensure equal educational opportunities for girls and women through Title IX. Since put in place as education amendments in 1972, Title IX has prohibited sex-based discrimination in education programs, including competitive sports. Title IX states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis… -
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How Operation Warp Speed Got Vaccines Out in Less Than a Year
Operation Warp Speed was an unprecedented fusion of government and private industry to create a vaccine against COVID-19. What normally would take four or five years to accomplish was done in less than one. Paul Mango, then deputy chief of staff for the Department of Health and Human Services, was there to make sure everything… -
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Federal Court’s School Dress Code Ruling Skirts Larger Issues
In the 1950s, when television was in black and white—as was the distinction between acceptable and unacceptable behavior—comedian Milton Berle would occasionally wear a dress in a skit, causing the studio audience to laugh uproariously. How things have changed. A U.S. court of appeals recently ruled that North Carolina charter day schools cannot have dress… -
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Still No Arrests by FBI in Attacks on 27 Pregnancy Centers
Six days after the FBI announced a formal investigation into a series of attacks against churches and pro-life organizations, the agency seems to be following through but apparently has made no arrests. The Washington Stand contacted 27 pregnancy resource centers and pro-life organizations that had been attacked since May 2. Four of the centers said… -
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The Death of the Elite ‘Center’
The false center cannot hold. In France, President Emmanuel Macron has now lost his majority in the National Assembly; his party holds 245 seats in the lower house, but the right holds 150 and the left 131. In Colombia, former M-19 guerrilla and Marxist Gustavo Petro has now become the president of the country, replacing… -
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What Impact Would a Gas Tax ‘Holiday’ Have? Not Much
President Joe Biden is proposing a new federal holiday. But it’s not the fun kind where you get to caravan to the beach with your family. In fact, this new holiday makes it more likely you won’t be able to afford that beach trip in the first place. On Wednesday, the president called on… -
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Navy Training Video Tells Sailors How to Use ‘Correct’ Pronouns and Create ‘Safe Spaces’
The Navy is coming under fire for a video created to train sailors in how to “correctly” use personal pronouns and “inclusive language” to create “safe spaces” in the service. The video, nearly four minutes long, came to public attention Monday although it was shot in June 2021 and posted May 23 to the website… -
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On Sixth Anniversary of Brexit, Britain Yet to Seize All of Freedom’s Opportunities
Six years ago, on June 23, 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union. Above all, Brexit was about regaining the right of self-government, which is a fundamental value. It wasn’t inevitable that Brexit would lead to better government in Britain. It opened the door for Britain to do better, but Britain still had to… -
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Democrats’ Disastrous, Capricious Energy Policy
Democrats have spent decades warning that the United States must stop using the most efficient and affordable energy sources or it will be consumed by heat waves, fireballs, and cataclysmic weather events. Every flood, every hurricane—every natural event, really—is now blamed on climate change. We have burdened our children with an irrational dread over their… -
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Democrats Cynically Cite Veterans Benefit Increase to Urge More Spending Elsewhere
The Senate last week passed an amended version of the Honoring Our PACT Act. The bill, likely to pass the House, represents the largest expansion of benefits for veterans in decades. In a crass display of political opportunism, however, congressional Democrats are claiming that increasing spending on veterans justifies spending increases for unrelated nondefense programs…. -
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No Longer a News Mag, Time Champions ‘Gender-Expansive’ Teens
When someone wants to complain about how our most respected news outlets once attempted to look “objective” but now dwell on performative activism, see Time magazine. Time magazine is a shadow of its former self. Every issue is a “double issue,” since no one needs a “weekly news magazine” at this late date. The cover…