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Below is my column in The Hill on the Democratic establishment and media rallying around Graham Platner. As Senate Minority…
When the chancellors of Vanderbilt University and Washington University in St. Louis commissioned a committee chaired by the New York University philosopher Paul Boghossian to assess the condition of...
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Mississippi continues to outperform most of the nation in education, according to a new report, but health outcomes for children remain dismal. The 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book, published annually by th...
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When 18-year-old student Henry Nowak was fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, a British Sikh, a horrific local crime quickly escalated to international headlines due to a catastrophic law enforcement fai...
Americans often describe the flag as a symbol of unity. We are told it brings us together and embodies our common values, history, and future. Yet its history is more complicated. The flag has rarely ...
Ohio lawmakers have passed a bill that would require schools to teach students to graduate high school, get a job, and get married — in that order — before having a baby. They call this order of event...
The 98-year old life-tenured judge loses her final appeal.
Since trying to improve American policy seems pointless at the moment, I’ve turned to make-believe. But useful make-believe. How much more prosperous would China be if Xi Jinping had been a modest pro...
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President Donald Trump against a backdrop of the IRS building
After the birth of her son, Rex, in 2019, Jasmin Almendarez realized childcare costs in central Texas were so high that returning to work no longer made economic sense. “I didn’t want to spend that m...
President Trump and the Ayatollah, with U.S. and Iran flags in the background
"Which tradition prevails: the first 175 years when the people were allowed to govern themselves, or the last 75 years when we lived under judicial rule?"
Public education, in red and blue states alike, is being pulled apart by student disengagement, mental health needs, culture war battles, voucher expansion, budget uncertainty and the disruptive force...
They are, by my count, the 8th and 9th such claims filed in U.S. courts.
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6/15/1804: The 12th Amendment is ratified. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 15, 1804 appeared first on Reason.com.