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The Imbalanced Scales of Justice
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The U.S. judicial system is disintegrating before our eyes. What used to be a world-renowned legal system that treated its citizens fairly and equally has now become a political sword for those in power to wield against political opponents — similar to what...
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Trump Border Wall Showdown
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Trump Border Wall Showdown

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Congressional Democrats are butting heads with President Donald Trump over his demand for $5 billion to continue building a wall along the southern border. Rep. Nancy Pelosi vows not one dollar will go for a wall. She calls the idea of a wall "immoral." Not...
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NPR Shamelessly Exploits Cheap Labor
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NPR Shamelessly Exploits Cheap Labor

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National Public Radio is out begging for donations this week, with major stations like Washington's WAMU offering gifts like those silly reusable grocery bags touting the "Power of Truth." But the truth can be pretty embarrassing. Apparently, NPR exploits chea...
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Family Breakdown Explains Social Unrest
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Family Breakdown Explains Social Unrest

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As France is gripped by civil disorder, many commentators identify, quite correctly, as the culprit the outsized burden that France's bloated welfare state places on its citizens. According a recent report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and ...
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Acceptable Racism
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Acceptable Racism

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How appropriate would it be for a major publicly held American company to hire a person with a history of having publicly made the following statements and many others like them? (In the interest of brevity, I shall list only four.) "The world could get by jus...
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How Democracy Is Losing the World
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How Democracy Is Losing the World

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If Donald Trump told Michael Cohen to pay hush money to Stormy Daniels about a one-night stand a decade ago, that, says Jerome Nadler, incoming chair of House Judiciary, would be an "impeachable offense." This tells you what social media, cable TV and the g...
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Silicon Valley Morphing Into the Morality Police
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Silicon Valley Morphing Into the Morality Police

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Silicon Valley used to be technology companies. But it has become the "morality police," controlling free speech on its platforms. What could go wrong? In a speech Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said: "Hate tries to make its headquarters in the digital world...
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Et tu Tucker?
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Et tu Tucker?

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Any American who follows the news coverage of President Trump knows that the mainstream media is completely opposed to him. Their coverage of his administration is biased, relentlessly negative and needlessly nasty. These haters could not even take a break fro...
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Thinking About What’s Right in America
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Thinking About What’s Right in America

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Amid this holiday season of reflection, I'm thinking about America's future. A new poll from Gallup serves up some sobering data regarding how young Americans feel about their country. Gallup asked the question, "Do you think the U.S. has a unique charac...
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Vile Host of ‘The View’ using Bush 41 Passing to Bash Trump
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Vile Host of ‘The View’ using Bush 41 Passing to Bash Trump

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Impolite question, but it needs to be asked: Is there a Republican dead body that left-wing partisans won't use to bash Donald Trump? This week's partisan corpse abusers callously exploited the passing of George H.W. Bush, America's 41st president, to get i...
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