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Some Thoughts on Constitution Day

written by David Applegate

Return of the feckless Chick-fil-A-phobes April 22, 2018
Move over, Trump Derangement Syndrome. Another unhinged liberal pathology is back: Chick-fil-A-phobia.
Americans Are Migrating In Droves To Low-Tax States April 22, 2018
There has been a vast, largely unheralded migration in the U.S. over the past decade. Not because of weather, or amenities. But because of taxes.
Show Me the (Education) Money! April 22, 2018
With teacher strikes and demonstrations in several states comes the belief that public schooling has been starved for resources. The data says otherwise.
Primary Trump is Making a Comeback April 22, 2018
People forget in the flood of analysis over Trump’s unrehearsed Twitter-fied style that candidate Trump was also unconventional when it came to ideas.
Is Wind Energy a Good Idea? April 22, 2018
You can produce electricity with a wind turbine, but is it good policy to do so? The reality is that wind energy exists solely because of government subsidies.
When the Twitter Mob Came for Me April 22, 2018
Recently hired (then fired) by the Atlantic, conservative writer Kevin D. Williamson discusses the social-media outrage that led to his dismissal.
The War on Standards Reaches Starbucks April 22, 2018
Only a strong sense of entitlement, or bad manners, would lead anyone to think he can occupy the store for an extended period of time without paying.
Twitter Censors Mainstream Conservatism April 22, 2018
I can’t think of any reason (besides bias) why a Twitter employee would question the appropriateness of the tweet by Clear Energy Alliance.
New air pollution report: California is the worst. So, don't come here April 19, 2018
Would you believe, eight of the worst places in the country for ozone pollution are in California?
About That IRS Computer Crash April 19, 2018
The Obama tax man blames you because his e-filing system failed.

Publisher	Editor-in-chief
Tim Huelskamp	Jim Lakely

Contributors
David Applegate	S.T. Karnick
Diane Carol Bast	Donald Kendal
Joe Bast	Jay Lehr
H. Sterling Burnett	Seton Motley
Edmund Contoski	John Nothdurft
David S. D'Amato	Bartley J. Madden
Paul Driessen	Dr. Jane Orient
Richard Ebeling	Isaac Orr
Peter Ferrara	Fred Palmer
Matthew Glans	Brad Rodu
Steve Goreham	Jim Rust
Michael Hamilton	Jeff Stier
Jesse Hathaway	Lindsey Stroud
Robert Holland	James Taylor
Lennie Jarratt	Daniel Sutter