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Is Our Military Woke, Broke Or Both?

by Victor Davis Hansonvia American Greatness
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Somehow our new woke Pentagon is hell-bent on losing the trust of the American people—along with the wars it fights abroad.

In the News

Seminar Explores Contemporary Critiques Of The Academy

cited John Villasenorvia St. Olaf College
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

In a recent Institute for Freedom and Community blog post, St. Olaf College alumnus Nick Gonnermann ‘19 outlines how the academy has increasingly become a politicized tool in America’s culture wars, thereby diminishing trust in higher education and intensifying polarization across the country. 

In the News

Social Security Won’t Be Able To Pay Full Benefits By 2034. Now There’s Renewed Pressure On Congress To Come Up With A Fix

quoting Charles Blahousvia CNBC
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Social Security’s latest report on the status of the trust funds on which it relies to pay benefits has both good and bad news.

Featured

Leaving Afghanistan: No Right Way To Do The Wrong Thing

by Joseph Feltervia The Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

The haunting image of a desperate Afghan man falling to his death from the fuselage of a departing U.S. C-17 military cargo plane will be forever burned in America’s collective consciousness and symbolic of our ignominious defeat after two decades in Afghanistan.

In the News

Sorry, America. You’ve Already Been Hacked.

quoting Herbert Linvia Yahoo! Money
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Last month, T-Mobile (TMUS), the nation’s largest wireless carrier, was hacked by a 21-year-old American living in Turkey named John Binns. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Binns said he spent about a week rummaging through the company’s servers.

In the News

Businesses Continue To Flee California

quoting Lee Ohanianvia Daily Breeze
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

The rate of businesses relocating their company headquarters out of California is accelerating, according to a new report from the Stanford University-based Hoover Institution.

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Dr. Scott Atlas: Science Killed Itself Over COVID-19

featuring Scott W. Atlasvia The Federalist
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

'Science is not supposed to be about intimidating, or abusing, or censoring data ... There is never supposed to be 'an accepted view' of science.'

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Why We Failed In Afghanistan

by John Yoo, Robert Delahuntyvia National Review
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Following the ignominious end to a 20-year effort, American foreign-policy elites must reassess their ambitions and assumptions.

PoliticsFeatured

Is It Time For California To Rework Its Framework?

by Bill Whalenvia California on Your Mind
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

You have to dig deep into this Atlantic piece on the California governor’s facing a possible voter recall to find the passage, but here’s what caught my eye: “If [Gavin Newsom] hangs on . . . he’ll consider changing the law in order to make recalls harder, and have the reform take effect for governors who succeed him.”

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‘Climate Risk,’ The Fed, And AOC

quoting John H. Cochranevia National Review
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

The Fed should not have a climate policy, but it’s 2021, and so the central bank has been edging towards having one.

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