By John R. Lott Jr. for RealClearWire A favorite talking point from the Biden White House is that guns are the leading cause of death of children. The problem is that it is false. “The number one cause of death of the children in America is gun violence,” Vice President Kamala Harris claimed on June […]
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By John Tamny for RealClearPolitics Economic discussions would be far more worthwhile if those in the conversation got the basics. One of them is that governments don’t take in money, nor do they spend it. When governments charge us for our production (call it a tax), the money they take in is just a ticket […]
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By Heath Hansen & James Varney for RealClearInvestigations As blazing sunlight ebbs to a star-studded sky along the U.S.-Mexico border, members of the Arizona Border Recon group peer through field glasses at a trio of men on the southern side in camouflage fatigues and carrying pistols and AK-47s. The men, almost certainly members of Sinaloa […]
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By Andy Puzder for RealClearPolicy President Biden’s commitment to end fossil fuels has been ineffective in reducing the demand for oil – but very effective in both weakening the U.S. and empowering our primary global adversary, China. Assuming that a reduction in global carbon emissions is necessary to fight “climate change” (a disputed proposition), it […]
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By Frank Miele for RealClearWire Some U.S. senators have famously kept a pocket Constitution handy to use as a prop at political rallies; a few may have even read it. But at this point in American history it no longer matters whether they, or anyone else, can read the words of the Constitution because the […]
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By Peter Berkowitz for RealClearPolitics In the United States and Britain, ill-informed and poorly reasoned opinions about transgenderism, climate change, COVID-19, Islamic extremism, working-class political inclinations and voting patterns, race, sex, hate speech, and identity politics dominate progressive elites’ thinking and drive their policymaking. This alone would pose no special challenge to freedom and democracy. […]
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By John Tamny for RealClearPolitics In 2011 VC firm Benchmark Capital paid $12 million for a 20 percent stake in Uber. In 2023, Uber can claim debts in the $10 billion range. Hopefully readers can see the connection between the two anecdotes, but if not, please read on. Benchmark secured a fifth of Uber in […]
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By Philip Wegmann for RealClearWire Sources close to former President Trump say he has a plan for keeping Congress from ever again forcing him into “disgraceful” and “ridiculous” spending situations. If he returns to the White House, Trump will seek to resurrect authority that Congress stripped from the presidency almost a half century ago. What […]
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By Philip Wegmann for RealClearPolitics Twice indicted but still the undisputed frontrunner for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump told religious conservatives Saturday that his legal woes were bigger than a courtroom fight. The former president and evangelicals were instead engaged together in what he likened to a “righteous crusade” against “atheists, globalists, and the Marxists.” […]
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By Jake Bevan for RealClearWire When he took the stage Saturday evening in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump made sure the Faith and Freedom Coalition knew one thing. Amid an ever-expanding sea of alternatives, the 45th U.S. president remains one of a kind. “I’m probably the only person in the history of this country that’s been […]
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