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Is California Reaching Critical Mass?
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (1216+ words) By any measure, California is a failed state'and a national embarrassment. Taxes? It has the highest income and gas taxes in the nation. Roads? A Reason Foundation survey ranks it 49th among the states. Mass flight? Between 250, 000 and 350, 000 more Californians leave…...
Victor Davis Hanson: The Biggest Test of the Iran Deal Comes Down to One Thing, Enforcement
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (252+ words) Victor Davis Hanson, a military historian and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, said the biggest test of the Iran deal will be how the United States enforces it, as the full text of the memorandum of understanding was finally…...
The Verdict Was Just. The Fallout Is a Hate Crime.
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (1107+ words) The ink wasn't dry on Karmelo Anthony's 35-year murder sentence when a man in Jacksonville, Florida, climbed off his bicycle, walked up to an elderly white veteran sitting by the road, and punched him in the head. He'd filmed himself…...
Father's Day: Music, My Aunt, My Career and My Dad
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (610+ words) Recently, I listened again to Al Green's "Back Up Train." I bought it from a Los Angeles record store when I was about 14 and brought it along with a small record player when I visited an aunt in Chattanooga. She…...
For Americans and Our Guests, the World Cup Runneth Over
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (439+ words) Psalm 23: 5, one of the best-known biblical passages, says, "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup overflows." It would be hard to find a passage that better reflects…...
What History Teaches Us About Why So Many Eventually Flee Socialism
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (851+ words) History is filled with political movements born from noble promises. Few have been more appealing in theory than socialism. At its heart, socialism promises greater equality, economic fairness, and protection for those who struggle in a competitive marketplace. It speaks…...
The 'Debate' Over Global Poverty Continues
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (355+ words) The new "Global Justice Report" by the World Inequality Lab in France " which calls for caps on economic growth in rich countries, top income-tax rates of 90 percent and a World Sovereign Fund to redistribute wealth to the Global South " has…...
Liberal Media Pretend Leftist Protesters Represent a Majority
1+ year, 1+ day ago (305+ words) The national media employ a long-held double standard on political protests. They boost left-wing protests regardless of crowd size and pretend they're not leftist. When conservatives protest, it's either ignored or it's treated as menacing, laced with a "dark undercurrent....
America is About To Celebrate Her 250th Birthday. And Democrats Feel Nothing But Hate.
1+ day, 5+ min ago (457+ words) America is gearing up for its 250th birthday, a historic milestone that should be a powerful moment of celebration and unity as Americans prepare to celebrate 250 years of freedom. But that shared American pride appears to be lacking on the left,…...
Time for Merit Immigration: Keep Out the Losers, Let in the Winners
1+ day, 55+ min ago (535+ words) Swiss voters went to the polls Sunday and resoundingly rejected capping the country's rapidly growing population at 10 million by limiting immigration. Congratulations to the Swiss for staging a national conversation over immigration'something the United States urgently needs to do. The…...