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A glance across the globe reveals that censorship is often the tool of choice for governments facing problems.

A triumvirate of government, corporate, and academic institutions are involved in efforts to control free speech by cutting off the funding for its exercise. NRA v. Vullo deals with efforts by government agencies to target the advertisers of conservative websites to kill funding for opposing views.  

By: Dan McLaughlin – nationalreview.com – January 2, 2023 Joe Biden’s approval ratings on the economy have been dreadful for quite some time now and show no sign of improving. Last month, the Wall Street Journal found that “only 23% of voters say Biden’s policies have helped them personally, while 53% say they have been hurt by the president’s agenda. By contrast, about half of voters…

One often-unsung stanza from Charles Wesley’s hymn “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” is this one: Come, Desire of nations, come! Fix in us Thy humble home: Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring seed, Bruise in us the serpent’s head; Adam’s likeness now efface, Stamp Thine image in its place: Final Adam from above, Reinstate us in Thy love.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – January 1, 2024 After reports that some service members participated in the Jan. 6 riot, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an independent study to get “greater fidelity” on extremism in the ranks. The think tank tasked with the report, the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), “found no evidence that the number of violent…

By: Abigail Anthony – nationalreview.com – January 2, 2024 Harvard president Claudine Gay announced her resignation on Tuesday, culminating weeks of mounting pressure that began after Gay’s widely criticized appearance before Congress and escalated due to high-profile reports of plagiarism in the embattled academic’s published work. Gay served as the Harvard president for six months and two days, and her…

If it’s New Year’s, it must be time for resolutions and predictions

By: Caroline Downey – nationalreview.com – January 1, 2024 Since former University of Pennsylvania male swimmer Lia Thomas stole a title and trophy from then-University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines at the 2022 NCAA Women’s Championships, the fairness-in-women’s-sports issue has roiled American politics. It’s been two years of lobbying by advocacy groups and activists such as Gaines to protect women’s…

FNC’s Laura Ingraham commented Thursday that the decision by Maine’s secretary of state to boot Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot is “almost not worth talking about it’s so stupid.””So who is the autocrat now? Where is the autocratic behavior coming from? I would submit it’s coming from the left,” she said.

The Democrat says that if federal cash does not arrive to support the costs of illegal immigrants, his city’s residents will suffer.

Maine found Donald Trump ineligible to hold office because of his actions after the 2020 election. California said his name would remain on the ballot there.