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The good news is that both political conventions are now behind us. The bad news is that the election is ahead of us.No one knows how this…

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Black votes matter. If Republicans could get 20 percent of black votes, the Democrats would be ruined. This is highly unlikely, given the approach…

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If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly…

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Even in this age of runaway emotions, there are still some people who want to know the facts. Nowhere are facts more important, or more lacking,…

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There was never a more appropriately named book than “The War on Cops” by Heather Mac Donald, published a few weeks ago, on the eve of the…

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There was a time when the Fourth of July meant something more than a three-day weekend. Speeches, writings and commemorative ceremonies reminded…

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Last week the Supreme Court of the United States voted that President Obama exceeded his authority when he granted exemptions from the immigration…

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Surely murder is a serious subject, which ought to be examined seriously. Instead, it is almost always examined politically in the context of gun…

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However great the shock of the massacre in Orlando, it is only a matter of time before we start hearing again the fact-free dogma that “diversity…

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Too many social problems are conceived of in terms of what “we” can do for “them.” After decades of massive expansions of the welfare state, the…

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