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Far Right's Shocking Victory Is a Warning for Germany
The Alternative for Germany just shattered the political firewall meant to keep the party out. Now the country's establishment is scrambling to stop the rise of the far right.
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The Sickness and Silliness of Modern 'Socialism'
The privileged, pampered left now rails against a non-existent 'genocide' of fat people and celebrates ill health.
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Can U.S. Avoid Financial Crises? Clock Is Ticking
As U.S. kicks the fiscal can down the road and debt soars by trillions, can it finally cut spending?
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Left Can Win in Small Cities. David Morales Shows How
David Morales's campaign for mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, is providing a model for how a progressive candidate can oust an incumbent.
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Are Midterm Results Already Baked in the Cake?
There is the always vexing question of which voters will actually bother to show up. The Republican convention is designed to move the needle on that. Maybe it will succeed.
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A 9/11 Story Some Want Us To Forget
‘The Path to 9/11' suggested some inconvenient truths 20 years ago. It's been memory-holed ever since.
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AI Race Is Gambling With Our Lives. This Is Not a Marketing Stunt
I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling w…
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Are Price Controls Killing Innovation?
On the first episode of the new RealClearHealth podcast, we discuss the challenges facing American healthcare with the people shaping the debate. Is there common ground in a polarized political landsc…
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Why Tuskegee University's New Dress Code Matters
President Trump's war in Iran has no end in sight. Bond markets are flashing ominous signs. And the midterm elections are less than 60 days away.
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NYU Ranked Last for Free Speech
New York University has been ranked as America's worst college for free speech. In its annual rankings of speech restriction on campus, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has r…
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Does Largest Teachers' Union Deserve Its Charter?
The National Education Association (NEA) holds a rare congressional charter granted to select private nonprofit organizations "deemed to serve important public purposes." But a damning new Senate repo…
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Trump's Emotional Support Convention
The RNC embarrasses itself with a shindig no one else wanted
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Can Sen. Ossoff Hold Onto His Seat?
He's the most vulnerable incumbent in the Senate race, and his state is ground zero for the new Jim Crow attacks on voting rights.
10h ago
How Woke Is the National Museum of American History?
Scholars and activists on the left are usually the ones to complain of cultural erasure.
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Charlie Kirk Had a 'Very Rare Type of Influence'
His death left a kind of diplomatic vacuum and some nasty politicos - neocons and other grifters - stepped in to fill the breach.
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Ongoing Ideological Battle Is a Problem for Democrats
If Republicans wanted to set a political trap for Democrats by forcing a vote on a bill condemning socialism, they dropped the ball. Last Tuesday, the Republican-controlled House voted to approve a re…
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Safety Culture Is Harming Children's Development
constant supervision robs children of the chance to assess risk. By doing small things alone, making mistakes and discovering that they can cope, children become competent, and competence begets confi…
15h ago
Mass Polygraphs at Pentagon Show Hegseth's Weakness
The more the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, tries to flex his manly strength, the wimpier he looks.
16h ago
Data Center Backlash Mostly About Billionaires
It's not just the environment or the plight of the community that hears an overnight hum. Something else is driving data center backlash: Politics.
16h ago
Don't Buy Democrats' 'Farm Revolt' Narrative
The media is buzzing about a brewing farmland revolt against Republicans in November. But that narrative has far less basis in reality than Democrats would have Americans believe.
16h ago
Cattle Ranchers Have a Beef With Trump
The tariff-free importation of 300,000 metric tons of potentially substandard beef crashed cattle markets. Trump's makeup plans to placate ranchers are lacking in substance.
16h ago
GOP Should Make Clear Who Stands for Women
The WNBA's stunning inability to explain why Enes Kanter Freedom shouldn't be eligible for women's professional basketball is an unexpected gift to Republicans facing a difficult midterm election.
16h ago
Dems Keep Looking for the Next Obama. They Shouldn't
El-Sayed. Ossoff. Buttigieg? Talarico! The list goes on and on.
16h ago
Sen. Tafoya? Minnesota Polling Shows a Dead Heat
Brand new polling from the heartland shows that the Democrats have a problem in the Gopher State.Right now, Lt Gov. Peggy Flanagan has a slight 2-point lead, within the margin of error, at 40% vs. 38%…
16h ago
Senator El-Sayed Would Be Good for Michigan and America
He would be good for Michigan and good for the United States
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As Texas Senate Race Tightens, Talarico's Mask Is Slipping
Rep. James Talarico's true progressive beliefs keep surfacing, slowly shifting voter sentiment and leaving Texans wondering what he actually believes.
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