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                            January 21, 2026Police Theft By John Stossel
   Did you know that in most of America, police can take your property, even if you did nothing wrong?

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                            January 20, 2026From Rock to Tech, Talent Flees Taxes By Daniel McCarthy
        California Democrats should listen to The Rolling Stones.

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                            January 20, 2026This Is No Way to Gimme Shelter By Stephen Moore
        Americans today are justifiably angry about the price of rents and mortgages. Home prices have roughly tripled over the last 25 years, and the median home price is now $415,000.

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                            January 16, 2026What's the Matter With Minnesota? By Michael Barone
   Minnesota? Somalis? Nine billion dollars in alleged welfare fraud?

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                            January 14, 2026The Warmth of Collectivism By John Stossel
        "Replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism!" says my new socialist mayor.

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                            January 13, 2026Stop Pretending That Colleges Are Nonprofit Institutions By Stephen Moore
   Here's a recent story from the Chicago Tribune that jumped off the page when I read it. Northwestern University is finishing up the construction of a new $800 million football stadium. This is supposedly a nonprofit "educational" entity.
January 8, 2026Low Gas Prices Don’t Seem to be Moving the Needle for Trump—and He’s No Exception Historically By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The price of a gallon of gasoline in President Trump’s first year in office has been relatively low, with gas recently dipping under $3 a gallon on average for the first time in half a decade, when the pandemic was having a major effect on the economy and society at large.
— That said, Trump’s overall approval rating remains underwater, and it is weaker now than it was a few months ago. Trump’s approval numbers on the economy and inflation—the latter of which would seem to be most connected to the price of gasoline—are weaker than his overall approval.
— There is some connection, historically, between gas prices and presidential approval, but that connection has been weaker lately.

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                            January 7, 2026Hollywood vs. Individualism By John Stossel
        Many popular movies make a constructive point: If you work hard enough and push through tough times, you can achieve your dreams.

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                            January 6, 2026Why Hasn't Trump Repealed Biden's $50 Billion Backdoor Business Tax Increase? By Stephen Moore
   The Trump administration took a well-deserved victory lap last week for repealing more than 100 Biden-era rules for every new regulation. This will save U.S. businesses potentially hundreds of billions of dollars of unnecessary costs. Gone are discriminatory racial preferences, Green New Deal mandates and electric vehicle mandates -- to name a few.

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                            January 6, 2026Tim Walz Personifies Democrats' Decline By Daniel McCarthy
   Tim Walz is going away, but the Democratic Party's Tim Walz crisis isn't.

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                            January 2, 2026On Immigration and Citizenship, Listen to George Washington By Michael Barone
        As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar -- and possibly billion-dollar -- fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota's Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one year's end and the next one's beginning to take a longer look at America's experience with immigration, and to seek the guidance of the first and one of its two greatest presidents.

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                            December 31, 2025Doomed? By John Stossel
   While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, "We're a nation in decline."

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                            December 30, 2025Why Christmas Is America’s Favorite Holiday Again By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
A recent Rasmussen Reports national survey shows that Christmas has once again regained its status as America’s most important holiday, with 55% of American adults saying it’s among the nation’s top celebrations and another 30% placing it “somewhere in between.” 

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                            December 30, 2025The Economists Got 2025 All Wrong By Stephen Moore
   Well, Donald Trump has done it again!

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                            December 30, 2025Harvard Says Yes to Discrimination, No to Western Civ By Daniel McCarthy
   At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history.

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                            December 24, 2025Socialism vs. Capitalism By John Stossel
   People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, "College students prefer socialism to capitalism."

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                            December 23, 2025It's a Wonderful President By Stephen Moore
   I've been shocked that Americans are in such a grumpy mood as reflected in all the public opinion polls.

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                            December 23, 2025JD Vance Gets America's Creed and Heritage Right  By Daniel McCarthy
   With America's 250th birthday as an independent nation coming up in 2026, the big debate on the right this season about what it means to be an American couldn't be more timely.

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                            December 19, 2025We Have Reached the Emily Litella Moment on Climate Change By Michael Barone
   It's been a cold winter so far in the Midwest and much of the Northeast, early-in-the-season snow even in Washington, D.C., and temperatures falling to freezing and below in much of the South. Come to think of it, North America's 2024-25 winter was pretty cold too. It's gotten to the point that "polar vortex" is a phrase on just about everyone's lips.
December 18, 2025Examining Democrats’ 2025 Victories in Pennsylvania and What They Could Mean for the Future By Nick Field
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In Pennsylvania, Democrats swept this year’s state Supreme Court retention contests, which could be interpreted as a victory for Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) as he looks ahead to 2026, and perhaps beyond.
— In swing counties like Erie and Northampton, Democratic county executive nominees outperformed Kamala Harris’s 2024 showing, including with Hispanic voters.
— Republicans did continue to narrow Democrats’ statewide voter registration advantage throughout 2025, although Democrats did end the year on a better note.