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Education system can be fixed

Amid celebrations of our nation's 250th birthday, Gallup serves up a sobering portrait of general dissatisfaction with our nation's core institutions. "Confidence in U.S. institutions Remains Near All-Time Low," reports Gallup. Of 14 core institutions - banks, big business, labor, ...

Movement forgot what populism is

Tuesday's election wasn't a blue wave or even a blue tsunami: It was a blue apocalypse. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), who leads the one notable bright spot on the map, referred to the wipeout as "close to an extinction-level event" for the GOP. It was the worst midterm defeat for one ...

Why do they despise Musk?

Before Elon Musk's recent political reversal (he voted for both Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020), he was beloved by the Left as the first successful upstart challenger to the century-long dominance of the Big Three fossil-fuel automakers. Liberals once loved his revolutionary, ...

Parents fought for public tuition assistance

Colorado politicians promised the state's families universal pre-K programs but snatched the promise back from Catholic parents who want to choose a school that supports their religious beliefs. Parents fought them all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Recently, the justices heard ...

What has government done to freedoms?

Does the government work for us, or do we work for the government? We pay its taxes, obey its laws and regulations, finance its wars and submit to its surveillance. We are told that all of this is necessary for personal safety, collective prosperity and national security. Yet the ...

Former CEO’s AI solves wrong problems

I don't know if you've read The New York Times article about Marissa Mayer, the former CEO of Yahoo, who's now back with a woman-targeted AI assistant called "Dazzle," or heard about the ensuing brouhaha, so if not, let me summarize: The piece starts off with Mayer explaining the ...