Category: Intel

When he returned home from a visit to the Soviet Union in 1981, Cato Institute co-founder Ed Crane wrote a classic essay (Fear and Loathing In the Soviet Union) in which he called into question the views of both left and right about the U.S.’s then-foremost enemy: To those on the left who felt communism… Continue reading Critics of ‘Isolationism’ Cherry-Pick the Worst Arguments For It

University presidents have been in the limelight in recent months, more than at any other time in living memory. The additional scrutiny is amply warranted. They occupy powerful positions at their respective institutions. They formulate and communicate a vision for the university. They handle budgetary priorities. They approve hiring requests and promotions. They oversee the… Continue reading It’s Time to Upend the Modern University

By John Murawski, RealClearInvestigationsFebruary 13, 2024   In 1986, an upstart public health researcher named Arline Geronimus challenged the conventional wisdom that condemned the alarming rise of inner-city teen pregnancies. While activist minister Jesse Jackson and health care leaders were decrying the crisis of “babies having babies” as a ghetto pathology, Geronimus contended that teenage pregnancy… Continue reading Medicine Now Diagnoses the Non-White ‘Oppressed’ With an Oppressive Case of ‘Weathering’

“It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.” Those were Chief Justice John Roberts’ thoughts in a 2006 voting rights case alleging Texas legislators had redrawn voting districts illegally diluting the votes of racial minorities. That sentiment applies with even greater force when lawyers and judges are the ones doing the divvying up.… Continue reading Lawyers…Do Better | RealClearPolicy

Shown, the skyline of Doha, capital of energy-rich Qatar, financial sponsor of terrorists whose moneyed influence has helped it win bipartisan plaudits in Washington. By Ben Weingarten, RealClearInvestigationsFebruary 7, 2024 After Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, one of the terrorist organization’s chief financial sponsors, hosts of its leaders, and backers of its propaganda found… Continue reading U.S. Asset or U.S. Adversary? Why Qatar Looks Worryingly Like Both

Above, Reid J. Epstein of the New York Times, target of the first known instance of the Department of Homeland Security attempting to silence a social media account associated with a national newspaper. His employer did little to push back. By Lee Fang, RealClearInvestigations and LeeFang.comFebruary 5, 2024 As the 2020 Election Day count dragged… Continue reading Homeland Security Cited Inaccurate Allegation to Censor New York Times Journalist

Historians and the general public regularly rank Abraham Lincoln as America’s greatest president. There is little doubt that he is widely admired for the work he did to end slavery and preserve the Union. But beyond these two important points, most Americans know little else about Lincoln’s life. A 2013 poll by Participant found that… Continue reading Igniting an Appreciation for Abraham Lincoln in Children

Shown: a study in Trump-related conflicts? Judge Florence Pan in 2022, sworn in as her husband, Democrat insider and Brett Kavanaugh accuser Max Stier, right, looks on. By Julie Kelly, RealClearInvestigationsJanuary 30, 2024 Washington glitterati assembled at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in October to celebrate federal employees making a difference… Continue reading The Beltway Judge Hearing Trump Cases and Her Anti-Trump, Anti-Kavanaugh Husband

Recent polls have shown that few Americans, regardless of political party are satisfied with the cost, complexity or choices offered by America’s healthcare system.  One would think it might be an opportunity for sound bipartisan policy, as it once was when liberals like Ted Kennedy and Henry Waxman were able to work with conservative stalwarts… Continue reading Sanders’ Subpoena Brinksmanship | RealClearPolicy