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    America’s Right Confronts the 21st Century B

    By Christopher DeMuth - Nov. 18, 2022

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    By Christopher DeMuth – A near perfect aspirational agenda to conserve the American nation. – *** Re-establish national borders, reduce our million plus annual illegal entries to zero, and calibrate lawful immigration to the needs of cultural assimilation, social harmony and economic growth; abolish all official racial and other group preferences; liberate the energy sector; return to a balanced federal budget outside of wars and other emergencies; redirect federal spending from personal entitlements and income transfers to public goods such as national defense, basic research and infrastructure; withdraw the collective-bargaining privileges of public-employee unions; institute stable currency; universal school choice; initiatives to mobilize science and enterprise to dominate… Read More

    Rising Crime Rates Are a Policy Choice B

    By William P. Barr - Oct. 26, 2022

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    By William P. Barr – Progressives can’t solve the problem because they won’t abandon the practices that cause it. The violent crime surge was preventable. It was caused by progressive politicians reverting to the same reckless revolving-door policies that during the 1960s and ’70s produced the greatest tsunami of violent crime in American history. We reversed that earlier crime wave with the tough anticrime measures adopted during the Reagan-Bush era. We can stop this one as well. Studies have repeatedly shown that most predatory crime is committed by a small, hard-core group of habitual offenders. They are a tiny fraction of the population… Read More

    How to Beat China in the New Space Race B

    By Arthur Herman - Sept. 11, 2022

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    By Arthur Herman – Today we are in a new space race, this time with China. And our economic and national security both are at serious risk…If China becomes the dominant space power in the next two decades, that will put in Beijing’s hands the future of global telecommunications,…as well as the application of space satellites and technology for strategic and military use. Read More

    The U.S. Military’s Growing Weakness B

    By WSJ Editorial Board – 10 18 2022

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    WSJ Editorial Board – A new Heritage Foundation report warns about declining U.S. naval and air power. …The truth is that U.S. hard power isn’t what it used to be. That’s the message of the Heritage Foundation’s 2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength, ….Heritage rates the U.S. military as “weak” and “at growing risk of not being able to meet the demands of defending America’s vital national interests.” The weak rating, down from “marginal” a year earlier, is the first in the index’s nine-year history. Read More

    Democrats ‘Charity’ Voter-Registration Scheme B

    By Kimberley A. Strassel - Sept. 22, 2022

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    By Kimberley A. Strassel – A 501(c)(3) nonprofit isn’t supposed to engage in partisan activity…A New York Times article this week confirmed a political reality that Republicans have been slow to publicize: Democrats are openly abusing charities to stack voter rolls in their favor. … Read closely and you notice the story is entirely about Democrats, confirming a longstanding scheme by which foundations and private donors funnel tax-exempt dollars into “charities” that microtarget and register Democratic voters. Read More