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    • Socialism Is Here—and It’s Serious

    By By Peggy Noonan Aug. 6, 2026

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    By Peggy Noonan Aug. 6, 2026 – As religion recedes, politics takes its place. The young have been educated within a general framework of assumptions and language of the left—structures of power, oppressor groups, critical theory,….Economic freedom works with human nature. …Socialism is a more abstract and ideological vision of justice that…must be imposed from the top down. It isn’t based on the natural, or on man as he is; it’s a construct that involves coercion…. Capitalism isn’t a great belief, only an economic system. Socialism is a belief, and it summons feeling. Capitalism is a thing of reason, a disadvantage in an age of sensation. Read More

    The Answer to the Academic Achievement Gap Is Obvious

    By Jason L. Riley July 28, 2026

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    By Jason L. Riley July 28, 2026 – Public charter schools have proved the key to success for minority and low-income students…. The people in charge of public education have chosen to place job security above the well-being of students. Children attend schools that have been failure factories since before they were born, and in some cases before their parents were born. Yet these schools remain in operation because they provide solid middle-class employment opportunities for adults. They continue to underperform because they reward teacher seniority over competence. Read More

    Thank You for Your Success, He Said

    By By Rob Arnott July 28, 2026

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    By Rob Arnott July 28, 2026 – In a healthy capitalist system with strong rule of law and a light regulatory burden, success means producing something people value more than its price…. Thank you, Bill Gates, Michael Dell and Steve Jobs, for putting computers, smartphones and user-friendly apps into the hands of billions of people. Thank you, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, for bringing human knowledge to our fingertips, for “free.”… Thank you, Mark Zuckerberg, for enabling effortless social interaction worldwide. Thank you, Ken Griffin, for creating an efficient market in which large trades are shockingly inexpensive. Thank you, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, for launching the artificial-intelligence revolution, which will change our world beyond recognition—almost certainly for the better. Read More

    Trump Has a Point About the Smithsonian Its American history museum has become an instrument of left-wing culture warriors.

    By William A. Galston July 28, 2026

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    By William A. Galston July 28, 2026 – the White House Domestic Policy Council this July 4 issued a 162-page report accusing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and its director, Anthea Hartig, of adopting an ideological framework that treats the American story as a “political instrument to divide, dispirit, and discourage our citizens.”……A lesson from the administration’s assault on higher education is that…it exposed the weakness of many elite universities when confronted with antisemitism and disruptive protests and prompted some of them to change their policies. …Ms. Hartig, …has infused the National Museum of American History with a new sense of mission. … “history. . . is for me a prime tool of social justice.” … The museum in 2021 adopted an “Interpretive Plan” to guide its work. “Whatever the topic,” … “we ask questions that speak to the core issues of our time.” … “race and identity,” “gender and sexuality,” “environmental change,” “immigration and migrations” and “economic inequality.” Read More

    Share the Wealth, Don’t Redistribute It

    By Mark Skousen Nov. 11, 2025

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    By Mark Skousen Nov. 11, 2025 – …These economically destructive measures are unnecessary and would disrupt the positive changes happening in capital-labor relations. The private sector is quietly solving the inequality problem without more redistribution and wage controls….How? Companies both large and small offer generous profit-sharing programs for employees—401(k) plans, stock options and discounted stock-purchase plans. Read More