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Brian Kilmeade: How America Fought Her First War Against Terrorists
America’s battle against terrorists originating in the Middle East is nothing new. Our first war as an independent country was against the Barbary states—the four Muslim powers of Morocco, Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli. Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade tells that story in his new book “Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War…
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The Lessons We Must Learn From Paris
In the wake of the Paris attacks, U.S. authorities should seek to glean lessons from the European experience. This will ensure we are best prepared for similar threats against the U.S. homeland. Several federal departments and agencies are likely already individually focused on this task. For example, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining the…
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Why George Washington Thought the Practice of Gratitude Was Essential for the American Character
Our two greatest presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, respectively thought Thanksgiving sufficiently important to initiate its national celebration and to later revive this tradition. Our accepted convention is that Thanksgiving is about family togetherness and feasting. Surely this is part of it—but perhaps a more refined notion of what this nearly ancient holiday should…
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The Man and the Magazine That Launched a Movement
As 1954 ended, the future of the “American Right” looked bleak. Sen. Robert Taft, “Mr. Republican,” was dead of cancer; Joe McCarthy had been censured by the U.S. Senate; the Democrats had retaken Congress after a brief Republican interregnum; President Dwight Eisenhower had morphed into a modern Republican; and Barry Goldwater was an unknown junior…
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Once Again, Obama Wants You to Push Liberal Views During a Holiday Dinner
The Obama administration would like to you set aside some quality time with family and friends on Thanksgiving to promote a political opinion. Explaining how lawmakers should “pass a law that would prevent somebody who’s on the terror watch list from being able to buy a gun,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest decided to…
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Obama Administration Announces 144 Big Regulations Right Before Thanksgiving
President Obama is nothing if not predictable. Required by law to release plans for new regulations twice a year, the administration has consistently done so just before major holidays, when few are paying attention. Thus, it was no surprise to see his fall 2015 regulatory agenda released last Friday, as many Americans focused on Thanksgiving…
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Are Violent College Protests a ‘Wonderful, Beautiful Thing’? One Ivy League Administrator Thinks So
In recent weeks, tensions have been high across college campuses. Different activist groups have spoken out against perceived injustices facing their campus communities. As seen in the recent examples of the University of Missouri and Yale, student activism can quickly become threatening. Dartmouth College was the latest school added to the growing list of protests…
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Government Forecasters Significantly Overestimated Obamacare Plan Profitability
The CEO of UnitedHealth Group Inc. recently announced that the company was losing hundreds of millions of dollars by offering qualified health plans (QHPs) in the Obamacare exchanges. As 2015 comes to a close, the insurer will have lost $350 million, and it expects to lose another $500 million by offering health plans on the…
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‘Clock Kid’ Demand for $15 Million Goes Too Far
On Sept. 14, Ahmed Mohamed took what he calls a homemade clock to MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. Apparently believing that Mohamed sought to scare students and teachers with a “look-alike” bomb in violation of the Irving School District Student Code of Conduct, the school called in local police. Mohamed was taken to a…
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3 Ways Our Next President Must Reverse Obama’s Failed Foreign Policy Doctrine
There is a reason President Obama’s poll numbers for stuff like fighting terrorism are falling faster than the thermometer. By most objective measures, the president has been a poor steward of our national security, and Americans are arguably less safe today than when Obama took office. The number and frequency of Islamist related terror plots…
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Attacks on Religious Freedom: Coming Soon to a Church Near You
Assaults on religious freedom are becoming ever more common. Barely a day goes by without news of a baker punished for not catering a same-sex wedding, a Catholic adoption service banned from limiting its services to married couples, or companies that are run in accordance Christian values being forced to provide health insurance policies that…
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Why Turkey Shot Down a Russian Fighter Jet
On Tuesday morning a Russian Su-24 warplane was shot down by Turkish F-16s after violating Turkish airspace. According to the latest media reports one Russian pilot was killed and another has been captured by local rebel forces on the ground. To discuss what this means for NATO, the U.S., and the on-going conflict in Syria…
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Obama’s Unilateral Immigration Amnesty Plan Gets to the Supreme Court
On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department filed a 35-page petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review Texas v. U.S., the case filed by 26 states against President Obama’s immigration amnesty plan. The government is appealing a preliminary injunction that stopped implementation of Obama’s amnesty plan, which was issued by a federal district court and…
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Why Massachusetts Gave Up on Common Core
The state Board of Education in Massachusetts has decided to retreat from common core and develop its own state tests—to the dismay of Common Core advocates. It comes as no surprise that a “top-down, one-size-fits-all” approach to education is not working for the people of Massachusetts. Interestingly, this policy reversal comes at the recommendation of…
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Yes, Land Use Regulations Are a Problem, but They Need Real Solutions
A new book by Dartmouth College professor William A. Fischel highlights problems with land use restrictions and zoning laws. Unfortunately, Fischel’s proposed policy recommendations would cause more problems than they would solve. The reach of zoning and land use restrictions expanded during the 1970s, when the growth control movement gained traction in much of the…
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How Market Principles Will Help Make Food Banks More Efficient This Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving around the corner, charitable food banks across America are gearing up for their busiest donation season. Individuals and local firms supply a lot of the food, but donations also come by the truckload from major manufacturers and suppliers like Kraft, Con-Agra, and Walmart. Before 2005, America’s largest network of food banks, Feeding America,…
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Energy and Security in Japan
In October, a delegation of researchers from The Heritage Foundation had the opportunity to travel to Japan for a week. It is clear from their time there that Japan has a keen interest in increasing its energy diversity and making sure that experts are knowledgeable about the security changes and challenges in the region. Through…
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EMP Attack Should Be a Larger National Security Concern
Many Americans have never heard of EMP (which is short for electromagnetic pulse), much less would they consider it a national security issue worth worrying about. Unfortunately, an EMP attack poses a threat that is both real and also quite serious. An electromagnetic pulse within the United States could cause serious harm to our nation’s…
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Why Police in Many States Can Seize Your Property Without Proving You’re Guilty of a Crime
Civil asset forfeiture is a growing problem throughout the nation, driven by a profit incentive that encourages property seizures by law enforcement authorities even under dubious circumstances. That is the inescapable conclusion of the second iteration of Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture, the Institute for Justice’s comprehensive report on civil forfeiture….
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