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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has chosen Laphonza Butler, a pro-abortion activist, Democratic strategist, and former labor union boss, to fill the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat.
Read moreA common theme in political news coverage over the past few years has been how “fractious” and “divisive” politics has become in our society. Newspapers, magazines and social media have countless articles and accounts of political disagreements that have torn families apart and destroyed longtime friendships. It seems to many observers that the political divisions in our country (and elsewhere around the world, frankly) are growing larger and more difficult to navigate.
Read moreMany people celebrated the hundredth anniversary last year of Emily Post’s book called Etiquette, but not me. The book was published in 1922, and it laid down a set of rules that we are expected to live by today, despite the fact she never even mentioned proper cell phone etiquette. There have been 19 editions of the book subtitled, The Blue Book of Social Usage, and it seems the first rule is that every house should have one, thereby enriching Emily. I don’t know who gave Emily the right to make the rules, other than she was a snobbish socialite.
Read more[ Ditch is a policy analyst specializing in budget and transportation policy in the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation.]
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(A column of opinion by Gary Reid, Publisher Emeritus)
Read moreDeroy Murdock, a Manhattan- based Fox News contributor and a contributing editor with National Review Online, recently hit the nail on the head in a column on Senate President Charles Schumer, D-New York, destroying the Senate’s traditional dress code.
Read moreJoe Biden defenders have been on a wild ride this past year. It began with them arguing that the president knew absolutely nothing about his family’s influence-peddling business to arguing that it’s no big deal that Chicom wire payoffs happen to have Biden’s home address listed on them.
Read more[ Tyler O’Neil is managing editor of The Daily Signal and the author of “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center.”] JPMorgan Chase admitted to pressuring the financial software company Intuit into preventing gun sellers from using the company’s payment processing services, according to a letter Sen. Ted Cruz sent after looking into the policy. Bank of America, meanwhile, denied pressuring Intuit into banning gun manufacturers from using its famous Quick-Books software.
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