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Jonathan H. Adler at Reason: Since the Supreme Court term ended, there have been numerous articles on Justice Barrett, highlighting her independence and thoughtfulness, noting she is simultaneously quite conservative
From The American Prospect (TAP): In March, President Biden established a Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing, an interagency team designed to coordinate responses to the growing use of
From Wisdom of Crowds: On July 1, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case of Trump v. United States, declaring that the President of the United States enjoys total
Louis Bayard at The NY Times: In the opening sentence of her rage-swollen “Ask Not,” Maureen Callahan declares that her book “is not ideological or partisan.” It is, of course,
by Ljiljana Radenović at Psyche: On 28 August 1999, I landed in Toronto, Canada, from Belgrade and the war-torn Yugoslavia. I came for graduate studies in philosophy but was eager
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Damon Linker at Notes From the Middleground: The two-part conversation with Jonah Goldberg that I ran last week was conducted before the Biden-Trump debate on June 27. It was scheduled
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Chris Bing and Joel Schectman at Reuters: At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence
Continue readingPentagon Ran Secret Anti-vax Campaign to Undermine China During Pandemic
Emma Uber in The Washington Post: While the Fourth of July conjures up images of fireworks and parades, barbecues and bonfires, the United States has another Independence Day tradition: naturalizing
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The man next to me sings God Bless America even thoughhe knows the Statue of Liberty is unsafe to enter. He sings my home, sweet home, and I bless fireworks
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Scott Alexander at Astral Codex Ten: Some of the party’s problems are hard and have no shortcuts. But the big one – figuring out whether replacing Biden would even help
By Matthew Gault at Newsweek: No person is just one thing. I believe that strongly and, like other strongly held convictions, edge cases test me. So it is with Julian
The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump: It would be absurd to pretend that President Joe Biden had a good debate last night. I was there — he did
Continue readingMary L. Trump: Why I’m Still With President Biden