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In this episode of The Miller Report: Real Clear Journalism, Maggie Miller and Paul Thacker break down the latest developments after oral... Read More

The Supreme Court’s skepticism of Trump’s birthright citizenship order shows why an independent judiciary is essential to... Read More

Colorado arguably ranks as the most anti-free speech state, pushing unconstitutional measures that have led to major First Amendment court... Read More

What does lipstick say about our worldview?  Read More

Six recent rulings uphold the rights of parents and governments to preserve a traditional understanding of gender. Read More

Unfortunately, many elected officials do not grasp what drives small business viability and growth. There are still too many theoretical... Read More

What the Fairfax prosecutor, ‘open borders’ advocates, and the DHS funding shutdown all have in common Read More

When the Boston Red Sox’s legendary Fenway Park posted archival footage of 1950s Opening Day last week, the team expected a... Read More

I woke up this morning with that usual sense of dread I get every time I log on to Twitter. What now? Trump had sent out a Truth Social post,... Read More

The last-minute deal has elicited a mix of caution and relief among U.S. lawmakers. Read More

Henry Maine saw the US Constitution as being able to resist the pernicious features of popular government. Read More

It turns out he’s still alive, and still teaching at Fordham Law. We had some questions about an amendment that wasn’t written to meet a... Read More

Tech leaders want you to believe that AI is the key to a new golden age. The reality looks more like a bold, government-backed heist. Read More

In a recent essay for Social Science & Medicine–Mental Health, epidemiologist Catherine Gimbrone and coauthors identified a significant gap... Read More

Thursday, April 2nd on RealClearPolitics - Joined by Retired USAF Brigadier General, John Teichert: Read More

Brink Lindsey discusses the gap between mass prosperity and mass flourishing, capitalism’s crisis of inclusion, and the implications of... Read More

Inflation, tariffs, economics, and the future of conservatism. Read More

Welcome to What Happens Next. My name is Larry Bernstein. What Happens Next is a podcast which covers economics, politics, and history.... Read More

Energy affordability has become a top concern for  .... Read More

Voting by the non-citizen mayor of Coldwater, Kan., highlights a problem created by Congress. Read More

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) appliance efficiency standards program has been in place for decades, subjecting nearly every major... Read More

Download I am Brian Blase, founder and president of Paragon Health Institute. From 2017 through 2019, I served as a Special Assistant to the... Read More

Introduction In August, AHIP, the trade association for health insurance companies representing the industry’s top players, announced... 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

Simply put, the fiscal picture is not bright. Read More

Whether they march to the MAGA drumbeat or roost on the progressive left, populists share a need for scapegoats. To inflame public passions... Read More

Democrats insist Republicans caved on the DHS shutdown. But Democrats saw none of their demands on reforming ICE met. So what did they get? Read More

After failing to win Congress and the presidency in 2024, the Democrats conducted an internal postmortem of what went wrong. While they... Read More

The 2026 Family Structure Index ranks states by measuring marriage rates, family stability, and fertility. Read More

This year’s midterm elections aren’t just about who wins in November.... Read More

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could result in a nationwide requirement that all mail ballots must be... Read More

A new collection of Murray Kempton’s reporting demonstrates how good writing encourages America to do better as a country. Read More

The transformation of a once promising, if conservative, magazine journalist into a conspiracy-minded talking head. Read More

The collapse of Harriet Miers’ 2005 nomination is still reverberating. Read More

Josh Blackman interviews Peter S. Canellos, author of the just released, "Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the... Read More

Artificial intelligence can seem difficult to understand, but it’s important that we do. Read More

On April 4, the State Department announced that Secretary Marco Rubio had terminated the lawful permanent resident (“LPR” or... Read More

The President’s House Site exhibit is being redesigned with new signage to educate Americans about a key historical site—not to advance a... Read More

President Donald Trump ousts Pam Bondi as attorney general. Read More

The State of Texas has become as synonymous with crippling public school debt as it is with oil wells and tumbleweeds. Its public schools... Read More

Maryland parents want more educational freedom. Read More

Gov. Tim Walz has been a fan of Wallethub’s work, including its recent raking of Minnesota as the second-best state to raise a family.... Read More

A bill designed to address consumer costs will turn out to be a death sentence for credit card access. Written as an emergency action,... Read More

They would push more businesses out and further erode the state’s tax base. Read More

Health Policy Solutions Americans Can Trust. Read More

I am old enough to remember when your family members could accompany you to the airport and share a meal with you before your flight or wait... Read More

U.S. employment growth is at a near standstill. In February 2026, total nonfarm payrolls grew by just 0.1 percent year over year to 158.5... Read More

"If requiring identification is truly racist, why do we only hear the outrage when it regards elections?" asks Project 21 Ambassador Curtis... Read More

America finds itself in a tremendously dangerous era.  Read More

Middle East fighting creates an opportunity for Ukraine—the world’s drone superpower—but Kyiv and America’s allies must seize the... Read More