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The pro-life fight will never end

When the landmark Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson overruled Roe v. Wade in 2022, the pro-life movement celebrated a victory many assumed would never come. For this victory, President Donald Trump undeniably deserves praise, at the very least because of his impact on the makeup of the Supreme Court that overruled the left's hallowed (and fictional) constitutional protections for the murder of the unborn. But here's the problem: It hasn't looked too good for the pro-life movement ever since. Sure, there have been some legislative victories with several states outlawing the most ...

Republicans can win on health care affordability

For most of the last 40 years, pollsters have asked voters: Which party do you trust more on health care? The answer has been pretty much the same over this whole period. Voters trust Democrats more, sometimes by a two-to-one margin. When I've asked my Republican politicos why that is, the answer I typically receive is: Our party doesn't do health care. Then they crouch in the fetal position. Well, the GOP certainly better start "doing health care," because the issue of medical care access and affordability is front and center for American families. The Republican promise to voters ...

Sending in the clowns

Even someone with a rudimentary understanding of economics should know that if you tax a business or individual beyond their level of tolerance they will pack up and leave the state for one with lower or no state income tax. Unfortunately, one can't escape the long arm of federal taxes. Proof ...

The art of taxing fairly is messy

"The rich should pay their fair share of taxes." Who can argue with that? But then we must decide who is rich and what is meant by fair. Neither political party has distinguished itself in making such distinctions. But Republicans play an especially outrageous game in portraying the ...

No Low Too Low: A President Gloats About a Patriot’s Passing

In 1968, Robert Mueller, poised to graduate from Princeton University, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, hoping to serve his country in the Vietnam War, which was then raging. It was the year that American troops would sustain their peak number of combat deaths, nearly 17,000. A son of ...

Why Americans Have Soured on Higher Education

Without standards, college degrees aren't worth much. Americans have started to notice. A recent I&I/TIPP poll found that just 24% of Americans believe college degrees are worth the cost. Even among the college-educated, nearly half, 49%, said it wasn't worth the expense. Another 14% were unsure. This isn't an outlier. Over the last year, polls from Gallup, Pew and NBC News showed a significant majority of Americans have soured on higher education. It wasn't always like this. In 2010, 75% of Americans said a college education was very important, according to a Gallup poll. In ...