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January 14, 2020

Why Does Washington Demonize Drug Companies? By Stephen Moore

Over the holidays, I read Elton John's biography, "Me." He writes about his friendship with Freddie Mercury, the ultratalented lead singer of the rock group Queen. Mercury tragically died of AIDS at the age of 45 in 1991. Mercury was one of the last people to die of the disease in Britain during the epidemic years. John writes sadly and almost offhandedly that if Mercury had lived one year longer, he probably would have survived because of the AIDS medication that eventually saved millions of lives.

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January 14, 2020

Trump's In-Kind Contribution to Bernie By Patrick J. Buchanan

The directed killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran's blood-soaked field marshal in the "forever war" of the Middle East, has begun to roil the politics of both the region and the USA.

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January 10, 2020

The Culture War Comes to the Old Dominion By Patrick J. Buchanan

Since 1969, "Virginia Is for Lovers" has been the tourism and travel slogan of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Advertising Age called it "one of the most iconic ad campaigns in the past 50 years."

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January 10, 2020

Trump Responds to Iran's Act of War By Michael Barone

In all the reportage and commentary on the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, I haven't seen much mention of an interesting parallel between the Iranian mullah regime's attacks on America this past week and its attacks when it first came to power 40 years ago.

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January 9, 2020

The Electoral College: Maine and Nebraska’s Crucial Battleground Votes By J. Miles Coleman

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Nationalization has pushed urban and rural areas apart; Maine and Nebraska are no exceptions to this trend, and their unique electoral vote allocation systems are highlighting that division.

— The Omaha-based NE-2 supported Republicans in the past two presidential elections, but by decreasing margins, and could feasibly vote blue in 2020.

— Maine’s two districts, once political mirror images of each other, have drifted steadily apart. The Crystal Ball sees Donald Trump as a favorite to carry ME-2 again, though Democrats should retain the state’s other three electoral votes.

— In a close national election, Maine and Nebraska’s respective second districts could provide potentially decisive electoral votes.

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January 8, 2020

Who Decides Who Gets In? By Michelle Malkin

My plan to "Keep America Great" is very simple:

1) Stop exporting American soldiers to countries that hate our guts.

2) Stop importing people from countries that hate our guts.

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January 8, 2020

Congressional Grandstanding By John Stossel

Congressional hearings were created to educate lawmakers so they have knowledge before they pass bills or impeach a president.

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January 7, 2020

Will the Economy in 2020 Roar or Whimper? By Stephen Moore

Let's face it: 2019 is going to be a hard year to beat -- stocks and 401(k) plans up more than 25% on average, wage gains of 3% to 5%, 7 million surplus jobs and the lowest unemployment and inflation rates in nearly 50 years. That's a lot to celebrate.

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January 7, 2020

If Baghdad Wants Us Out, Let's Go! By Patrick J. Buchanan

Fifteen years after the U.S. invaded Iraq to turn Saddam Hussein's dictatorship into a beacon of democracy, Iraq's Parliament, amid shouts of "Death to America!" voted to expel all U.S. troops from the country.

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January 3, 2020

A Grim New Definition of Generation X By Ted Rall

People born in the 1960s may be the last human beings who will get to live out their full actuarial life expectancies.

"Climate change now represents a near- to mid-term existential threat" to humanity, warns a recent policy paper by an Australian think tank. Civilization, scientists say, could collapse by 2050. Some people may survive. Not many.

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January 3, 2020

Census Numbers Undercut 'Ascendant America' Theory By Michael Barone

From the first years of the one-fifth of this century already completed, we've been told that a new, ascendant America -- more nonwhite, more culturally liberal, more feminist -- was going to dominate our politics for years to come.

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January 3, 2020

Our Real Existential Crisis -- Extinction By Patrick J. Buchanan

If Western elites were asked to name the greatest crisis facing mankind, climate change would win in a walk.

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January 2, 2020

Markey vs. Kennedy: Welcome To The Most Unusual Senate Primary In Decades By Louis Jacobson

There hasn't been another recent Senate primary challenge quite like it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is facing a strong primary challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D, MA-4) in 2020. While challenges to entrenched incumbent senators aren’t an everyday occurrence, the Markey-Kennedy race is especially unusual in recent Senate history

— Most senators who attract primary challenges are weakened in some way — they face questions about their advanced age, their party loyalty, or a brush with scandal — or else face a challenge on ideological grounds. Yet none of these factors fit the Markey-Kennedy contest.

— Over the past three decades, even the top-performing primary challengers had a no better than one-in-nine chance of ending up in the Senate. Yet at this point, Kennedy — bucking history — seems like a modest favorite in the race.

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January 1, 2020

3 Tips for 2020 By John Stossel

I learned three new things this year that made my life better!

I share them with you here, hoping they make your 2020 easier.

My "life hacks" are about popcorn, iPhones and butter.

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January 1, 2020

20 Years: A Syndication Anniversary Reflection By Michelle Malkin

I live to write. I write to live.

The close of 2019 marks two full decades since I entered national newspaper syndication. You are reading the 1,571st column I've filed with Creators Syndicate. The years have flown and so have the words: More than one million of them carefully marshaled each week for the past 1,043 weeks to enlighten, entertain and enrage.

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December 31, 2019

Democrats Peddle Doom, but the Middle Class Never Had It So Good By Stephen Moore

These days, when you listen to the gloom of the media and many of the presidential candidates, you have to wonder what country these Debbie Downers are talking about.

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December 31, 2019

Will War Derail Trump's Reelection? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future," Yogi Berra reminded us.

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December 27, 2019

We're Living in the (Almost) Best of Times By Michael Barone

The best of times, the worst of times. Your instinct on which one we're living through is affected by your basic temperament, but it also depends on how well you're observing -- and quantifying -- things in the world around you.

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December 27, 2019

Is 'Little Rocket Man' Winning? By Patrick J. Buchanan

As of Dec. 26, Kim Jong Un's "Christmas gift" to President Donald Trump had not arrived. Most foreign policy analysts predict it will be a missile test more impressive than any Pyongyang has yet carried off.

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December 25, 2019

Jill Biden, Meet Cpl. Ronil Singh and Deputy Brian Ishmael By Michelle Malkin

The last time I checked, Joe Biden was running for president of the United States. But his wife, Jill Biden, demonstrated where the beltway Democratic couple's allegiance and compassion are rooted this Christmas season: Mexico.

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