Do you ever get the feeling that progressives despise competition? Whether it's in the marketplace, on the job or in schools, progressives want to be the top dogs without having to earn it.  It's a waste of time, money and talent. In other words, it's Marxism in America. In yet...

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There are many fascinating aspects of the Bible. One that is most overlooked, however, is the fact that “the Bible isn’t just a historical accounting but a road map for everything humanity will face in the future.” It is designed to help us understand and broach life successfully, given the...

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Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota has no doubt Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is capable of doing his job in spite of two recent instances where the Kentucky Republican appeared to freeze up while addressing the media. In July, McConnell paused mid-sentence and stayed that way for approximately...

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Those who fear the consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) may take comfort in knowing that they have plenty of company. New technologies always produce new anxieties. Indeed, fretful souls in search of kindred spirits need look no deeper into history than the 1980s. Those of us who entered adolescence during...

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is facing stiff opposition to the latest spending bill and might have to risk his speakership by compromising with Democrats to get it passed, according to reports. The California Republican had a rocky road to confirmation as speaker when he suffered 14 failed votes...

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The Tide has run out for one grocery store in Washington, D.C. In a city where violent crime is up, one Giant Food market in the District announced that it is clearing out brand names from many of its aisles, meaning brands such as Tide, Colgate or Advil will no...

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A red-hot Seattle Mariners pitcher is citing his faith in God amid the uncertainty of his team's playoff hunt. Logan Gilbert has proved key to the Mariners' explosive second half of the season, with the right-hander recording a 2.70 ERA in his last seven starts. Seattle has surged into first...

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Millions of Americans who are scheduled to begin making their student loan payments in the coming weeks for the first time in more than three years face budgetary and other issues while the system itself could also become overloaded. That is according to a recent report from Insider about the...

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JCPenney has unveiled a grand plan to stay afloat in a constantly-evolving retail market that has in recent years put brick-and-mortar companies out of business on the brink or out of business. As Americans’ spending trends have adjusted to the convenience of online shopping, the country’s once-strong department stores have...

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If President Joe Biden was Catholic -- as he professes to be  -- he would heed the words of Jesus recorded in Matthew 26:52, “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword." If he were truly...

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This week marks the 17th anniversary of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's sudden and shocking death. The legendary Australian conservationist, educator and television personality died on September 4, 2006, from an injury sustained during the filming of one of his trademark wildlife documentaries. A short-tail stingray stung Irwin in the chest...

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A man who alleges he had sex with and used drugs with former President Barack Obama in 1999 will appear Wednesday night on Tucker Carlson’s show. The interview comes weeks after reports that focused on a letter from Obama to a former girlfriend in which he wrote about fantasies of...

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They were siblings with a bond that included a diagnosis of disease at around the same time, and Laurie Buffett McGuane cannot yet believe her big brother Jimmy was the first to go. The “Come Monday” singer died Friday at 76. He had been diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma, a...

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Donald Trump may be one of the biggest politicians on the scene, with some of the most virulent supporters of any of them, yet even he has had trouble keeping his Twitter-like Truth Social in the black. But a new vote among shareholders has handed Trump's social media company a...

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The public interest group Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections declared it had secured a "massive win" for election integrity following a Friday Arizona court ruling in its favor. In March, RITE sued Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes arguing his office's Elections Procedures Manual violates the law regarding...

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The Arizona state House is set to launch a probe into allegations of collusion between Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, amid a controversy surrounding her attempts to censor critics. This investigation comes on the heels of the release of emails from...

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The collapse of Afghanistan in August 2021 found President Joe Biden in a familiar spot: on vacation. According to a new book by journalist Franklin Foer, the vacationing Biden reacted to news of then-President Ashraf Ghani's flight from the Afghan capital of Kabul with characteristic self-control. "Biden exploded in frustration"...

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A new report says former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is laying the groundwork for helping Georgia prosecutors in their efforts to convict former President Donald Trump of racketeering and conspiracy charges related to Trump’s challenge of the 2020 election. Nineteen people, including Trump, were indicted in the...

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Vultures would leave more on the carcass than these people. It's not enough that they indicted the former president for questioning the results of a hard-fought election, now legal scholars are saying that former President Donald Trump didn't have the legal right to profit off his own mug shot because,...

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I recently streamed "Cocaine Bear" (at my wife's suggestion, if you can believe that) and, while I don't think I can in good conscience recommend the film, I have to admit that there were moments I found entertaining. And given that the film cost something like $30-$35 million to produce, according...

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