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The following is a condensed version of “The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing” by Rachel Lu, published at Law & Liberty.  A year or so after we were married, my husband asked me a question. It was unexpected, but it started a train of thought that returned to me as I was reading David Brooks’ latest… Continue reading The Unbearable Lightness of Seeing

Successful public health campaigns and medical advances have enabled the United States to conquer a range of disfiguring and damaging diseases. Polio, which paralyzed thousands of Americans annually, was wiped out by widespread vaccinations. In 1999 the nation’s last hospital for lepers closed its doors in Louisiana. A global campaign eradicated smallpox, while lethal tuberculosis,… Continue reading Leprosy, Polio, Malaria, TB, Measles … and Massive Unscreened Illegal Immigration

“I want to be a dictator for one day,” proudly declared former President Donald Trump to the New York Young Republican Club on December 9, 2023. Two hundred and forty years earlier on December 23, 1783, General George Washington humbly informed Congress that he did not want to be a dictator – not even for… Continue reading Washington’s Rejection of Dictatorship An Example for All Americans

December 15th marks Bill of Rights Day, which commemorates the 232nd anniversary when the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution were ratified. December 15th should be a day all Americans reflect on the unique blessings the Bill of Rights safeguards – the freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and being protected from… Continue reading This Bill of Rights Day, Let’s Celebrate the Preamble

The pandemic gave the country opportunities to make health care more affordable and accessible with a public-private partnership the most demonstrably successful pandemic program. The threat of the coronavirus diminished for many Americans thanks to the COVID vaccines. What have we learned from the experience? What does the future look like for vaccine science and… Continue reading The Value, Science, & Policies Surrounding Vaccines

By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigationsDecember 11, 2023 Trouble has followed Sara Catherine Jones since she married into the Biden family almost three decades ago. Not long after her 1995 wedding to Jim Biden, she took a job with one of his brother Joe’s Senate donors, who later accused her of “fraud” and “unjust enrichment,” according to… Continue reading Who Is Sara Biden? Joe’s In-Law Emerges as Central Figure in Foreign Cash Deals

The first McDonald’s opened on January 31, 1990 in Moscow. This powerful symbol of American-style capitalism attracted over 38,000 hungry Soviets desperate for a taste of wondrous Americana. Americans concerned about what they’re teaching on college campuses would be wise to internalize the above anecdote, conservatives in particular. Conservatives are singled out because they’re notably… Continue reading Dear Conservatives, Please Stop Playing the Victim

“Cancel culture” is one of those modern, politically charged terms that get thrown around so often they become easy to dismiss. One is tempted to toss it into the bin of overused-and-functionally-meaningless phrases, alongside “alt-right” and “woke.” Is cancel culture merely a figment of the FOX-watching, gun-toting, Trump-bedazzled MAGA imagination? Or else is it the… Continue reading Like a Flock of Demons Released Upon the World

Defense attorneys have coined the term “January 6 Jurisprudence” to describe the treatment received by the more than 1,200 defendants arrested so far in connection with the events of Jan. 6, 2021. This carve-out legal system involves the unprecedented and possibly unlawful use of a corporate evidence-tampering statute; excessive prison sentences and indefinite periods of… Continue reading Here’s the ‘Jan. 6 Jurisprudence’ About to Be Unleashed on Trump

The following is a condensed version of “The Buzz on Buzzfeed” by Tony Spanakos, published at Law & Liberty.  In 2023, Buzzfeed and Vice announced that they were shutting down the news sections of their websites. In its short life, Buzzfeed news made the Steele Dossier available and its reporting on the treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang… Continue reading The Buzz on Buzzfeed | RealClearBooks