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Naif Rahma / Reuters Trump’s Dirty War in Yemen
The president is aiding Saudi Arabia in an unlawful, unpopular, inhumane bombing campaign at odds with the foreign policy that he promised Americans.
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Brian Losness / Reuters Why Hasn’t Trump’s Refugee Policy Repelled His Christian Supporters?
Breaking with his predecessors from both parties, Trump has ratcheted down admissions of those fleeing persecution to their lowest levels in decades.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Do Trump’s Core Supporters Even Want the GOP to Win the Midterms?
If the agenda of the Republican establishment excited rank-and-file voters, Trump wouldn’t now preside over the party.
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Stephane Mahe / Reuters How a Professor Was Punished for an Act of Citizenship
Decisions made at Plymouth State University threaten to undermine participation in America’s criminal-justice system.
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Reuters / Ilya Naymushin Slightly More Than 100 Fantastic Articles
A list of nonfiction journalism from 2017 that will stand the test of time.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters ‘No Collusion—Rigged Witch Hunt!’ Is the New ‘I’m Not a Crook!’
President Trump is obsessed with the talking point, but it bears no more resemblance to reality than Richard Nixon’s best-remembered words.
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Leah Millis / Reuters What Trump Knew and Voters Didn't
The 2016 election was won amid a cover-up of illegal conduct designed to keep the truth from the electorate.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Senator Burr’s Shortcomings Are Showing
The Republican leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee sided with President Trump in his conflict with John Brennan with a statement that called his own judgment into question.
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John Stillwell / Reuters It Was the Gatekeepers Who Failed
The internet doesn’t actually offer an unconstrained marketplace of ideas.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Apotheosis of Dinesh D’Souza
The polemicist declares that the white nationalist Richard Spencer’s agenda is really that of “a progressive Democrat.”
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Christian Hartmann / Reuters Democratic Socialism Threatens Minorities
Nothing better protects victims of bigotry than a system where they can pursue their needs and wants outside the realm of popular control.
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Hyungwon Kang / Reuters Laura Ingraham Doesn’t Love Her Country Anymore
The Fox News host cites an increase in the numbers of legal and illegal immigrants as the reason for her diminished patriotism.
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Alexander Demianchuk / Reuters The Hunger for a Bold Socialism
The political preferences of two college professors, writing in a prominent leftist journal, are informed by the belief that “making people’s lives materially better isn’t enough.”
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Dominick Reuter / Reuters Stop Bending the Knee to Donald Trump
The 2016 election is over. Voters no longer face a binary choice. So why are the president’s supporters still pledging their fealty?
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eandersk / Flickr Does Hillsdale College’s Approach to Fundraising Jeopardize Its Mission?
Students, alumni, and other members of the Hillsdale community offer their responses to a recent Atlantic story.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Mike Pence’s Damning Indictment of Donald Trump
Eight years ago, the vice president set out his standards for judging a president. His boss fails to measure up.
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Gage Skidmore Is Hillsdale College Gaining the World and Losing Its Soul?
An institution devoted to “pursuing truth” forges ever-closer ties to a president who constantly lies.
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Mary Calvert / Reuters Donald Trump’s Reckless Iran Tweet
Why would the president threaten war over such relatively inconsequential words?
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Scott Audette / Reuters How NFL Players Can Avoid Playing Into Trump’s Hands
The protestors are embracing the spirit of the Founders, but leaving themselves vulnerable to being demagogued.
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Norsk Telegrambyra AS / Reuters ICE Is the Ugly Face of Big-Government Populism
Rather than address its egregious abuses, the Republican Party is uniting in praise for the agency.
