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Conservatives don’t need a special occasion to debate what it means to be an American.  Read More

Activists are building a political home for the Michigan Senate candidate’s anti-corruption, anti-war populist message. Read More

Imagine your family spent more this year than you earned. Uncomfortable, but manageable. Now imagine your family had spent more than it... Read More

All the right people are losing their jobs under President Donald Trump. Read More

They’re supposed to weed out extremists, but in California, the governor’s race may end up being a contest between two MAGA... Read More

Regardless of the outcome in the L.A. mayoral race, he can help conservatives form a winning game plan for the years ahead. Read More

The red-green alliance of Marxists and Islamists is fueling hatred for Jews and Israel among young people, while giving Tucker Carlson and... Read More

Whether in Congressional hearings or in media “fact checks”, arguments against local cooperation with ICE are often accompanied... Read More

Democratic lawyer Marc Elias appears to believe that Democrats do not need to stop at simply sacking and packing the Virginia Supreme Court... Read More

Suppose that you are a large U.S. state with a dynamic modern economy. Here’s an idea for a strategy for powering your electrical grid:... Read More

Pope Leo XIV has awarded the Grand Cross of the Pontifical Order of Pius IX, the highest active diplomatic distinction of the Vatican, to the... Read More

In St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, the justices will confront the limits of funding rules under the First Amendment. Read More

Zeldin was himself almost the victim of a stabbing at a campaign event in 2022. He reflected on our current moment and the big news stories... Read More

The New York Times interviews Tucker Carlson. Read More

Changes in foreign migration caused US population growth to slow last year and potentially turn negative in 2026.  Read More

Earlier today, I appeared on Sky News Australia’s Outsiders to discuss last Wednesday’s stabbing attacks on Jews in... Read More

A comprehensive resource that ranks the economic competitiveness of states using fifteen equally weighted policy variables Read More

Following Tax Day, Open the Books is releasing a set of deep dives into data released by the Internal Revenue Service, synthesized with... Read More

Unleash Prosperity is a non-profit, so this is an admission against our own interests, but non-profit tax status is one of the largest and... Read More

On Tax Day, Americans should consider not just how much they pay in federal income taxes, but where that money is going. Read More

Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a week’s worth of rallies... Read More

In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite... Read More

While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the closing of certain grocery stores over COVID-19 concerns, she spent $16,248 in... Read More

Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council... Read More

A sweeping new book portrays the Revolution as a struggle over competing monetary systems, rather than political liberty alone. Read More

Why Classical Liberalism Is the Answer to America’s Economic Confusion. Read More

In many state and local races, the WFP ballot line has helped Black candidates win office without falling in line with the Democratic... Read More

Democrats suffered a huge loss on voting maps. Read More

One is too many; adding four more by “packing” the Court (as Democrats vow they intend to do) would destroy the rule of law. Read More

Few predicted that blaming Israel and the Jews who support it would flare up in the early 21st century—and in America of all places, where... Read More

In 1976, Carl F.H. Henry published God, Revelation, and Authority, one of the most significant works of theology in the twentieth... Read More

Virginia Democrats are doing an unwitting service to the whole country—by revealing just how hostile their party is to the most... Read More

My second book, The White Privilege Album: Bringing Racial Harmony to Very Fine People…on Both Sides, was not only a smash hit of political... Read More

Liberals have often cited the need for criminal justice reform. However, it is conservatives that appear to making more headway. Read More

For Republicans, the numbers are grim. Gasoline prices rise and President Trump’s standing falls—along with the GOP’s... Read More

Being pro-AI does not require being pro-recklessness. It means building the conditions for AI to be deployed widely and quickly while... Read More

The power of the purse entrusted to Congress is about far more than keeping the government’s lights on. Appropriations bills are one of... Read More

President Trump extends Iran ceasefire amid fractured regime and ongoing US blockade. Read More

Senior officials knew election systems had meaningful vulnerabilities... Read More

Donald Trump’s labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is leaving the administration under a cloud of misconduct allegations. These... Read More

Real medical freedom will require something greater than replacing the public health establishment: ending the FDA's monopoly. Read More

Revisiting Tax Changes in New York and Massachusetts. Read More

The SNAP program has suffered from a lack of national oversight for decades. Read More