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May 15, 2025

Articles by Charles Blahous

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BLAHOUS: Americans should be less complacent about Social Security 

March 2, 2024 Charles Blahous

(This article first appeared Discourse magazine published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.)  In December 2023, Gallup released the results of its latest survey of Americans’ expectations of Social Security. They show a […]

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GINGRICH: Taking nuclear war seriously 

March 1, 2024 Newt Gingrich

It is vital that Americans take nuclear war seriously.  For the last three and a half decades, since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Americans have relaxed and behaved as though they were […]

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SAFTA: A sports analogy: fantasy football and politics

March 1, 2024 Adina Safta

Historically, fantasy football has been the highlight of the NFL season all around the country. Fantasy football is unique to other sports because of the fact that you are not rooting for a team, rather […]

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SHAPIRO: Putin is pushing where there’s mush 

February 29, 2024 Ben Shapiro

Last week, Vladimir Putin finally — allegedly — murdered his chief political rival and critic Alexei Navalny.   Navalny’s death followed an attempt by Putin’s operatives in 2020 to kill him by poisoning; Navalny survived the […]

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HARSANYI: While Biden pushes Ukraine to fight, he demands Israel surrender

February 29, 2024 David Harsanyi

President Joe Biden has not only promised to veto any stand-alone Israeli aid, but he’s reportedly circulating a draft resolution within the United Nations Security Council that would compel the Jewish state to stop its […]

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ELDER: Hey, Elon Musk, you may have a ‘deep state’ problem

February 27, 2024 Larry Elder

The New York Times raised questions about President Joe Biden’s mental fitness after the bombshell special report explaining why there would be no criminal charges against Biden for unlawful possession of documents. Special counsel Robert […]

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GINGRICH: The Reagan miracle ― 40 years later 

February 24, 2024 Newt Gingrich

Forty years ago, America was at a peak of optimism, technological opportunity, and self-confidence.  In 1980, President Jimmy Carter suffered the worst electoral college defeat for an incumbent president in American history. By 1984, President […]

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CURRIN: God goes to the Super Bowl 

February 22, 2024 Sam Currin

Super Bowl LVIII has come and gone. The glitzy Las Vegas event drew some 123 million viewers with a reported 68 million Americans betting more than 1.3 billion dollars on the game.    The big game […]

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GINGRICH: Good news for Trump, bad news for Biden 

February 17, 2024 Newt Gingrich

Three recent polls signal hope for Republicans and disaster for Democrats.  Democrats enjoyed a moment of optimism when Quinnipiac reported on a Jan. 25-26 survey that President Joe Biden was beating President Donald Trump 50 […]

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BARONE: Toward a demotic Republican Party 

February 16, 2024 Michael Barone

What happens when a political party becomes demotic?   Before answering the question, note that the word in question is not demonic, from the Greek word daimon, meaning a deity (remember that the Greek gods were […]

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