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  • America Steps Back Into the Syrian Quagmire

    America Steps Back Into the Syrian Quagmire0

    It didn’t take long. Barely five weeks after assuming control, the new foreign policy team in Washington confirmed its interventionist credentials by bombing “Iran-backed militias” in Syria. The “defensive precision strike” on Feb. 26, according to the Pentagon statement, was supposed to send “an unambiguous message” that, acting to protect American and Coalition personnel, “we have acted in

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  • America Needs the ‘Rough-and-Ready Democracy of Boy Life’

    America Needs the ‘Rough-and-Ready Democracy of Boy Life’0

    I often file things that I read in my growing collection of 100-year-old magazines – in bound volumes, six months apiece, 1,000 large pages in small font – under the category, “Different World.” Such is an article from The Century Magazine, January 1900, called “Fellow-Feeling as a Political Factor.” Its author knew a lot about political warfare, having long fought the

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  • America Needs More of These Skilled Workers

    America Needs More of These Skilled Workers0

    • September 9, 2015

    Do you know the median hourly wage for an entry level welder? According to Salary.com, it’s $18 per hour, but judging by a recent article from NPR, that wage may be set to skyrocket due to an increasing welder shortage. “America needs more welders — and soon. Baby boomers with the skill are retiring and

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  • America Needs Elites … But Not the Kind That We Think

    America Needs Elites … But Not the Kind That We Think0

    “I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University,” William F. Buckley Jr. once quipped. It was likely a fair judgment when he said it, and if

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  • America Is Undergoing a Political Realignment

    America Is Undergoing a Political Realignment3

    When I was growing up, the left regularly criticized Big Pharma and its influence on American politics. As recently as 2015, progressive stalwart Elizabeth Warren had “Big Pharma in her sights.” The right, meanwhile, was slow to criticize pharmaceutical companies. That dynamic was even evident in lobbying, with about 55 percent of Big Pharma’s political

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  • America Is Sliding Toward Socialism – But Here’s How We Can Stop It

    America Is Sliding Toward Socialism – But Here’s How We Can Stop It0

    At a conference last June, a fellow attendee turned to me and began talking about Zohran Mamdani’s recent primary win in the New York City mayoral race. An economics enthusiast, this individual was aghast that a socialist like Mamdani would likely win such a prominent American political office. I, on the other hand, approached the

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