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September 4th, 2024
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America and the West stand at a civilizational inflection point.
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September 3rd, 2024
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By: David French – nytimes.com – September 1, 2024 There are few higher and better callings than to forge a bond with a person and provide a place where they belong. What is the most important single thing that you can do to heal our national divides and to improve the social and economic mobility of your struggling neighbors? I’d...
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September 3rd, 2024
physician-assisted suicide
By: Nicholas Tomaino – wsj.com – September 2, 2024 Assisted suicide was sold as compassionate. In practice it has turned out to be monstrous. That principle became less clear with the advent of physician-assisted suicide. Krauthammer was writing about Vacco v. Quill, in which the Supreme Court would hold unanimously that the Constitution doesn’t create a right to that procedure....
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September 3rd, 2024
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By: Clare Ansberry – wsj.com – August 31, 2024 A falling U.S. birthrate means some lament missing a key chapter in life. For the cohort of people who expected they’d be grandparents by now, their kids’ decision to skip parenting has left them with some disappointment and no small measure of envy. “I get a little jealous,” admits Ann Brenoff,...
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August 29th, 2024
RFKennedy suspends his presidential campaign - Trump
After Robert F. Kennedy’s shocking defection to endorse Donald Trump for president, New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew says he understands the decision. Van Drew was a Democrat until 2020, when he switched to the GOP.
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August 28th, 2024
Pile of I voted by mail stickers
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 26, 2024 The 2024 election starts in North Carolina with mail ballots on Sept. 6. Note, too, the warning from the North Carolina State Board of Elections about how there are no take-backs. Here’s a question on its mail-voting FAQ page: “Can I vote the ballot and return it to the county...
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August 26th, 2024
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RFK signals there are more Democrats willing to defect to join a “unity party” under Trump where dissent and disagreement will be tolerated.
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August 22nd, 2024
Biden Speaks - half profile
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 20, 2024 There’s a reason voters don’t see Trump as a unique threat to democracy. But then why do polls show that voters are more or less equally split on which party most threatens democracy? Partisanship is one answer. But so is the fact that over the last eight years Democrats have...
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August 20th, 2024
Balloon and confetti drop at RNC
Former President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, a flawed female candidate, in 2016, in part because he fought for every battleground state.
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August 19th, 2024
Side by side of Trump and Harris - both speaking
By: Becket Adams – nationalreview.com – August 18, 2024 The rubric is ‘Heads Democrats win, tails Republicans lose,’ and we see it over and over. The general ineptitude of what passes for media “fact-checking” is no secret. We all see it, this pitiful charade. What feels especially disheartening about it right now is that it stands against the backdrop of a...
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