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New York’s Surging New Leftist Tide Is a Chilling Warning to the West

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Politics
Jun 24, 2025
Trump’s Iran Ceasefire Depends on American Oil

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Politics
Jun 24, 2025
The Lion Rises and the Eagle Soars

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Politics
Jun 24, 2025
The Battle to Lead The Democratic Party

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Politics
Jun 18, 2025
Trump Should Win His Court Battle with Newsom over Riot Response

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Politics
Jun 19, 2025
Getting Right with Buckley

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Politics
Jun 19, 2025
Work Requirements For Medicaid Could Increase Income and Reduce Poverty

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Politics
Jun 17, 2025
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New York’s Surging New Leftist Tide Is a Chilling Warning to the West

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Trump’s Iran Ceasefire Depends on American Oil

Trump has found his own formula — based largely on America’s tech savvy and energy abundance — to intimidate enemies and control friends.

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Trump Should Win His Court Battle with Newsom over Riot Response

The Constitution and the laws are on the president’s side.

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
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Getting Right with Buckley

Sam Tanenhaus’s long-awaited William F. Buckley Jr. biography will leave conservatives disappointed.

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John Yoo
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Musk’s Outbursts Reveal a Deeper Rift in MAGA

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Liberal Democracy Reexamined: Leo Strauss on Alexis de Tocqueville

Raúl Rodríguez
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Feb 25, 2025

Long Distance Migration as a Two-Step Sorting Process: The Resettlement of Californians in Texas

James Gimpel, Daron Shaw
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Who's That Knocking? A Study of the Strategic Choices Facing Large-Scale Grassroots Canvassing Efforts

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Tocqueville’s Defense of Aristocratic Literature

Antonio Sosa
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Oct 3, 2024
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New York’s Surging New Leftist Tide Is a Chilling Warning to the West

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Jun 24, 2025

Trump’s Iran Ceasefire Depends on American Oil

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Trump Should Win His Court Battle with Newsom over Riot Response

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Los Angeles Has Fallen

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Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Takes On the Conservative Judiciary

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John Yoo: The DOJ Is Being ‘Tricky’ but They May Be Right

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