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Feb 12 2020
Opinion
Joe Biden, the last of his political species
The writing was on the wall even before the New Hampshire votes came in Tuesday night. Another promising Joe Biden presidential campaign has found another iceberg to ram and, once again, the orchestra’s playing “Nearer My God to Thee.”
Is anyone surprised, really? The Democrats talking for the past year about Biden’s electability and his front-runner status have reminded me of grown-ups
Washington Post
Apr 16 2021
Perspectives Blog
When — and Where — Profits and Principles Collide
There are about 4 million people in the state of Georgia. The population of China is approximately 1.5 billion. For a growing portion of the American business community, the dividing line between principle and profit might be somewhere in between.
Ever since Georgia’s Republican-controlled state legislature passed a bill last month that rewrote the state’s voting access laws, they have
Dan Schnur
Jan 13 2015
News
Mitt 3.0 Fails To Impress Conservatives At Major Conference In Washington
The latest signs that Mitt Romney is likely to run for president in 2016 may come as welcome news to former aides and supporters, many of whom received phone calls from the former Massachusetts governor this weekend.
But the prospect of another Romney campaign failed to capture the hearts of social and fiscal conservatives gathered this week in the nation's capital to hammer out the
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Author
Lanhee Chen
Lanhee Chen is a Bloomberg View columnist. A research fellow at the Hoover Institution who also teaches public policy at Stanford University, he was the policy director of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign. Chen was a senior official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the George W. Bush administration. He practiced business litigation with the law
Jul 16 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The Selfish Actors of Illegal Immigration
Many people benefit from the lawbreaking: The Mexican and Central American governments, the Democratic party, employers, ethnic activists, rich progressives, and the illegal border crossers themselves.
Almost every party invested in open borders proves utterly selfish, without regard for the legitimate interests of others or of the law itself.
The Illegal Immigrant
The
Victor Hanson
Oct 04 2012
Opinion
More than half of the undocumented immigrants are women and children.
Immigration affects women deeply, as more than half of the almost 12 million undocumented immigrants are women and children. In the U.S., immigrant women are among the most vulnerable to exploitation, abuse and human rights violations. They face particular challenges due to inequalities between men and women but also due to the additional responsibilities of family and home. In the workplace,
National Organization for Women
Jun 21 2019
News
As AOC Accuses US of Running Concentration Camps, a Fact Check from Auschwitz and a Holocaust Survivor
The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum is weighing in on a controversy caused by freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) who accused the US is running "concentration camps" on the southern border.
The museum joined the conversation tweeting: "The history of Auschwitz is far more complicated than this as it combined two functions: a concentration camp and from March 1942 an
CBN
Oct 23 2019
Opinion
The Nighttime Worries of Americans in 2019
Life is pretty good—right?
It’s the middle of the night, and your kids are asleep. Your spouse is sleeping beside you. You should be asleep, too, but you’re tossing and turning because you’re worried.
It started with something so silly; you read the other day that the Seattle school district is “planning to infuse all K–12 math classes with ethnic-studies questions that encourage
National Review
Aug 20 2019
News
Harris campaign faces crossroads
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) energized Democratic fundraisers over the weekend with her enthusiasm and prescription for defeating President Trump, according to donors who attended her events.
“I'm convinced she's the next president of the United States,” one longtime Democratic fundraiser told The Hill after attending a sold-out gathering at director Spike Lee’s home on Martha's
The Hill
Sep 24 2014
News
Obama Acknowledges Ferguson Was An International Embarrassment
Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday, President Barack Obama cited the racial strife in Ferguson, Missouri, as an example of where America has "failed to live up to our ideals."
Obama was giving a much-anticipated address on global leadership, where he laid out his justification for the United States targeting terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
"I realize that
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