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California Copied Europe’s Insane Energy Playbook, And Now Residents Are Really Paying The Price

Even as U.S. gasoline prices rise again amid ongoing Strait of Hormuz tensions, American drivers are still paying less than…

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There are No Wings In D.C.

I have been around the sun far too many times to think that corrupt politicians only live on the left…

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White House Ballroom Shouldn’t Be A Partisan Issue

The White House currently displays an incomplete construction site where the East Wing stood. This visible symbol of governmental dysfunction…

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Britain’s Regulatory Suicide Note

There is a particular kind of political folly that manages to be simultaneously expensive, unnecessary and self-inflicted. The U.K. government’s…

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The Democratic Party is Not Reflective of Maine

The news was welcome this morning as Governor Janet Mills has withdrawn from her quest to replace Susan Collins in…

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Uncle Sam Puts Price Tag On Foreign Trade Rip-Offs For First Time Ever

You probably didn’t hear much about a trade meeting that wrapped up in Cameroon last month. That’s understandable. What happened there,…

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Sick Of Seeing Conservatives Lose Winnable Elections? New Book Has A Solution

For years, I’ve watched the same story play out in American politics. A candidate is expected to win. The polls…

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If You Need to Explain the Joke, It Wasn’t Funny

I gave up on late-night TV, specifically late-night comedy, when Jay Leno left the scene. Maybe we were spoiled growing…

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What The UAE’s OPEC Breakup Actually Signifies

In a move that should surprise no one who’s been paying attention to the shifting realities of global energy, the…

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High Stakes Machine Gun Case Could Finally Settle Decades-Long Constitutional Battle

In Federalist 51, James Madison recognized the “great difficulty” of self-governance: “[Y]ou must first enable the government to control the…

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