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Rich Lowry of National Review Online explains why Columbia protesters might see unanticipated consequences from their actions. “Let’s finish what they did in 1968,” a Columbia protester said the other…
Robert Spaulding writes for the Martin Center about the health of liberal-arts education at one Minnesota campus. Macalester College is a small (2,000-plus students), highly regarded, and very selective liberal…
Hubert Humphrey once said, “The ultimate moral test of any government is the way it treats three groups of its citizens. First, those in the dawn of life — our…
Victor Davis Hanson of National Review Online assesses popular progressive policy proposals. The old Democratic party championed the working classes, wanted secure borders to protect middle-class union wage earners, and…
Susan Crabtree of the Washington Examiner details a proposal to ditch U.S. Senate rules that block Republicans’ health care agenda. Conservative House Republicans are ratcheting up the pressure on House…
Those who are paying close attention to the day-to-day developments in presidential polling might want to peruse historian David Greenberg’s essay in the latest issue of The Atlantic. In November…
Ken Fisher of Forbes investigates the history of the stock market and presidential election outcomes. I’ve turned up a 155-year indicator that suggests Hillary Clinton will not be elected next…
George Leef’s latest column for Forbes seeks to identify the worst government agency in Washington, D.C. Government agencies always consume wealth that was produced by taxpayers, often far in excess…
If you’re no fan of Doris Kearns Goodwin and her skewed reading of American history, you’re likely to enjoy Algis Valiunas’ profile in the latest issue of Commentary, headlined “The…
During a recent appearance on Talk Radio 850 WPTF, your correspondent was asked to respond to a recent poll suggesting that Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie would face a tight…
More than just a top-notch scholar, James Q. Wilson played a critical role in advising presidents, as Tevi Troy reminds us in a piece for The American: Wilson actually served…
Don Carrington’s piece at Carolina Journal Online yesterday is a perfect example of how we dribble away billions of tax dollars in small amounts all over this country every day.…