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How the FCC became the speech police
In 1964, journalist Fred J. Cook published Barry Goldwater: Extremist of the Right, a 186-page attack on the Republican candidate in that year's presidential election. As economist Thomas W. Hazlett notes in his history …
Trump’s push to restore ‘truth and sanity in American history’ tests nonpartisan institutions
Last May, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to restore "Truth and Sanity in American History." The order called on the federal government to challenge a "concerted and widespread effort to…
How Minnesota lost its mind
While I was driving to visit a friend in Minneapolis this past Friday morning, National Review editor-in-chief Rich Lowry called me to ask how Minnesota lost its mind. Now that is a timely question. I gave Rich my thoughts…
Ilhan Omar’s Dangerous Neo-Confederate Rhetoric on ICE
Much like the Confederate South attempted to nullify federal law ahead of the Civil War, Democrats have pulled out the stops to vilify the enforcement of federal immigration law. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Somalia, is the most recent…
Comic: It's Mercy Otis Warren vs. The Blockheads
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‘Death by Lightning’ dramatizes James Garfield’s forgettable assassination
Mike Makowsky opens Death by Lightning, a four-part miniseries he wrote and produced, with a chilling line: "This is a true story about two men the world forgot. One was the 20th president of the United States. The other…
Science breakthrough as Dead Sea Scrolls code ‘cracked’ to reveal biblical writings | History | News
A scientist believes he has cracked the writing system on the Dead Sea Scrolls after more than 70 years of mystery. The ancient 'Cryptic B' manuscript was made of heavily damaged fragments, covered in scripture of…
Laurence Cooper: A Christian nation?
Laurence Cooper is professor of political science at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He is the author, most recently, of Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom: Rousseau’s Philosophic Life (2023, University of…
The real reason golden ages collapse—and how the U.S. can avoid it
While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, "We're a nation in decline." Now that he's president, the left agrees. "We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire," says…
Harvard Discounts Western Civ, While Embracing Discrimination
At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history. James Hankins, a specialist in Renaissance thought, was one of the last holdouts. Now Hankins, who has just published a hefty book that teaches…
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