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The Administrative State Can Put a Bug in Your Phone

In the age of cellphones and the internet, consumers often face a simple choice: convenience or privacy? Do we let Big Tech have access to our private communications and free email accounts because it's so easy? Once you've said yes — and who among us has not? — it's not a stretch to think that Big Data already has almost all your information, so why get picky at the next juncture? Read More ›
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Pilgrim Fathers arrive in America.. Date: December 1620
Pilgrim Fathers arrive in America.. Date: December 1620

Faith, Gratitude, And Perseverance: Americans Have Much To Learn From The Pilgrim Story

With our country passing through troubled times, it is worth revisiting the Pilgrims’ five significant achievements, which created the seminal story of America, and reveal remarkable insight into who we are and the qualities of character we need to overcome our present challenges. Read More ›
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Flags of the United States and China on flagpoles on sides. Six flags on a blue background. America. USA. Washington. Beijing, Hong Kong. 3D illustration.
Flags of the United States and China on flagpoles on sides. Six flags on a blue background. America. USA. Washington. Beijing, Hong Kong. 3D illustration.

Elite Capture, What It Is and How It Threatens America’s Future

One explanation for why America is in such rapid decline with the woke normalization of censorship, cancel culture, division, unequal justice, and depravity is found in the theory of “elite capture.” Read More ›
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Barcelona. Monument to Christopher Columbus.
Barcelona. Monument to Christopher Columbus.

Why the Woke Perspective on Columbus Day Is Wrong

Seen from the big picture, Columbus Day is worth keeping and honoring because it opened the possibility of founding a new nation unencumbered by past corruption and for the simple reason that it celebrates beliefs and qualities of character that would be foundational to America. Read More ›
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To See How Marxists Plan To Destroy America, Look At Their War On Virginia’s History

The United States is under a cultural and ideological attack that threatens its continuity and survival more than at any previous time in the 239-year history of the nation. And since the leaders of this attack think strategically, it should come as no surprise that Virginia would be in the crosshairs of a new kind of battle to transform America. Read More ›
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United States Constitution with quill, glasses and candle holder
United States Constitution with quill, glasses and candle holder

Constitution Day: Liberty Once Lost May be Lost Forever

Constitution Day, which falls on September 17, is the national observance holiday that most Americans have never heard of. Yet this year, 2022, it may well be our most important holiday to understand, for almost all our most pressing national problems today are a result of corruption and departure from governance and law enforcement consistent with the Constitution. Read More ›
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Scott Powell on Securing America with Frank Gaffney

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Scott Powell joined Frank Gaffney’s TV program Securing America with Frank Gaffney to go over a wide array of topics. The two of them discussed some of the inflammatory rhetoric from President Biden’s “Soul of the Nation” speech, the limits of globalism, whether the United States is really a “Democracy,” and much more. Watch Part 1 Read More ›