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The hidden cost of holiday gifts: How forced labor ends up on our shelves

The hidden cost of holiday gifts: How forced labor ends up on our shelves

While out holiday shopping in Washington, D.C., recently, we picked up a small toy for our nephew: a miniature Washington, D.C., city bus,...

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Samir Goswami

Let Georgia citizens keep what they earn

Let Georgia citizens keep what they earn

Across the state, I keep hearing the same thing from Georgians. Workers want to know that after a hard day or an extra shift, they get to keep what...

yesterday 4

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Samir Goswami

Trump’s rollback of CAFE is an affordability bullseye

Trump’s rollback of CAFE is an affordability bullseye

The Trump administration‘s revolution of common sense took another sensible turn this week with the announcement of its plan to roll back federal...

yesterday 4

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Samir Goswami

Donor privacy must be defended against government overreach

Donor privacy must be defended against government overreach

The Supreme Court‘s oral arguments in  First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin  have thrust donor privacy into the national spotlight....

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Samir Goswami

Adam Schiff: If only we’d prosecuted Trump earlier

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Ron York

Trump must extend defense of religious freedom beyond Nigeria

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Timothy P. Carney

Connie Chung bares fangs at husband over Bari Weiss CBS changes

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Timothy P. Carney

Europe escalates its war on free speech

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Timothy P. Carney

Hungary’s little baby bust

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Timothy P. Carney

Modern romance could use a little Jane Austen

Modern romance could use a little Jane Austen

This month marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, and across the country and the world, Austen fans are promenading forth to mark the...

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Faith Moore

The case for a conservative reformation

The case for a conservative reformation

Something has gone terribly wrong inside the conservative movement. We read it online, we hear it in conversations with young conservatives, and we...

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Faith Moore

The climate catastrophizer model meltdown

The climate catastrophizer model meltdown

On the heels of major Democratic Party donor Bill Gates reversing course by admitting that climate change will not “decimate civilization,” the...

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Washington Examiner

Democrats are choosing cartels over Americans

Democrats are choosing cartels over Americans

I recently came across an amusing meme: President Donald Trump, dressed as a magician, lifts his wand and declares, “For my next trick, I’ll make...

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Elizabeth Stauffer

The Democrats double tap hoax exposed

The Democrats double tap hoax exposed

It is not a coincidence that the six congressional Democrats released a video urging active military members to “refuse illegal orders” just days...

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Elizabeth Stauffer

The college degree was a signal. Now it’s just noise

The college degree was a signal. Now it’s just noise

As college students across the country prepare for their final exams, many assume they’re entering a job market eager to receive them. But the...

05.12.2025 10

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Hugo Gurdon

Reading self-help as the science fiction it is

Reading self-help as the science fiction it is

In Dealing with Feeling, the latest work of speculative fiction by Marc Brackett, the fantasy is simple: What if, at long last, we could tame the...

05.12.2025 10

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Emmett Rensin

Biden’s EV boondoggles

Biden’s EV boondoggles

Former President Joe Biden‘s time in office may be long forgotten by voters (and perhaps by Biden himself), but the nation is still feeling the...

05.12.2025 10

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Zachary Faria

Will Trump’s revenge campaign backfire?

Will Trump’s revenge campaign backfire?

WILL TRUMP’S REVENGE CAMPAIGN BACKFIRE? A grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, has refused to reindict New York Attorney General Letitia James on...

05.12.2025 10

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Salena Zito

Tools for radicals: Why younger generations have turned against free markets and American traditions

Tools for radicals: Why younger generations have turned against free markets and American traditions

In January 2020, a few weeks before the entire world experienced one of the greatest social and economic disruptions in memory in the form of the...

05.12.2025 1

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Jeremiah Poff

Christmas trees and the National Italian American Foundation’s devotion to heritage

Christmas trees and the National Italian American Foundation’s devotion to heritage

Buon Natale!  Some people may know that’s the Italian phrase for “Merry Christmas.” Others may think it’s a Nat King Cole song from 1959. On...

05.12.2025 2

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Christopher Tremoglie

Praise Jesus, be fond of Jews

Praise Jesus, be fond of Jews

Churchgoing Christians are basically a hate group in the eyes of our liberal elites. Religion, Richard Dawkins wrote 25 years ago, is “a ready-made...

05.12.2025 3

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Timothy P. Carney

Communism’s wealthy backers: Champagne socialist wishes and caviar radical dreams

Communism’s wealthy backers: Champagne socialist wishes and caviar radical dreams

“There are some ideas so absurd,” George Orwell is alleged to have said, “that only an intellectual could believe them.” Intellectuals, the British...

05.12.2025 2

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Sean Durns

America needs a drink

America needs a drink

Americans, we are told, have never been lonelier. We have fewer friends. We spend more time at home and less time out of the house, socializing...

05.12.2025 7

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Hugo Gurdon

Dell teaches an anti-socialist lesson

Dell teaches an anti-socialist lesson

Countries that were once imprisoned by Soviet tyranny — think Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, not to mention Ukraine — tend to be more...

05.12.2025 1

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Hugo Gurdon

Why are Copper prices soaring?

Why are Copper prices soaring?

Along with gold and silver, the price of copper is soaring. But unlike the two precious metals, copper prices are rising for economic reasons, not...

05.12.2025 1

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Hugo Gurdon

Not all immigrants are equal

Not all immigrants are equal

Minnesota may be the single largest source of funds for the Somali terrorist organization al Shabaab. An investigation by Ryan Thorpe and...

05.12.2025 2

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Dan Hannan

The fight to keep politics out of medicine

The fight to keep politics out of medicine

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb’s Doing Great Harm? isn’t another anti-woke broadside. It’s something rarer: a first-hand dispatch from a man who spent half a...

05.12.2025 2

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Bethany Mandel

Christmas Books: Editor’s note

Christmas Books: Editor’s note

Holidays are nothing but traditions, and traditions should not be broken or changed lightly. Since before this magazine took its current form and...

05.12.2025 1

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Nicholas Clairmont

On Christmas reading

On Christmas reading

Every time I resolve to read through a lengthy work of literature, I am reminded of the funniest scene in Temporary Kings, the penultimate book of...

05.12.2025 3

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Nic Rowan

Why the Georgian government is so angry with my article

Why the Georgian government is so angry with my article

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze reacted with anger to my latest article in the Washington Examiner this week. That article considered the...

05.12.2025 10

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Zachary Faria

How non-governmental organizations perpetuate the conflict in Gaza

How non-governmental organizations perpetuate the conflict in Gaza

Gaza-focused nonprofit organizations and the United Nations are infested with terrorist collaborators and sympathizers, perpetuating the conflict...

05.12.2025 6

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Zachary Faria

Girls’ wrestling now the fastest growing sport in the country, and it starts young

EXPORT, Pennsylvania — When Ben Fallon was growing up in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, all he ever wanted to do was play football. Fallon was...

05.12.2025 2

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Salena Zito

The popularity of ‘buy now, pay later’ is a product of consumer profligacy, not poverty

The popularity of ‘buy now, pay later’ is a product of consumer profligacy, not poverty

If the economy is truly as abysmal as the pundit class claims it is, consumers evidently have not yet gotten the memo. Half of all holiday shoppers...

05.12.2025 3

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Salena Zito

Trump revives California’s water wars between farms and fish

Trump revives California’s water wars between farms and fish

President Donald Trump is reviving California‘s water wars, which serves as a reminder that California Democrats would rather prioritize the needs...

05.12.2025 1

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Zachary Faria

Trump new weakness on China

Trump new weakness on China

President Donald Trump’s foremost accomplishment during his first term was breaking the decadeslong bipartisan consensus that Beijing’s threats...

05.12.2025 1

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Hugo Gurdon

The Epstein impasse: It’s less about new revelations than old arguments about Trump

The Epstein impasse: It’s less about new revelations than old arguments about Trump

Meet the new fight, same as the old fight.  When the Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee released a few emails from Jeffrey...

05.12.2025 1

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Isaac Schorr

The printed Disney

The printed Disney

The Walt Disney Company has released some of the world’s finest animated short films and movies for over a century, including Oswald the Lucky...

05.12.2025 1

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Michael Taube

Closing the door on immigration? Not yet

Closing the door on immigration? Not yet

Can the United States come up with an immigration policy that will prove sustainable? Two writers whom I respect and take delight in reading,...

04.12.2025 20

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Michael Barone