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^{Debra J. Saunders
May 20, 2022
Government Policy}

California’s Epic Homeless Nightmare

_{Debra J. Saunders
May 20, 2022
Government Policy}

What's the matter with California? "It's suffering from San Fransickness," which is "pathological altruism," answers Michael Shellenberger, author of the book "San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities." Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
April 30, 2022
Education}

Student Loans: Payment Optional

_{Debra J. Saunders
April 30, 2022
Education}

No one forced students to borrow thousands of dollars for pricey college tuition. So why should taxpayers pick up the tab for Americans who likely will make more money than non-college graduates? Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
April 20, 2022
Law & The Courts}

The Masks are Off

_{Debra J. Saunders
April 20, 2022
Law & The Courts}

The federal mask mandate on planes, trains and public transportation never was about "the science." It was about politics. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
March 30, 2022
American Media}

CNN Plus or Minus

_{Debra J. Saunders
March 30, 2022
American Media}

As Forbes reported, in February CNN's viewership had declined by 54% from 2021. Fox News had an average audience of 2.634 million in February. MSNBC came in second with 1.194 million average viewers. CNN had 774,000 average viewers in February. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
March 23, 2022
American Politics}

McConnell Is a Rock Star; Brooks Is a Groupie

_{Debra J. Saunders
March 23, 2022
American Politics}

As he seeks to fill an opening U.S. Senate seat, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., boasted he wanted "to fire Mitch McConnell," the Senate minority leader whom Brooks called a "weak-kneed debt-junkie open-border RINO Republican" in a recent campaign ad. Read More ›

Portland, Oregon. USA 02.26.2022. People protest against the war in Ukraine. Russia's aggression towards Ukraine. Support for Ukrainians in the USA. Worldwide protection of Ukraine. Support for the people of Ukraine. News and media headlines

^{Debra J. Saunders
March 17, 2022
Foreign Policy}

Surrogate Babies of Ukraine Treated Like a Commodity

_{Debra J. Saunders
March 17, 2022
Foreign Policy}

The video on the website for BioTexCom, aka the Center for Human Reproduction, features Ukrainian men driving babies born to surrogate mothers to bomb shelters where smiling caregivers cradle the precious cargo and keep the infants safe from Russian firepower. The company wants prospective parents to know that it is doing its utmost to shield these infants amid a war. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
March 9, 2022
American Politics}

The People’s House — Without the People

_{Debra J. Saunders
March 9, 2022
American Politics}

It's been close to two years since Congress closed its doors to the public to slow the spread of COVID-19. While states and local governments are discarding their COVID-19 rules and shutdowns, the U.S. Capitol remains off-limits to the general public. Read More ›

A classroom of a daycare center without children and teacher

^{Debra J. Saunders
February 23, 2022
Education}

Don’t Go to the Head of the Class

_{Debra J. Saunders
February 23, 2022
Education}

If there's one group the education establishment wants to stop, it is parents, many of them Asians, who push their students to excel. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
February 16, 2022
American Media}

It’s Simple. Fake News Snookered Big Media

_{Debra J. Saunders
February 16, 2022
American Media}

"Court Filing Started a Furor in Right-Wing Outlets, but Their Narrative Is Off Track," read The New York Times headline for a story about special counsel John Durham's investigation into the FBI's ill-starred Crossfire Hurricane probe into the 2016 election. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
February 12, 2022
Foreign Policy}

Can Britain’s Trump Survive?

_{Debra J. Saunders
February 12, 2022
Foreign Policy}

The parallels between American and British politics make many Brits nervous — especially when it comes to brash Prime Minister Boris Johnson and boastful former President Donald Trump. Read More ›