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World

Blinken Wants to End Taiwan’s U.N. Exclusion

By Jimmy Quinn 12:43 PM

Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for other countries to support Taiwan’s participation in U.N. agencies.

U.S.

Why Work Matters in the Post-COVID Economy

By Mike Lee 12:35 PM

Work is essential for a flourishing society, a point outlined in a new report released today by the Joint Economic Committee’s Social Capital Project.

Education

Teaching History in Texas, Ctd.

By Ramesh Ponnuru 12:27 PM

Teachers and school districts should not be pressured into making curricular decisions based on the fear that they might inspire the wrong feelings in students.

Garland Refuses to Dissolve School-Board Task Force Despite National School Board Group Apology

By Caroline Downey 12:15 PM

Garland has said the NSBA letter and news reports prompted his school-board memo.

NR PLUS PC Culture

The Dave Chappelle Problem Is Worse Than You Think

By Kyle Smith 12:10 PM

While the comedian may be too popular to shut down, the rest of the culture is receiving the message loud and clear.

U.S.

Enchantment, Disenchantment, and More

By Jay Nordlinger 11:50 AM

On beautiful big cities, Albuquerque, in particular.

Politics & Policy

The Foolishness of Prescription-Drug Price Controls

By The Editors 11:18 AM

The market for health care, like every other market, is a delicate ecosystem. Senator Sanders proposes to throw Molotov cocktails into it.

NR PLUS U.S.

The U.S. Effectively Surrenders in the Argument about the Origins of COVID-19

By Jim Geraghty 10:11 AM

The Chinese CDC is implausibly claiming the pandemic was started by frozen food shipments from overseas sent to Wuhan.

U.S.

State Department Issues First Gender-Neutral Passport

By Caroline Downey 10:10 AM

The passport will be marked with an ‘X’ rather than reflecting a gender.

Elections

McConnell Endorses Trump Ally Herschel Walker after Months of Establishment Skepticism

By Caroline Downey 9:39 AM

Walker is the first non-incumbent candidate McConnell has endorsed this cycle.

Elections

The Washington Post Calls Out McAuliffe for COVID Lies

By Isaac Schorr 9:27 AM

McAuliffe has repeatedly exaggerated the effect of COVID-19 on children in Virginia.

Law & the Courts

Grassley to Accuse Garland of Abusing DOJ Power with FBI School-Board Memo

By Caroline Downey 8:18 AM

‘The last thing the Justice Department and FBI need is a vague memo to unleash their power,’ the statement reads.

Law & the Courts

In Defense of Qualified Immunity

By Tom Cotton 6:30 AM

Critics of this legal protection for police officers are mistaken.

NR PLUS Elections

Why McAuliffe’s Vulture-Capitalism Attack Fell Flat

By John McCormack 6:30 AM

Having invested millions of his own money with the Carlyle Group, the firm once helmed by his GOP opponent, McAuliffe’s attacks come across as hypocritical.