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In “Why Liberalism Failed,” Patrick Deneen attributes to John Locke's liberalism the purpose of emancipating individuals from... Read More
Charles Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, seem determined to call a... Read More
There is something extremely curious about the course of the Brett Kavanaugh sexual-assault controversy thus far. At least based on the... Read More
Will the government hamstring what is potentially the most important public health innovation of the 21st century?Last week, the Food and... Read More
On Wednesday, the Census Bureau announced that median income had reached its highest recorded level in 2017, while the poverty rate declined.... Read More
In early October the U.S. Supreme Court will consider will decide whether to review a decision by a California state court that... Read More
When journalists want to appear intelligent, they'll attach the term "postmodern president" to Donald Trump. Their reasoning goes... Read More
Across the country, there are more jobs available than there are workers looking for them, as the unemployment rate has... Read More
In a recent tweet, President Donald Trump described tariffs like the ones he has imposed on America's biggest trading partners as "the... Read More
Earlier this month, Twitter's Jack Dorsey, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, and an absent Google representative found themselves before... Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, recently announced a plan to spend US$2 billion of their $164 billion... Read More
Eight years after it exited China over censorship and espionage concerns, Alphabet Inc.'s Google appears ready... Read More
Bottom Line: Entrepreneurship creates economic independence, wealth, and societal value. Perhaps most importantly, it creates jobs. The... Read More
Most public pension plans are in poor fiscal health. Funding ratios have deteriorated over the past two decades, as the plans accumulated... Read More
Measured growth in productivity and output has been disappointingly slow, even while technological advances appear to be yielding... Read More
Bottom Line: Though some uncertainties remain, e-cigarettes present an opportunity to significantly accelerate declining smoking... Read More
Today on the Daily Standard Podcast, deputy managing editor Kelly Jane Torrance and frequent contributor Dominic Green join host Charlie... Read More
Every book that Columbia law professor Philip Hamburger writes changes discourse on a subject. The author of Separation of Church and... Read More
Oren Cass talks economic progress, welfare, and how we can strengthen the labor market on this episode of the Federalist Radio Hour. Read More
Joe Donnelly is almost indistinguishable from the voters he is mingling with in Doug Burnworth's barn. A burly figure, in denim jeans and a... Read More
What do suspected criminals and food truck operators have in common? The answer to that question should be pretty straightforward: nothing.... Read More
OK, we're not there yet. But what are citizens supposed to do if the system burkes in its cradle every honest effort at reform, at cutting an... Read More
Political divisions may be fierce, but there is at least one issue that most Americans agree on: net neutrality.That's the simple idea that... Read More
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It is still true: What begins as tragedy can end as farce. So it is with the case of Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court... Read More
For the second time in almost 30 years, the Senate Judiciary Committee is publicly weighing sexual-misconduct claims made against a... Read More
Neither of the two competing visions for market-driven health care — “managed competition” or consumer-led... Read More
There's been quite the hullabaloo raging over the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) pricing of parcels. President Donald J. Trump started a volley... Read More
Elizabeth Warren, the ultra-progressive senator from Massachusetts, is angry. She is angry about the size of CEO salaries on Wall Street. She... Read More
“Change can't wait,” repeated Ayanna Pressley (pictured) after defeating Michael Capuano, a ten-term incumbent, in her Democratic... Read More
In recent years, devastating late-summer hurricanes have become a new normal. The latest storm to hit the Eastern Seaboard is Hurricane... Read More
President Trump has staked much of his political appeal on his promise of an economic turnaround for rural America. And he just might be... Read More
Sadly, it's too late for generations of American women. We blew up the culture, replaced it with a form of sexual anarchy, and are now trying... Read More
President Donald Trump went to North and South Carolina on Wednesday to tout his administration's response to Hurricane Florence, whose... Read More
The scale of America's opioid crisis can be daunting. The latest numbers show that more than 72,000 Americans died of a drug... Read More
After decades of missed deadlines, legislative Band-Aids and government shutdowns, Congress and the president are poised to fund several... Read More
Today's Topics
- WEEKLY POLICY PICKS
- 'ANTI-LIBERAL ZEALOTRY' BY PETER BERKOWITZ
- THE AMERICAN PROJECT
- REALCLEAR BOOKS OF THE WEEK
- 'The Virtue of Nationalism' by Yoram Hazony
- 'Man Out' by Andrew L. Yarrow
- 'The Diversity Delusion' by Heather Mac Donald
- 'Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition' by Roger Scruton
- 'Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?' by Robert Kuttner
- 'The Happiness Curve' by Jonathan Rauch
- 'Anti-Pluralism' by William A. Galston
- 'Why Liberalism Failed' by Patrick Deneen
- TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
- Trump on Sessions: 'I Don't Have an Attorney General'
- Trump: 'Decision' on Kavanaugh Would Follow 'Credible' Testimony
- Trump Announces Tariffs on $200B in Chinese Goods
- Trump Says Kavanaugh Vote Could Be Delayed
- Trump Says Democrats Inflated Puerto Rico Death Toll
- Trump: No Pressure to Make a Trade Deal With China
- FEMA Chief Under Investigation Over Use of Official Cars
- FDA: Youth E-Cigarettes an 'Epidemic'
- CONGRESS
- Collins: Kavanaugh Accuser Should 'Reconsider,' Testify on Monday
- Dem Senators Back Kavanaugh Accuser's Call for FBI Investigation
- GOP Presses Kavanaugh Vote With Accuser's Testimony in Doubt
- McConnell Convenes Session to Prepare For Kavanaugh Battle
- Schumer Calls on FBI to Probe Claim Against Kavanaugh
- House Cancels Friday Votes Due to Hurricane Florence
- Democrats Weighing Earmark Revival if They Take Back House
- Ryan Urges Republicans to Tout Economic Gains
- THE COURTS
- Grassley Willing to Send Staff to CA to Speak With Kavanaugh Accuser
- Kavanaugh Accuser Rejects Proposal for Monday Senate Judiciary Hearing
- Hearing Set for Monday to Hear Kavanaugh and His Accuser
- Kavanaugh Moves Toward Confirmation Vote
- Republicans Block Democratic Bid to Subpoena Kavanaugh Documents
- Senate Committee Vote on Kavanaugh Delayed Until Next Week
- More Dems Come Out in Public Opposition to Kavanaugh
- Judge Orders Alleged Russian Agent to Remain in Jail
- HEALTH
- REGULATION
- STATE AND LOCAL
- RCP STORY STREAM: POLICY
- THE FUTURE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE
- RCP STORY STREAM: REGULATION
- EDUCATION
- THE ECONOMY
- TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE
- CRIME AND JUSTICE
- RCP STORY STREAM: HEALTH CARE REFORM
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