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4 Simple Steps to Save the Planet—And Destroy the Human Race
Population control is back in the news—and for Progressives, what’s old is new again. In November, a group of 11,000 signatories calling itself the Alliance of World Scientists released a…
by Hayden Ludwig on April 3, 2020

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Democrats Must Stop Pretending Get-Out-the-Vote Is Charity
The biggest April Fool’s prank regarding the upcoming Census, which launches on April 1, is played by those who pretend that get-out-the-vote campaigns are charity. The 2020 census count starts…
by Hayden Ludwig on April 1, 2020

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Democrats Began Politicizing Trump’s Coronavirus Response Well Before Senate Gridlock
Monday [of last week] was, in many ways, a defining moment for the country as a federal stimulus bill failed to pass a procedural vote that would allow the Senate…
by Scott Walter on March 31, 2020

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Essential National Supply—Make It in the U.S.A.
Americans are now witnessing firsthand the unfolding of a dangerous irony that besets our great country—highlighted by the current coronavirus emergency. The danger? The United States has an out-of-control, seemingly…
by Ned Mamula, Ann Bridges on March 30, 2020

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Punishing Success
A big-name politician is taking over a leading group for liberal lawyers: Russell Feingold, the former senator who gave his name, along with Sen. John McCain’s, to the last major…
by Scott Walter on March 20, 2020

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Based on Tax Filings, Bill Kristol’s Been a Democrat for Years
Bill Kristol—son of the “godfather of neoconservatism” Irving Kristol, and founder and editor-at-large of The Weekly Standard, a now-defunct outlet—confirmed the suspicions of many observers recently when he tweeted that he (and…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 3, 2020

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Carbon Taxes Will Never Be Enough
This article first appeared on the Economic Standard on October 15, 2019. There’s a pervasive myth among “eco-cons”—conservatives who accept the theory of global warming—that we can tax…
by Hayden Ludwig on October 15, 2019

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How Does America Have So Much Racism with So Few Racists?
This op-ed originally appeared in the Western Journal on October 9, 2019. Listening to the Democratic candidates, it sounds like racism is a more significant problem now than it’s been…
by Joseph (Jake) Klein on October 9, 2019

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Bernie’s Campaign Union Strife is What he Proposes for the Whole Country
For many conservatives, the labor struggles of socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders are greatly amusing. The senator has never seen a favor to Big Labor that he didn’t support, yet his…
by Michael Watson on July 29, 2019

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Non-partisan Election Districts are a Fantasy
In his July 4 commentary, “It’s up to states to end partisan gerrymandering,” Robert Giaimo and other business leaders make the case for states to adopt redistricting reform in light of the…
by Michael Watson on July 10, 2019