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Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...

Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there's one potentially glaring problem for them, as illustrated by our friends at Unleash Prosperity... Biden Versus Trump on Inflation

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
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Chief Justice Roberts: Popularity Curator, Not Neutral Umpire
By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, June 25 2020
"Judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around.  Judges are like umpires.  Umpires don’t make the rules, they apply them.  The role of an umpire and a judge is critical.  They make sure everybody plays by the rules.  But it is a limited role.  Nobody ever went to a ballgame to see the umpire."   Those were the words of Chief Justice John Roberts in 2005, when he was still interviewing for the job rather than secure in its lifetime appointment.  Contrary to that promise, Roberts has since his confirmation increasingly…
 
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Once Started, Mob Violence Targeting Monuments Is Hard To Stop
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Misguided “Buy American” Mandates Threaten New U.S. Drug Innovation
Well, that didn’t take long.  Just three months into the coronavirus lockdown, multiple vaccines…
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How Cultural Revolutions Die — Or Not
Unlike coups or political revolutions, cultural revolutions don't just change governments or leaders.…
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Why the Inconsistencies in Coronavirus Rules?
As the country struggles to vanquish coronavirus, Americans are witnessing a bizarre phenomenon in which…
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Hiding COVID-19's Origins
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The Trump Economic Bump, Round II
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Notable Quote   
 
"As last week's midterms demonstrated, young people appear poised to drive American politics, and particularly the Democratic Party, further to the left. This is particularly true in big cities. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected last year with crucial support from younger voters, while in Los Angeles, preelection surveys showed democratic socialist (and now Mayor-elect) Nithya Raman leading…[more]
 
 
— Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University and Senior Research Fellow at the Civitas Institute
 
Liberty Poll   

Despite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's reckless personal behavior, should any adult following the strategic importance of international chip wars believe China has not had access for some time?