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America's health care system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It's not, as some politicians claim, expensive because markets have failed. It's expensive because the market has been repeatedly blocked from succeeding.

Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 by speaking candidly to the American people and never backing down from his original statements no matter how offended the legacy media was by his sentiments. Every other politician was sticking to talking ...

Many commentators claim that Islam does not pose a threat of violence in the United States. Influencers such as Tucker Carlson often repeat this argument. Others, including then-President Joe Biden and FBI Director Christopher Wray, have argued that ...

Racial discrimination is alive and well in higher education. That's what the Trump administration strongly - and rightly - suspects. In late March, the Department of Justice opened investigations into admissions policies at three major medical ...

The World Bank recently published a 276-page report supporting the idea that industrial policy belongs "in the national policy toolkit of all countries." This is a significant reversal for an institution that spent decades pushing developing nations ...

Democrats haven't won a statewide office in Texas since 1994. So this year, the Democrat at the top of the ticket is seeking to topple Republican Gov. Greg Abbott - by pretending to be a conservative. No, really. Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, a ...

To listen to Gov. Gavin Newsom, California is still the nation's economic leader. In his April 9 news release, he crows, "California continues to outperform every other state." Rosy reports from politicians are not an accurate barometer of real ...

The British socialist newspaper The Guardian is upset that CBS News might become less radical, publishing an article provocatively titled "'Blood in the water': Bari Weiss's chaotic first three months in charge of CBS News." This spin announces an ...

For too long, Venezuela has confused maintaining its sovereignty with keeping its oil in the ground even if its vast oil reserves produced neither investments nor collective well-being. But true sovereignty means establishing rules that turn those ...

The most surprising result in the batch of primaries held this week over the vast stretch of America from Florida through Wyoming to Alaska was the defeat of famed anti-Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman by state Rep. Angie Nixon in the contest ...