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[ad_1] Flags flutter in front of a monument to Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin during a rally held by Russian Communist Party supporters to mark the Red October revolution’s centenary in St. Petersburg, Russia, November 7, 2017. (Anton Vaganov/Reuters) Why socialism will not die Almost a decade ago, I wrote a little book called The
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[ad_1] An empty classroom at Kent Middle School in Kentfield, Calif., on April 1 (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Chicago public schools, the third largest district in the country, will begin the fall semester with all-remote learning following strong pushback from the city teachers union against a hybrid plan. The Chicago Teachers Union had threatened strikes if
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[ad_1] Rep Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, July 15, 2019. (Erin Scott/Reuters) Progressive “Squad” member Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) has claimed victory over her establishment challenger in a primary race for her House seat.   Tlaib beat out Detroit City Council president Brenda Jones, whom she narrowly defeated in
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[ad_1] Michael Dell delivers his keynote speech at the All Things Oracle OpenWorld Summit in San Francisco, Calif., in 2013. (Jana Asenbrennerova/Reuters) Amid all the current gloom, it was refreshing to read this in a New York Times interview with Michael Dell by David Gelles: The first eight years, we grew compounded 80 percent per
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[ad_1] Workers rope a container ship at a port in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, February 11, 2020. (China Daily via Reuters) As Sino–American relations continue to deteriorate, liberal democracies need to unite against China’s ever-expanding economic influence. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE O ver the past few months, the United States and China have clashed over technology,
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[ad_1] Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak during their presidential town hall debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., October 9, 2016. (Jim Young/Reuters) Jim Geraghty is right to question the sincerity of the chorus of left-leaning voices suddenly advocating or rationalizing the cancellation of this fall’s presidential
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[ad_1] President Trump applauds during a signing ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., August 4, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) After warning for months that widespread voting by absentee ballot could serve as a breeding ground for election fraud, President Trump appeared to reverse course on Tuesday and encouraged voters in Florida to vote by
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[ad_1] Republican gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach greets supporters in Topeka, Kan., November 6, 2018. (Dave Kaup/Reuters) If you want a job done, don’t hire Kris Kobach. You may get some excuses, but you will never get results. The polls in Kansas are open for in-person voting today in the state’s primaries. Republicans will choose the
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[ad_1] Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best speaks as protesters gather outside the Seattle Office of Emergency Management to protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, in Seattle, Wash., June 2, 2020. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) Seattle police chief Carmen Best is urging the city council to take a stand against protestors intimidating public officials
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[ad_1] Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg attends a campaign event in Rock Hill, S.C., February 27, 2020. (Eric Thayer/Reuters) The University of Notre Dame has announced that Pete Buttigieg, failed presidential candidate and former mayor of South Bend, Ind., will be taking a post at the university for the coming academic year. Buttigieg will
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[ad_1] White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is pushing President Trump to address COVID relief through a series of executive orders should legislative negotiations with Democrats breakdown, despite
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[ad_1] Protesters rally and standoff against Portland Police officers following the death of George Floyd in Portland, Ore., May 31, 2020 (Terray Sylvester/Reuters) A “hostile crowd” prevented Portland police from investigating a stabbing at the site of nightly racial justice protests and rioting on Monday.  A woman had walked into Lownsdale Square park in downtown
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[ad_1] Justice William O. Douglas 1973—On vacation in Yakima, Washington, Justice William O. Douglas issues an opinion in support of his single-justice order the previous day that purported to bar U.S. military operations in or over Cambodia. (Specifically, his order vacated the stay that a federal court of appeals had entered of a district-court order
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[ad_1] A demonstrator holds a sign during events marking Juneteenth in New York City City, June 19, 2020. (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters) If gun-control advocates get their way, law-enforcement officers and ordinary citizens alike will be powerless to stop violent crime. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE F or years, gun-control advocates told people that it is the job of
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[ad_1] Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Washington, D.C., September 27, 2018 (Tom Williams/Pool via Reuters) Whitehouse’s conspiratorial bent runs deep. When Democrats want to threaten or delegitimize the federal judiciary, they know whom to call first: Sheldon Whitehouse, the Rhode Island senator The Hill calls “the Democratic Party’s leading voice on
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[ad_1] Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies via video conference before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on “Online Platforms and Market Power” in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2020. (Graeme Jennings/Pool/Reuters) Whether out of opportunism or sincere concern for Internet freedom, the
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[ad_1] President Donald Trump walks toward reporters as he departs for travel to Atlanta, Georgia from the White House in Washington, D.C., July 15, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) A new federal court filing Monday from the Manhattan district attorney suggests the prosecutor’s office may be investigating President Trump and his company for bank and insurance fraud. The filing,
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[ad_1] Maryland governor Larry Hogan (R., Md.,) holds a news conference in Annapolis, Md., July 22, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Maryland governor Larry Hogan issued an executive order Monday voiding Montgomery County’s order banning in-person schooling at non-public schools.  “Private and parochial schools deserve the same opportunity and flexibility to make reopening decisions based on public
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[ad_1] New Jersey governor Phil Murphy arrives to speak at a news conference in Trenton, N.J., September 12, 2019. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) States and local governments always complain about needing more funds from the federal government. Congress has already provided a substantial amount of debt-financed state and local aid as part of the CARES Act and
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[ad_1] President Trump speaks during an executive order signing event in Washington, D.C., August 3, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) President Trump signed an executive order on Monday preventing federal agencies from laying off U.S. citizens and green card holders and replacing them with temporary foreign workers. The order will increase oversight of federal agencies’ use of
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[ad_1] Sen. Lisa Murkowski arrives back from a break during the Trump impeachment trial in Washington, D.C., January 31, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recent health problems have revealed a rift among Senate Republicans over what to do if a Supreme Court seat becomes vacant before the end of President Trump’s first term.
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[ad_1] U.S. House Armed Services Committee receives testimony from Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on Pentagon’s fiscal year 2021 budget request in Washington, February 26, 2020. (Amanda Voisard/Reuters) Multiple Obama Defense Department officials who publicly criticized news that the department’s in-house training characterizes protestors and journalists as “adversaries” oversaw the same
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[ad_1] There was always some anxiety for young people contemplating the beginning of college, but our current health crisis has raised the level greatly. In today’s Martin Center article, Anthony Hennen explains that they are turning more and more to counselors for supposedly expert help. He writes, “Counselors disagree about the extent of the change
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[ad_1] White House coronavirus coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Dr. Deborah Birx, the Trump administration’s coronavirus response coordinator warned Sunday that the coronavirus epidemic has entered a “new phase” in the U.S., saying that the pathogen is
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