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Gun Control Laws Backfiring in California

February 9, 2023
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Commentary After the three public shootings over the last two weekends in California, Democrats are again clamoring for even more gun control laws. To California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the solution is to ban more places where people can carry permitted concealed handguns. Unfortunately, the proposal has nothing to do with stopping these attacks, and more gun-free zones only…

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Mass Demise of Communist Elite in COVID Outbreak Adds to Xi Jinping’s Power Crisis

February 9, 2023
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News Analysis Heading into 2023, Xi Jinping is grappling with one of the most pressing ruling crises from the out-of-control COVID-19 outbreak, while the recent collective deaths of officials and elites have triggered more dissatisfaction with his policies among the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) higher echelons. In early December last year, without sufficient medical preparation…

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The Continued Wrecking of New York City

February 9, 2023
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Commentary It’s been nearly 11 months since the end of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s “Key to NYC” vaccine mandate and public-school masking requirements. And President Joe Biden recently announced an end to the pandemic-related state of emergency on May 11. Yet many private businesses, cultural institutions, and schools continue to cling to COVID-era restrictions. The…

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National Security Takes a Back Seat

February 9, 2023
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Commentary On Jan. 20, 2021, Joe Biden swore the following oath before God and the world to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” From Article II of the U.S. Constitution: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of…

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The Coming Dismemberment of Ukraine

February 9, 2023
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Commentary The West’s wishful thinking that it could win a war against Russia using Ukraine as its proxy is coming to a close. Western sanctions against Russia—initially predicted to bring the Russian economy to its knees—have backfired. Absent Russian resources, European economies are reeling while Russia’s economy, according to the IMF, has rebounded and is…

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China’s Balloon Was Part of Planned Posturing Ahead of Blinken’s Beijing Visit

February 9, 2023
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Commentary The Chinese reconnaissance balloon, shot down by the U.S. Air Force last Saturday, may have been just one of numerous planned incidents by Beijing aimed at increasing its bargaining power in the negotiations scheduled with U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken for this week. Blinken was supposed to visit Beijing on Feb. 5, but…

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Why They Hated Pell

February 8, 2023
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Commentary “I hope he rots in hell!” shouted the voice on the phone. He was furious with me for my defence of Cardinal George Pell, who at that time (this was a couple of years ago), faced the worst imaginable legal and personal persecution. My caller made it clear that he loathed Christianity equally. I…

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Are We Babes in the Woods to the Unimaginable Evil of the CCP?

February 8, 2023
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Commentary The evil of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unimaginable to most people. This is especially so for those who either lack personal experience with the CCP or who lack the interest to engage in any in-depth thinking about the CCP or Chinese society, let alone imagine how a government could allow heinous crimes…

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Huckabee Sanders Is What Happens When We Unleash Conversative Women

February 8, 2023
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Commentary On Tuesday, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders offered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Huckabee Sanders, 40, pointed out that she’s currently the youngest governor in the country while Biden, at 80, is the oldest president in the nation’s history. The study of contrasts didn’t end there: “I’m…

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Gold Star Healer: A Soul-Saving Journey of Redemption

February 8, 2023
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Commentary Michael Gerald Reagan, Marine Vietnam combat veteran and nationally known artist to presidents, athletes, and Hollywood stars, opened his 75-year-old hands and showed his palms to me. “You see these hands?” he said quietly. “It’s the only part of you that you can look directly at. You can only see your face through a…

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