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  • This Reason for the Veto is Practically Unheard of these Days

    This Reason for the Veto is Practically Unheard of these Days0

    On this day in 1792, George Washington issued the first presidential veto in American history. It was short and sweet, consisting of three paragraphs and listing his objections based on constitutional grounds. James Madison was the next president to use the veto pen. Like Washington’s, many of Madison’s vetoes were to the point and expressed

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  • This Priest Didn’t Back Down from the Nazis or the Communists

    This Priest Didn’t Back Down from the Nazis or the Communists0

    “There are times in our society when we have to act in faith on behalf of the greater good. And, unfortunately, this is one of them.” These lines come from a recent episode of ABC’s dramatic series called Designated Survivor (starring Kiefer Sutherland). They could easily have been spoken by the hero I choose to

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  • This Overlooked Statistic May Explain America’s Education Problems

    This Overlooked Statistic May Explain America’s Education Problems0

    It’s often said that America’s education system hasn’t changed much in the last 100 years. Supposedly it’s stuck in the industrial age and needs to be revamped to keep with the times. But while that may be true, it’s not the case that the education system has avoided all changes. It has changed… and perhaps

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  • This New York Man Got Arrested After Defending His Own Home

    This New York Man Got Arrested After Defending His Own Home0

    All too often, advocates of strict gun control promise that more complex and convoluted laws will save lives without imposing a serious burden on the right of law-abiding citizens to exercise their constitutional rights. Their argument simply doesn’t hold up. Their gun control laws fail not only to address how actual criminals get their firearms,

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  • This New Book Reveals How to Escape Our Demographic Doomsday

    This New Book Reveals How to Escape Our Demographic Doomsday2

    Anyone who keeps up with demographics knows that birth rates in many countries around the world have now fallen below replacement levels. To maintain a population requires a minimum of 2.1 babies being born per female. But the birth rate in the European Union is today 1.53, in Japan 1.26, and in South Korea only

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  • This National School Choice Week, Let’s Celebrate Return to Founding Principles

    This National School Choice Week, Let’s Celebrate Return to Founding Principles0

    The school choice policies sweeping the nation may be among the most innovative—and promising—enacted in recent memory. Yet they also embody a return to principles first enshrined in American law nearly 400 years ago. In 1642, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony crafted the nation’s first education law, its objective was clear: Parents must educate their children. Echoing Moses’ exhortation to

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