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An Analysis of Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy

The White House has released a document that dismantles the post-Cold War consensus on American foreign policy. The 2025 National…

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Civics Education vs. Patriotic Education in America

One of the primary reasons for founding America's public education system was to prepare young people for active participation in…

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A Case Against the Left-Right “Blame Game” for Political Violence

An anonymous reader writes to us: Why don’t you list in sequential order all the violence committed by the leftist…

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America’s Religious Decline Creates New Battleground

The United States is experiencing a religious transformation that is reshaping American politics. For the first time in the nation's…

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How Government Is Adapting to the Changing American Family

The image of the American family, once narrowly defined as a married couple with children in a suburban home, has…

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