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States that deny rights to women are demanding that free states do their bidding—with the help of courts.

A hopeful story about the survival of independent local newspapers

In their justified concern for inequalities of power, the woke often simply focus on power struggles rather than thinking about justice, which sometimes gets left by the wayside. If all you see in history is attempted progress that failed, you’ll find it hard to struggle towards progress in the future.

These efforts will backfire on the right—but produce a lot of suffering along the way.

In the absence of more attention to the supply chain, the U.S. is becoming even more reliant on Beijing—and ‘friendshoring’ often increases that dependence.

Biden’s industrial policies represent a stunning ideological reversal. The harder part will be making them work

The U.S. has only days to act before Netanyahu destroys the Israeli High Court.

It’s a long shot, but not out of the question.

Raphael Warnock’s impressive win in Georgia not only gives the Democrats crucial control of committees in the next session of Congress. 51-49 is far more powerful than 50-50—and provides some insurance for 2024.

A visit to a hospital in Europe is an eye-opener to the many ways monopolized U.S. hospitals pad their profits with unnecessary costs.