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The U.S. Needs a National COVID-19 Strategy Now

Pictured: The Statue of Liberty wearing a mask. Photo courtesy of: Getty Images The COVID-19 response in the United States has been nothing short of embarrassing. From the start, President…

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Biden’s Wavering Belief in Senate Exceptionalism

Joe Biden laments how the Senate has changed since he was first elected to the chamber in 1972. Courtesy of Joe Biden for President. The first presidential debate between President…

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Big Oil’s New Legislative Priorities

Business Roundtable approves carbon pricing. PHOTO: J. DAVID AKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo courtesy of WSJ. I don’t often put much faith into business as the driver of society’s moral conscience. I…

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Disney’s Endorsement of Muslim Internment

 Poster for 2020’s Mulan (via IndieWire) In late 2018, China began to experience rising criticism from the international community for its internment of certain Muslim minorities in the region of…

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Progressives: The True Losers of the Biden-Trump Debate

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden at the first presidential debate for the 2020 election in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo Courtesy of ABC News. Tuesday’s reality TV nightmare…

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