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Traditionally, charitable giving has been defended by conservatives, who admired its ability to effectively solve problems without government coercion or taxpayer funds. The political left was where one encountered hostility toward private social ...

The chaotic confrontation in Dearborn, Michigan, on Tuesday -- when a demonstrator attempted to burn a Qur'an and Muslim counter-protesters surged -- was more than a brief flash of drama. Along with other recent controversies in Arab-majority ...

As candidates spend the coming months telling voters how they would transform American health care, they should not overlook reforms that could make care more accessible and affordable without requiring complex new government programs. Millions of ...

The Trump administration fumbled its Minnesota advantage when it emphasized ICE over DOJ. The Minnesota fraud scandal was exploding; it was huge and blatant; Democrats were thoroughly enmeshed in it; and it looked to reach beyond Minnesota - all the ...

When New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani equated the lobbying group AIPAC to "monsters" in a blistering get-out-the vote speech last week in Brooklyn, people paid notice. His remarks justifiably drew quick condemnation as a blatant example of ...

As college graduates commenced this spring, artificial intelligence was a pervasive theme among more than ceremony speeches. For many young Americans, AI has become a specter of uncertainty, raising doubts about whether their first steps into ...

As California Governor Gavin Newsom gears up to run for president, what in the world will he run on? Californians know that Newsom will not boast, "I will do for America what I have done to California!" Why not? Count the reasons. California's ...

Donald Trump's Arctic strategy has been 500 years in the making. When Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic in 1492, he intended to find a direct path from Europe to Asia. He didn't, of course -- but the first transatlantic explorer to ...

This year, the fight over free expression in American higher education reached a troubling milestone. According to data from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, efforts to censor speech on college campuses hit record highs and across ...

The entertainment awards shows used to be wildly popular on TV before the audience shattered into a thousand pieces. When a celebrity decided to make a pompous political statement, it was memorable -- like in 1973, when Marlon Brando sent an Indian ...