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North Carolina Republicans are anxious for more money to beat Roy Cooper

North Carolina Republicans have a message for Washington: The cavalry needs to come. Their Senate nominee, former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley, is...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—July 12

2009—In an interview in the New York Times Magazine, Justice Ginsburg offers this, er, interesting comment why she was “surprised” by the Court’s 1980 decision in Harris...

The Genius of the U.S. Constitution

The Founders knew that freedom is the foundation for dignity and prosperity.

Sustaining an American National Identity Requires Civic Education

A shared civic tradition unites Americans in a way nothing else can.

Let’s Treat Criminals Like (Dare I Say It?) Criminals

Why should miscreants’ feelings matter more than the right to not be punctured?

When the U.S. Advocates for Political Prisoners Around the World, Freedom Wins

Pastor Ezra Jin’s story shows that American power can still be leveraged to advance human freedom.

Why America still invents the future

This nation owes much of its greatness to immigrants, yet at the very moment it commemorates its 250th anniversary, fierce political rhetoric risks closing the door to highly skilled global talent. America’s constitutional system has long rewarded enterprise, protected property, and encouraged risk-taking, but this machine of innovation also depends on the intellectual energy of […]

America bets anti-China AI strategy on government that funded 421 fake infrastructure projects

I grew up in a country where “ghost projects” is a phrase everyone understands without explanation. In 2025, government auditors confirmed 421 of them among roughly 8,000 flood-control contracts inspected — infrastructure that existed only on paper while public money vanished into it. I’ve watched this pattern my whole life as a student journalist covering […]

Your political tribe is killing America: Why conviction without humility is suicide

Whether conservative, liberal, or independent, most Americans want broadly similar things: lives that are happy, healthy, prosperous, and meaningful for those they love. We also want what we believe is best for our country. With over 340 million citizens in the United States, there are likely more opinions than citizens about how best to govern […]

Roberts’s risks: Justices aren’t policymakers or historians

The recently concluded Supreme Court term was a blockbuster and, on balance, a victory for conservatives. While the Trump administration lost its birthright citizenship case, the Right scored victories on transgender athletes, gun rights, and campaign finance. Yet a pair of cases illustrates the massive power of the contemporary court, and calls into question its […]

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