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Fix Social Security With Ownership, Not More Government
The trustees for Social Security have just issued their annual report. And, as we have learned annually over recent years, the system cannot meet its obligations.
According to this latest report, the Social Security system will not be able to meet its obligations to retirees by 2035. In 2035, the system will be adequate to meet just 83% of ...Read more
Add Sen. Tom Cotton to VP Shortlist
Headlines are now filled with names reported to be on Donald Trump's "shortlist" of possible VP candidates.
These individuals, some of whom I know, indeed have serious qualifications and experience and are appropriate to be considered for the No. 2 position in the executive branch of the nation's government.
This vetting process is, as they ...Read more
No, Demonstrations Today Not Like the 1960s
The current demonstrations on college campuses against Israel remind some of the unrest on college campuses during the 1960s.
But the comparison is not a good one.
The unrest of the 1960s was defined by the war in Vietnam and by the Civil Rights Movement. Both had practical, personal impact on young Americans in their own country.
American ...Read more
Mike Johnson Is a Hero
Author Herman Wouk captured well how to understand heroism.
"Heroes are not supermen; they are good men who embody -- by the cast of destiny -- the virtue of their whole people in a great hour," observed Wouk.
We have today an American hero in the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Anyone with eyes open knows the world today is a very ...Read more
Trump Is Right -- More Violence, Turmoil Under Biden
Former President Donald Trump's statement that the attack on Israel by Iran "would not have happened if we were in office," has drawn derision, including from his former National Security Adviser John Bolton.
Bolton called the remark "delusional," saying that Trump "has no idea what to do in the Middle East in this situation."
If Trump is ...Read more
Americans Are Not Seeking Out Middle Ground
A Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Sen. Mitt Romney regarding the demise of the No Labels political party initiative tells us as much about Romney, and why he failed to ever become a national leader, as it does about the failure of the No Labels effort.
No Labels defined its mission "to support centrism and bipartisanship."
Romney ...Read more
Why Do Americans, UN Support Hamas Terrorists?
Most recent Gallup polling in March shows that 36% of Americans "approve of Israeli military action in Gaza" and 50% disapprove.
Last November, a month after the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel that claimed the lives of more than 1,200 innocent Israeli civilians, 55% approved of the military action that Israel initiated.
What has happened ...Read more
Recapturing Our Lost and Disillusioned Youth
Our nation's Declaration of Independence begins with the famous statement that "all men ... are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
But according to the latest Gallup World Happiness Report, Americans' success in the "pursuit of happiness" is diminishing. ...Read more
Abortion Is a Winning Issue for Republicans
The visit by Vice President Kamala Harris to a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Paul, the first ever visit by a president or vice president to an abortion clinic, is getting the considerable attention it deserves.
When America's vice president visits and pays homage to the nation's largest abortion provider, it's news. And what she ...Read more
This Is Not the Soviet Union, Mr. Biden
In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed.
It marked the end of an experiment that lasted almost a century testing the premise that godless secularization, turning control of people's lives over to other people to rule them, who decide what others need and how they should live and conduct their lives, is the answer for mankind.
In the free world, ...Read more
Clarence Thomas, Liberal Racism and the Ongoing Denigration of Black Conservatives
President Joe Biden stirred up controversy during the last presidential campaign, when, in an interview with a Black radio host, he said, "If you have a problem figuring out if you're for me or Trump, you ain't Black."
Biden got pushback on this, but he captured a pretty common view among liberals.
That is, that liberalism is genetically ...Read more
The State of Black Progress
As part of Black History Month 2024, my organization, CURE, Center for Urban Renewal and Education, has announced the release of "The State of Black Progress," published by Encounter Books.
This is a follow-up to "The State of Black America," published by CURE in 2022.
The objective of these tomes is to showcase first-class scholarship to ...Read more
Too Many Corporations, Like Universities, Have Lost Their Way
Universities are not alone among our institutions that have lost their way. How about America's corporations, which now seem to think social justice is their job, beside efficiently delivering goods and services to the American public?
In a recent panel discussion at the Bipartisan Policy Institute, Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan, ...Read more