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The America Party Is A Bad Idea...For Elon
Musk's entry into American civic life has been highly positive. But the legalities surrounding his new political party could derail his plans, and his…
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One Judge to Rule Them All? The Ban on Nationwide Injunction Abuse Restores the Separation of Powers
In Justice Barrett's words, the Supreme Court's ruling doesn't create an imperial executive: it dismantles an imperial judiciary.
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Criminalizing Conquest: 80 Years of the UN Charter’s Abolition of Wars of Aggression
The UN turns 80 today. Awful though it may be, its founding marked an astonishing global milestone: the abolition and widespread rejection of wars of…
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The Unreported Economic Boom, and Why Elon is Wrong about the Big Beautiful Bill
Is the world's richest man wrong to demand more cuts? Heck no: federal spending is a disgrace. But his argument misses the bigger picture.
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Earth-to-Earth Starship: How SpaceX Is About to Revolutionize Travel and Shrink the World
Starship will transform not just Space, but Earth, in exactly the same way that airliners and automobiles changed a world of steamships, trains, and…
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Commerce Not Chaos: The Emerging Trump Doctrine
Deep Dive: Trump believes nations don’t need to agree on theology, ideology, or even morality to coexist or thrive together. They just need to need each…
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Should Alberta Become the 51st State?
The Case for Secession, Statehood, and a Freer Western Canada
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Deep Dive: Why Trump’s Deportations Are Legal, Constitutional, and Long Overdue
Deportation isn’t dictatorial. It’s required. And Due Process means only the process that’s actually due.
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Losing the Country: Higher Voter Turnout Now Hurts Democrats
If you wondered why they're so desperate to flood the country with illegal aliens, look no further. Democrats are losing America's legitimate…
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The Illusion of Chinese Strength: Power, Paranoia, and the Temptation of War
Time is not on China’s side. That makes the next decade the most dangerous. An in-depth look.
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ICYMI: The Free Trader's Case for Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs
Today is Trump's much-heralded "Liberation Day". He may do more for free trade than all others before him.
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Deep Dive: How the Deep State Subverts the Constitution, and How to Beat It
The Deep State is the 90-year one-party regime FDR created to rule us regardless of the outcome of elections. We can change that, right now.
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