Category: Intel

In the years before the Civil War, slaveholders were the greatest threat to free speech in the United States. White Southerners used state laws, a congressional gag rule, suppression of the mail, and physical violence to silence abolitionist speech because they believed it was dangerous. In 1830, for example, Louisiana penalized anyone using “language in… Continue reading Why Slaveholders Restricted Free Speech

Over the past several years, I’ve watched with sadness as the reputation of medical science has taken it on the chin. The pandemic polluted the public’s opinion of the purity of science and nobility of medicine. Worst of all, science was taken hostage as much as truth was. True scientists and honest doctors, asking important… Continue reading From Controversy to Cutting-Edge: The Fountain of Youth

By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigationsSeptember 29, 2024 As most public schools struggle to recover the profound learning loss tied to the pandemic, students in Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District are racing ahead, leaving the dark days of COVID behind.  Boulder Valley’s notable 2024 test scores, which easily surpassed its math and reading marks in 2019, are not… Continue reading Education’s Bottom Line: Schools Embrace Business Principles to Measure Performance

In Pennsylvania, our most recent poll (conducted between September 22nd and 28th, with a sample size of 700 likely voters) shows Kamala Harris and Donald Trump tied at 46% to 46% – a statistical tie. The remaining 6% are undecided; 1% would choose another candidate. This poll shows a slight tightening of the race from… Continue reading Is Closing the Sale With ‘Inflation’ Voters Enough for Trump?

The Biden-Harris administration recently announced the negotiated prices for the first 10 drugs of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) drug price negotiation program (DPNP). That same day, Vice President Harris stood alongside President Biden for their first joint appearance since Biden stepped down as the Democratic presidential nominee. At the campaign event, Harris touted the… Continue reading The IRA’s Unconstitutional Drug Price Controls

“We are not going back,” Vice President Kamala Harris has promised. But where are we heading? And who is being left behind? Concerned Americans asking these questions can find answers at this year’s Climate Week NYC, a gathering of liberal activists and elites who claim that we are heading away from a “fossil-fuel society” and… Continue reading Kamala Harris Is Keeping Voters in the Dark

Pittsburgh’s transformation from Rust Belt phoenix to progressive tech stronghold was supposed to be the Democrats’ long-term ace in the hole for Pennsylvania. Instead, hubris might just hand the Keystone State to the GOP in 2024. As Allegheny County limps toward another election cycle, Republicans are eyeing an opportunity born not of their own strength,… Continue reading The Pittsburgh Paradox Could Hand PA to Trump

By Julie Kelly, RealClearInvestigationsSeptember 18, 2024 Attorney General Merrick Garland broke precedent just weeks before the November election, delivering politically charged remarks at the U.S. Attorneys’ National Conference in Washington – pointedly speaking publicly rather than privately in a departure from his usual practice. Merrick Garland, Attorney General: “We will not allow this department to… Continue reading To Many, the Justice Dept. Is Honoring Political Neutrality in the Breach Again

When it comes to celebrating Constitution Day, it may be considered atypical to think of the Declaration of Independence. After all, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were two separate documents authored 11 years apart, written for two very distinct reasons, and penned by different authors. Yet both documents were integral in creating the… Continue reading Constitution Day Reflections on America’s Founding Documents

Four years ago, the historic Abraham Accords between the UAE, Bahrain, and Israel were signed on the White House lawn. Morocco and Sudan soon followed. In the midst of the extremely challenging COVID-19 pandemic, a ray of light heralding a new era of peace, integration, and cooperation broke through the darkness. Hamas’ October 7 massacre… Continue reading Time to Launch Abraham Accords 2.0