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Our Medical Schools Aren’t Serving the Public Interest

What’s wrong with American medical schools? In today’s Martin Center article, Jay Greene addresses that question. The big problem is that we are...

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George Leef

France: Debt and Disorder

Writing about the growing market jitters over the state of France’s finances in the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, Stacy Meichtry and...

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Andrew Stuttaford

On the Origin of Straw Men

Professor Don Boudreaux of George Mason seems offended that I mentioned Hayek while pointing out that a free-trade advocate wrongly assumed that costs...

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

As Scrutiny of His Aid to Putin Intensifies, Trump Waives More Russia Sanctions

Vladimir Putin’s regime is an enemy of the United States, and President Donald Trump is giving it aid and comfort, subordinating vital American...

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Medical Journal Promotes Ideological Redefinition of ‘Infertility’

It's hard to get beyond the World Health Organization's woke, but an article in the New England Journal of Medicine manages that task. The...

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Wesley J. Smith

Big Labor Flexes Its Muscles in a Small State

Labor unions are all about two things: money and control. The problem is that they go about achieving their aims through coercive means, often...

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George Leef

Trump Betrays Lindsey Graham; Will Rally With Darlene Wednesday

This is exceptional timing. President Trump continues to become a de facto ally of Russia in its war against Ukraine*, and is willing to reverse a...

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Jim Geraghty

Office of Refugee Resettlement Pushes Back on Reports of Children Facing Court Without Lawyers

The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is challenging recent media coverage of migrant children appearing in court without legal...

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Are We Winning the Culture War?

On today’s episode of The Editors, Rich poses the question, “Are we winning the culture war?” “We have been,” says Charlie, “but I'm...

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Nr Staff

Department of Things Not to Worry About

The Atlantic has an article by Jean Chatzky arguing that senior citizens are too cautious about spending money, which is bad both for themselves and...

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Ramesh Ponnuru

Cars, Cars, Cars, Cars

According to BloombergNEF, around 85 million new cars will be sold worldwide this year, a number that looks a little optimistic and a number that...

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Andrew Stuttaford

Secretary Rubio Learned ‘Everybody’s Story’ Ahead of Memorial Honoring Americans Who Died on October 7

For a memorial service Wednesday, the State Department hosted the families of the 46 Americans who perished during the October 7 terrorist attacks in...

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Kamden Mulder

Closing the Enthusiasm Gap

A tracking poll from Echelon Insights suggests a dynamic that may yet help Republicans limit the damage this fall: Republican voter enthusiasm is much...

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Dan McLaughlin

Defending Dynamic Markets

Sometimes, I feel I'm put in the strange position of defending markets from free traders. That seems to be happening in this ongoing debate with...

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Katie Zacharia Is Gone Before I Even Got the Chance to Mock Her

Ladies and gentlemen, the Scaramucci has just been overtaken in our political lexicon. All followers of the follies of Trump’s first administration...

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Jeffrey Blehar

‘Oh, Shut Up’: The Transparent Fraudulence of Feminist Politics

One of the common themes pushed by Democrats and their media flacks, which regularly gets weaponized into bite-sized memes for Instagram, Facebook,...

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Dan McLaughlin

The Milwaukee Brewers Make America Great Again

And to think it was looking like such a terrible year for MAGA. Yes, the GOP might still get pasted next month, but voters of all partisan persuasions...

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Jeffrey Blehar

Elizabeth Warren’s Condiment Consternation

The senator from Massachusetts is concerned, as she so often is, about a voluntary market transaction that she has nothing to do with. Witness...

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John R. Puri

What Work Did Tyler Zacharia Do in North Korea?

Following up on yesterday’s Corner post, wanting to know more about Katie Zacharia’s work for a law firm in Beijing with close ties to the Chinese...

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Jim Geraghty

‘Sprawl’ Is Good, Actually

The headline in a New York Times article by Conor Dougherty consists of a question: Could Embracing Sprawl Ease California’s Housing Crunch? Could...

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Andrew Stuttaford

Trump’s New York Stops Are No Ego Trip

The subtext throughout the Washington Post’s piece on Donald Trump’s “midterm road show” is that his campaign stops in places such as...

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Noah Rothman

Confirmations in the Lame Duck

According to reports, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley intends to hold two confirmation hearings in November following the...

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Michael A. Fragoso

Texas Pro-Lifers Aren’t Buying Talarico’s Tired Democratic Talking Points

I agree with Kathryn that University of Dallas theology professor Jodi Hunt did a very fine job in her exchange with Democratic U.S. Senate nominee...

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Michael J. New

I Stand Corrected

Well, this has been fun. When the media hysteria erupted over Katie Zacharia’s claim that she’s a “lawyer,” I recalled learning some years ago...

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Wesley J. Smith

More Bad Inflation Data

Elevated inflation still isn't dead, even if the president, the Federal Reserve, and everyone else in America (except those who benefit from...

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John R. Puri

James Talarico Fails on Abortion

A few things about the somewhat infamous Democrat running for senator in Texas, James Talarico, and the exchange on abortion during last night's...

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Trump Somewhat Reluctantly Reverses Hegseth on Livestream Execution

The president announced on Truth Social (of course) today that Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan “will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but...

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

A Modest H-1B Visa Proposal

The H-1B visa program has been controversial for some time, especially among American-born tech workers who see it as a source of competition. In...

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Dan McLaughlin

Corruption Is King in Trump’s Washington

The Swamp — A new Fox News poll finds that 88 percent of American voters are extremely/very concerned about corruption in government. The poll,...

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Tanner Nau

Lawyers and Attorneys and JDs, Oh My

Wesley Smith is an excellent lawyer and a thoughtful writer. But unlike the current White House press secretary, he became a lawyer (or attorney) only...

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Shannen W. Coffin

Tariffs Still Raise Prices, Even If They Fall

Michael Brendan Dougherty responded to my claim that raising domestic prices is the point of tariffs, since they aim to increase domestic production...

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John R. Puri

Accreditors Pushing Ideology, Not Competence

In our education system, we have institutional accreditors (evaluating schools as a whole) and programmatic accreditors (evaluating specific...

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George Leef

What Did Katie Zacharia Do for That Powerful State-Connected Beijing Law Firm?

Zhong Lun is one of the biggest and most well-connected law firms in China. The firm’s clients include China’s Justice Ministry in Beijing. You...

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Jim Geraghty

El-Sayed Goes Viral in All the Worst Ways

According to the unreliable narrators who populate the online environment, Abdul El-Sayed easily dispatched Mike Rogers in last week’s debate. If...

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Noah Rothman

Conservatism: A Definition

Rereading a book of Roger Scruton’s — called simply Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition — I came across this definition which is...

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Not an Unreasonable Supposition

John Puri notes the New York Fed study showing that tariffs have contributed to a rise in prices and says that is the point of tariffs. It is true...

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Katie Zacharia Is Unquestionably a Lawyer, but Not an Attorney

I have noticed much huffing and puffing in the media that Katie Zacharia, President Trump's new press secretary, supposedly lied when claiming to...

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Wesley J. Smith

Who’s Holding California Hostage?

California’s feeling the blues. According to a new Manhattan Institute poll, only 32 percent of California voters believe that the state is headed...

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Skyler Safriet

No, Ilhan Omar Is Not Going to Get Defeated in November Over the Criminal Investigation

Over in the U.K. Guardian, Moira Donegan writes that the Department of Homeland Security search of the Washington home of Minnesota congresswoman...

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Jim Geraghty

Raising Domestic Prices Is the Point of Tariffs

Fox News reported on a new Federal Reserve paper that finds that new tariffs have caused prices of U.S.-made consumer goods to rise in tandem with...

14.10.2026 4

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John R. Puri

The Trump Administration’s Outlook Toward Ukraine Is a Moral and Strategic Atrocity

A reporter asked Donald Trump on Tuesday if he was prepared to cut Ukraine off in retaliation for its long-range attacks on Russia’s energy...

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Noah Rothman

The Shane Gillis Nonstory

The Trump-fluent stand-up comedian Shane Gillis hosted Saturday Night Live for the third time last weekend. He's become something of a comedy...

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Of Course We’re on Russia’s Side

This morning, we received word that Ukraine lost access to its satellite internet service provided by SpaceX and the U.S. military. That sudden loss...

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John R. Puri

Pro-Lifers to the CDC: Where Are the Abortion & Maternal Mortality Numbers?

There’s a pretty straightforward accountability story today: Four pro-life organizations are asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

14.10.2026 5

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

There Is Bipartisan Lawfare, but There Is No 60-Day Rule

If you could get past the banana republic aspect of lawfare (I can’t, but stay with me here), there was wry amusement to be had in the Democrats’...

14.10.2026 6

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Why, and When, the Senate Campaigns Will Matter

The Senate campaigns are being waged as though the only issue at stake were whether senators will fight Trump or enable him during the next two years....

14.10.2026 6

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Ramesh Ponnuru

Happy Election Month!

October surprises are not such a big deal anymore; voters’ attitudes are less flexible and they’re less likely to be persuaded by some last-minute...

14.10.2026 6

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Jim Geraghty

Trump’s Houthi Headache Is Becoming a Migraine

“Wait until you see what we do to Iran,” Trump told his supporters at a Tuesday night rally in Alaska. “We’re going to do a number.” But...

14.10.2026 3

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Noah Rothman

Colleges Face Skepticism About Their Value

Between the demographic cliff (fewer young people in the population) and the perception that getting a degree costs more than it’s worth, college...

14.10.2026 3

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George Leef

The Shane Gillis Joke Is Undercooked, Not a Capital Crime

I was talking to a very funny friend who also happens to be on the political left. He's a big fan of Shane Gillis (my impressions are more mixed,...

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Daniel Foster