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National Columnists

Keep artificial intelligence out of American classrooms

Norway is, by almost any metric, a profoundly successful nation. It's rich, democratic and relatively corruption-free. It's not a socialist country, but fans of a robust welfare state and high taxes see much to admire in the very progressive Norwegian model. It also benefits from having the ...

Triumph of economic freedom?

Prices rise. People blame capitalism. Politicians promise "solutions." President Donald Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates. My socialist mayor wants to freeze rents. Elizabeth Warren wants politicians to decide what prices are "excessive." So I was ...

Country poses new test for Western establishment

Could a Western nation ever be allowed to chart a genuinely independent course without getting side-eyed, nudged and eventually steamrolled by globalist central planners? We're about to watch this experiment unfold in real time. Enter Peter Magyar, the 45-year-old new Hungarian prime ...

Immigration amnesty by any other name

"Dignity" is just another word for "amnesty" in an ill-conceived law now being pushed by a Miami-area Republican congresswoman. Heading into the midterms, the last thing the GOP should be doing is alienating its core voters on immigration, but Rep. Maria Salazar's legislation does ...

Lawyers sue for higher prices

You aren't going to believe the latest lawsuit fad in America: suing companies as monopolistic for cutting prices to consumers. In legal mumbo jumbo, this is called "predatory pricing" — keeping prices lower than charged by competitors. The idea is to keep prices so low that rival ...

Could Nevada become red state within decade?

Nevada has fewer registered Democrats today than in 2016. That's one reason Nevada could be a red state within a decade. Nevada Republicans currently have a voter registration edge of more than 7,000 out of 2 million registered voters. That may not sound like much, but it's their ...