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^{Scott S. Powell
April 28, 2022
Economics}

Mounting U.S. Debt and Misguided Foreign Policy Risk a Dollar Doomsday

_{Scott S. Powell
April 28, 2022
Economics}

The U.S. dollar is getting perilously close to losing its status as the world’s reserve currency, and there is less room than ever for error on the international stage. Read More ›

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^{Wesley J. Smith
April 23, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Biden Administration’s Plan to Destroy Medical Conscience is Un-American

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 23, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

If news reports are right, the Biden administration intends to force doctors and nurses to participate in abortions—even when it violates their religious beliefs. It plans to force Catholic hospitals to violate Church teachings by requiring them to provide sterilization and gender transition procedures, even on children. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

Biden Administration’s ‘Free Crack Pipe’ Scheme Hurts the Homeless and Harms Society

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2022
Human Exceptionalism}

President Joe Biden should change his name to “President Woke.” In the newest example of his administration’s hard-left governing philosophy, they planned to offer nonprofit organizations federal grants to give drug paraphernalia to addicts, an idea that goes under the name of “harm reduction.” Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
November 28, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Reporters, Question Yourselves

_{Debra J. Saunders
November 28, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

If you have any doubt about whether the White House press corps has a different standard for President Joe Biden than for former President Donald Trump, consider the press briefings that followed their first physicals as president at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Biden's physical occurred Friday. Read More ›

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^{Debra J. Saunders
October 31, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Biden Border Policy: Criminals Welcome

_{Debra J. Saunders
October 31, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Immigration advocacy had moved from shielding otherwise law-abiding undocumented immigrants to protecting undocumented immigrants with criminal records. It’s happening again under Biden. That’s not policy; it’s recklessness. Read More ›

P20210121AS-0485: President Joe Biden walks along the Colonnade Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, to the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

^{Debra J. Saunders
October 17, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Biden’s Epic Fail at Unity

_{Debra J. Saunders
October 17, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

As a candidate, now-President Joe Biden said that if elected, he would bring the country together, heal partisan divisions and get things done. How’s that working out? Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
September 12, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

DC’s Insatiable Urge to Splurge

_{Debra J. Saunders
September 12, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Asked Wednesday when Congress will raise the debt ceiling by mid-October, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded that the House will do what needs to be done “because it’s the responsible thing to do.” What exactly? “We’re paying the Trump credit card,” she said. As long as both parties think they can keep spending money on credit and blame it all on the other side, red ink will flow. Read More ›

^{Debra J. Saunders
September 5, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Comforter-in-Chief? Not Really

_{Debra J. Saunders
September 5, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

This time, mourning parents aren’t blaming a president for sending their children to war to die. They’re angry that he ordered a botched withdrawal in which their children were killed — and he thought it was about his grief. He doesn’t know what to say to them, and I don’t know what to say about him, other than: He doesn’t seem to be in command. Read More ›

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^{Wesley J. Smith
August 31, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

Questioning Vaccine Mandates

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 31, 2021
Human Exceptionalism}

If a free society is to remain worthy of the name, persuasion—not coercion—must be the watchword. Because if COVID becomes the excuse for government and Big Business to exert such extreme control, even greater intrusions on civil liberties will surely follow. Once power is grabbed, the grabbers rarely let go. Read More ›

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^{Debra J. Saunders
August 22, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

Who Wants Higher Tuition?

_{Debra J. Saunders
August 22, 2021
Citizen Leadership}

President Joe Biden and Democrats want to lower the cost of higher education by increasing Pell Grants and forgiving student debt. Biden wants to forgive $10,000 per student. Progressives want to up the ante to $50,000 per individual. Here’s a novel idea: Maybe the better way to cut the cost of college is to cut the cost of college. Read More ›