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Opinion

High standards must be taught, even imposed

National Columnists

Following the resignation of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron after he was caught on a Jumbotron at a Coldplay concert in Boston cuddling with Human Resources chief Kristin Cabot (who is not his wife), the company issued the following statement: “Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both ...

What will AI do for our appiness?

National Columnists

The West faces a series of serious economic challenges: a demographic collapse that undermines growth; a welfare state that sucks money from the future and dispenses it in the present; a regulatory structure that focuses more on redistributionism and top-down control than on innovation. But, we ...

Will anyone be held accountable for manufactured scandal?

National Columnists

Did former President Barack Obama play a role in the fabrication of the Russia collusion narrative? According to National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, the answer is unequivocally yes. More than that, Gabbard suggests the Obama administration orchestrated a “treasonous conspiracy” in ...

Warehouse of federal programs is shrinking

National Columnists

Over the last several decades, you could count on your fingers (and maybe a few toes) the number of government programs that have been canceled — no matter how obsolete, inefficient or wasteful they were, and despite the fact that, in some rare cases, their missions were accomplished. Even ...

People prosper when markets are free

National Columnists

Capitalism gets a lot of hate. I expect it from the left. They blame free markets for racism, “horrifying inequality” and even, according to Economist Joseph Stiglitz, “accelerating climate change.” People on the right generally defend capitalism, but today, a growing number agree ...

Administration pursues fixing education system

National Columnists

The Trump administration has been pursuing, on two fronts, the critical objective of fixing America’s broken education system. One, an executive order by President Donald Trump, issued shortly after he assumed office, is to dismantle the Department of Education. Outright closing of the ...