The going rate for an American hostage these days is around $1.3 billion. That’s what the Biden administration functionally paid out for five Americans in a prisoner swap with the Islamic Republic of Iran this week. And with little overhead, it’s mostly profit for the […]

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Americans are living through the 1970s all over again. Race riots have returned with a vengeance, inner-city crime is once again the norm, runaway inflation has re-emerged as an economic antagonist, and embarrassing foreign policy failures have returned to humiliate a nation that exited another […]

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In its budget last month, the White House claimed that “the Administration is committed to protecting and strengthening Social Security.” But the recently released annual report from that program’s trustees portrays a different story. The report demonstrates how the slower economic growth and higher inflation […]

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I suppose it was a fool’s errand to expect anything remotely close to a true historical inquiry when I picked up David Corn’s “American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy.”   Not only should the subtitle have made this abundantly clear, […]

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The tide is turning against woke agendas in corporate America. Just recently, Vanguard’s CEO Tim Buckley announced that his investment firm — the largest or second-largest in the world, depending on how you measure it — will no longer be committed to so-called environmental, social, […]

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Earlier this week, The New York Times reported on the Ukrainian government’s recent shake-up to fight corruption. “The dismissals appeared to reflect Mr. Zelensky’s goal of reassuring Ukraine’s allies — which are sending billions of dollars in military aid — that his government would show […]

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Forty years ago, I wasn’t even born. Joe Biden still had his own hair. Scott Hahn was a Presbyterian. And I know this is hard to believe, but the Republican Party in Washington was focused on tax cuts, inflation, and fighting proxy wars against Russia. […]

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In recent days, the Biden administration has taken unprecedented steps as it grows evermore radical in the post-Roe era. The FBI, under Attorney General Merrick Garland, conducted a series of raids on the homes of peaceful pro-life activists, and the White House announced its support […]

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