
New Hampshire legislators have introduced an election bill that would be completely unacceptable under normal circumstances. But these are not normal times. Constitutional institutions, especially the Electoral College, are under attack. Extraordinary action may be needed. Thus, some New Hampshire legislators have proposed to withhold popular vote totals at the conclusion of a presidential election. The numbers
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As the 2020 election approaches in the United States, President Donald Trump is adding school prayer to the list of contentious issues up for debate. At a rally in early January he announced plans to “safeguard students’ and teachers’ First Amendment rights to pray in our schools.” On the schedule of the White House later
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Despite Venezuela’s track record of seizing the means of production of a multitude of industries?, there are still those who have trouble calling Venezuela a socialist state. The denials are getting more creative. The most recent comes in Jack Ryan, Amazon Prime’s hit show starring John Krasinski as the protagonist from Tom Clancy’s best-selling books.
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Here I am visiting with my son, his wife, and their children in Asheville, North Carolina. This morning I was outside enjoying the dawn and the crowing of the roosters when I looked with new eyes at the yellow recycling bins at the edge of their driveway. Soon I was rooting through that bin, pulling
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Want to know some surprising facts about transgenderism? Physician Michael Laidlaw has some to offer in a recent article for Public Discourse: More than 60 gender clinics have opened in the U.S. since 2007. The transgender student population is growing. Surveys show “as many as 3 percent of school kids now identify as transgender.” One
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In an era of bitter partisanship, political infighting and ostracization of those with unpopular views, Americans actually agree on one thing: 85 percent say political discourse has gotten worse over the last several years, according to Pew Research. The polarization plays out everywhere in society, from private holiday gatherings to very public conversations on social media,
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