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Thursday, September 16

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Biden's Great Unraveling

Roger Kimball, The Spectator

Telling the Truth About Republicans and Covid Is a Winner

Jill Lawrence, USA Today

A Renewed, Intensified Crisis at the Border

Byron York, Washington Examiner

California's Newsom Recall Is a Warning for Democracy

Ronald Brownstein, Atlantic

World Deserves to Know Truth on Covid's Origins

Reps. Whittman & Stefanik, FOX News

America’s New Anti-China Alliance

Tom McTague, The Atlantic

Where Has All the Money Gone?

Robert Skidelsky, Project Syndicate

Nicki Minaj Causes the Establishment to Go DEFCON One

Jim Geraghty, NR

RCP Afternoon Edition

Biden Is Priming the Pump for Trump Part Deux

Wierson & Honan, CNN

The Dangerous Delusions of Gen. Mark Milley

George Neumayr, The American Spectator

The No-Surprise California Recall

Harold Meyerson, American Prospect

5 Reasons the CA Recall Is Good News for Conservatives

Colin Reed, FOX News

The Real Problem With Barrett Promising Court Isn't Partisan

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

Biden's Covid Vaccine Mandate Is Likely Illegal

Josh Blackman, Newsweek

Trump: Sept. 18 Rally a 'Setup,' McConnell Should Be Fired

Sean Davis, The Federalist

When a Shadow Fell Over Reagan's 'City on a Hill'

Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

America Transformed: What Progressives Wrought

Mike Sabo, City Journal

Business as Usual: U.S.-Egypt Alliance Finds Its Center

Parasiliti, et al., Al-Monitor

Abraham Accords a Catalyst for Mideast Change

Al Nahyan & Lapid, Financial Times

Virginia Governor (Emerson): McAuliffe (D) 49, Youngkin (R) 45 | More Polls

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Life: Facebook Is Aware of How Destructive Instagram Is - Logan Mahan, IH

Sports: Now Contradicting Itself, NFL Is Scoring Big Bucks - Evan Bleier

Videos

Biden: Pandemic "Does Present Us With An Opportunity" To Remake The Economy

Psaki To Newsmax: "Not Accurate" That Biden Is "Cutting" Antibody Treatment Supply To Florida

Buzzfeed

GOP Sen. Barrasso: "General Milley Needs To Testify Under Oath About What Really Happened"

Buzzfeed

NBC's Kelly O'Donnell to Psaki: What's Up With President Biden's Cough?

RCP Morning Edition

Gen. Milley Must Go for Subverting Civilian Control

Matthew Walther, New York Post

Barrett Says Court Justices Aren't 'Partisan Hacks.' Really?

David Sirota, Guardian

Undoctrinate Our Students

Bonnie Snyder, Substack

Biden's Dug a Hole for Himself, But He Keeps Digging

David Winston, Roll Call

The Biggest Loser in California's Recall Lives in Mar-a-Lago

David Mark, NBC News

Nobody Is Coming to Save California

Ben Boychuk, American Greatness

Newsom Won. California's Recall System Could Use Reform

Andrew Prokop, Vox

Biden Ignores Border Crisis He Created at His Peril

Jonathan Tobin, Newsweek

The Conservative Temperament Is Dooming U.S.

Bruce Abramson, RealClearPolitics

The Sophie's Choice of the Reconciliation Bill

David Dayen, American Prospect

Is Science Dead?

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

A New Way to Tell the Story of Climate Change?

David Wallace, The New Yorker

Twin Delusions: Afghanistan and Climate Change

Rupert Darwall, The Spectator

20 Years After 9/11, Your Country Needs Your Help

A.B. Stoddard, RealClearPolitics

Woke Generals Must Be Purged to Save Nation

Josiah Lippincott, The American Mind

How China Exports Authoritarianism

Edel & Shullman, Foreign Affairs

Norm Macdonald Wanted Laughter, Not Applause

David Sims, The Atlantic

Direction of Country (YouGov): 28% Right Direction, 59% Wrong Direction | More

Editorials

Why Biden Admin's Border Crisis Is Getting Worse

Washington Examiner

Newsom's California Win Is a Warning to Republican Party

Financial Times

After Decades Radicalizing Colleges, the Left Now Targets Grade School

AMAC

The Federal Reserve Should Still Start Tapering

Bloomberg

Essential Reading

A South Carolina Election Reform Template

Events over the last several election cycles...

All-Mail Voting in Colorado Increases Turnout and Reduces Turnout Inequality

The COVID-19 crisis has generated interest in...

In the News

Kim Alexander & Michael Alvarez, Sacramento Bee

California Has a Secure Voting System — But More Transparency Wouldn’t Hurt. Here’s Why
Scott Bauer, AP

Election Probe Email Raises Security Concerns in Wisconsin

Multimedia

Eric Holder On GOP Voting Laws: They Are Subverting Our Democracy

Larry Elder: "We All Ought to Be Looking at Election Integrity"

Making Your Vote Count: Election Integrity in Texas and the U.S.

How Covid Vaccine Mandates Could Impact the Midterms

Last week, President Biden announced a series of measures intended to further combat the spread of COVID-19. The most controversial is what has become known as the vaccine mandate. Under this, federal employees and contractors, as well as health care workers at hospitals that receive federal funds, will have to receive the vaccine. Employees at companies with more than 100 workers will have a choi Read More

Biden Administration

Lawmakers Rip Blinken Over Green Card Holders Left Behind

They can live, work, and travel freely within the country, must pay their taxes, and those age 18-25 are even required to register with the Selective Service to potentially defend the nation in times of emergency. According to recent estimates, there are nearly 14 million green-card holders within the United States, many of them eligible to apply for full citizenship.Yet, the federal government do Read More

Analysis & Commentary

Yingling & Taylor: Princeton Indoctrination Begins Before Classes Even Start

Like alumni of universities across the country, many Princeton graduates have become deeply concerned about the attacks on free speech and academic freedom at our alma mater. It is not just the public attacks that are of concern. Multiple national and college-specific polls have shown that faculty and students are afraid to say what they think. Princeton is no different. One student told us he was Read More