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Mar 08 2019
News
Democratic Primary Update
A Morning Consult poll of the 2020 Democratic primary found that “former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are leading the rest of the Democratic presidential primary field by double digits… Biden, who has yet to announce whether he will enter the 2020 race, leads the pack with 31 percent, the survey found. Coming in a close second is Sanders, with 27 percent support.”
The Flip SideOct 28 2014
Opinion
Why Partyism Is Wrong
A college student came to me recently with a quandary. He’d spent the summer interning at a conservative think tank. Now he was applying to schools and companies where most people were liberal. Should he remove the internship from his résumé?
I advised him not to. Even if people disagreed with his politics, I argued, they’d still appreciate his public spiritedness. But now I’m thinking
David BrooksApr 15 2015
News
Islamic State advances on key Iraqi city
Islamic State militants launched a fierce attack Wednesday to capture the city of Ramadi, dealing a setback to a newly launched Iraqi military offensive in the Sunni-dominated region.
Sunni tribal leaders who have been holding out in the city, 70 miles west of Baghdad, said they were short of weapons and ammunition and were under intense pressure from the extremists, said Sterling
USA TODAYApr 15 2015
News
Hillary Clinton Vows Campaign-Finance Fix
Hillary Clinton, a prodigious campaign fundraiser, described the U.S. political system as “dysfunctional” in her first appearance as a 2016 presidential candidate and said she would favor a constitutional amendment to purge campaigns of what she called “unaccountable money.”
In a low-key talk with seven students and educators at a community college, Mrs. Clinton began to sketch the main
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 29 2021
Perspectives Blog
Facts vs Myths: Did a Pro-Trump Mob Beat a Cop to Death?
This is the third installment of our series on 2021’s Major Facts and Media Myths.
The claim that a pro-Trump mob murdered a Capitol Police officer on Jan. 6 is false, and was based on vague and conflicting statements from law enforcement and questionable reporting from major news sources, which largely stemmed from a New York Times (Lean Left bias) report. When Capitol Police
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Tom Nichols
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Jul 22 2013
News
Obama Aims to Shift Focus To Boosting Jobs, Economy
Hoping to reignite efforts to shore up the economy, President Barack Obama this week will begin a series of speeches focusing on his jobs agenda and his priorities to build a stronger middle class.
Mr. Obama will deliver about a half dozen talks in the coming weeks, beginning with an address on Wednesday at Knox College in Illinois. The school was the site of a commencement speech Mr.
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 23 2023
Headline Roundup
Rising COVID-19 Cases, Revived Mask Mandates Spark Debate Over Response
With COVID-19 cases reportedly rising across the U.S. and some institutions reinstating mask mandates, the public is again debating how to respond.
The Data and Response: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 12,613 COVID-19-related hospitalizations in the week ending Aug. 12, a 21.6% increase from the previous week. Cases remain roughly 90% lower than their
Los Angeles Times Reuters National Review (News)Apr 06 2015
News
Ron Paul Is Expected to Play Little Role in Rand Paul’s Campaign
He was one of the most energizing forces in the Republican primaries in 2008 and 2012, an improbable hero whose speeches drew libertarians and college students by the hundreds and sometimes thousands.
But don’t expect to see much of Ron Paul in his son’s presidential campaign.
On Tuesday, when Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is expected to announce his candidacy for the 2016
New York Times (News)Mar 18 2020
Analysis
Is This American Resilience?
On Saturday, conservative writer and professional provocateur David Hookstead bemoaned the COVID-19 outbreak in a tweet that went viral for how perfectly it captured a particular kind of American mentality: “Today should have been a day of college basketball games and a few cold beers. Instead, coronavirus stole it. Imagine explaining to a D-Day veteran that sports were canceled because of a
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