Democrats who cheered the toppling of statues of American heroes such as Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt in 2020 are suddenly deeply concerned that the Trump administration is seeking to curate the Smithsonian museums to better express American exceptionalism. Please, spare us. Take Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota …
Read More »Government-education censorship alliance is the greatest threat to democracy
Revelations that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) created “disinformation” groups at Stanford University and the University of Washington to censor political speech leading up to the 2020 election should outrage and alarm every American. Free exchange of ideas is the lifeblood of a democracy and the unholy alliance between …
Read More »The GOP's judicial logjam
As the hot Washington summer approaches August, the Senate’s Republican majority is already on vacation from the work of confirming judges. At the current torpid pace, they will put the lowest number of judges on the federal bench in any year since 1969. Do you think this crashed system for …
Read More »IRS targeting scheme is a scandal with no end in sight
When the Senate Finance Committee released its findings on the Internal Revenue Service scheme targeting conservative organizations a couple of weeks ago, the initial determination was clear. As I reported earlier: The findings of the bi-partisan report revealed gross mismanagement at the IRS. But more than that, the evidence shows …
Read More »Who is Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and why does he matter?
Salvadoran citizen and “Maryland man”KilmarArmandoAbregoGarcia(KAAG) has become the Joan of Arc of the American left – their poster child for opposing President Donald Trump’s campaign of enforcing immigration laws. Why? At first glance, KAAG seems a lousy pick. Two immigration judges found it credible that he was a member of …
Read More »Trump beats Democrats on every issue. Now, he should school them on education
President Donald Trump is driving clueless Democrats to embrace the losing side of many issues, like opposing his efforts to drive down crime, favoring open borders and encouraging biological men to compete in women’s sports. There is another critical cause Trump should champion that will put Democrats even more on …
Read More »Thatcher at 100: Lessons in civility, strength and enduring alliances
Monday marksthe100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth – an occasion that brings together leadersandsupporters from acrosstheAtlantic to pay tribute to her life. We attheRonaldReaganPresidentialFoundation&Instituteare honored to participate inthecelebration, an occasion that also invites us to reflect on her legacyandconnection withRonaldReaganinthecontext of our modern era. Namely, what made her partnership with …
Read More »This agency targets individual Americans and small businesses — it must be reformed
As someone whose life’s work is helping small businesses navigate our nation’s complex tax system, I have witnessed firsthand how the Internal Revenue Service has become an outsized force that too often targets those least equipped to fight back. While the agency has long maintained that its enforcement efforts are …
Read More »Where addicts in Philadelphia bow to tranq, I saw why God hasn't given up on America yet
“God ain’t got no power over this hit. God got no power here.” The man gestured like a royal but the scene he revealed was the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The man then sat down on an overturned milk crate, …
Read More »DR. MARC SIEGEL: From Horror to Hope: What Gaza's freed hostages teach a weary world
Any person who can survive captivity under extreme conditions is a hero in anyone’s book. Yes, there are variations in the degree of starvation, torture, mental anguish and deprivation; the degree of exposure to respiratory and gastrointestinal infections; not to mention the compounded torment for those who have been injured, …
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