Alex Nowrasteh The US Border Patrol had over 6.3 million encounters with illegal immigrant border crossers from the beginning of the Biden administration in January 2021 to December 2023. Almost…
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Taiwan Takes Step in Right Direction with its Soldiers, but Challenges Remain
Eric Gomez On January 25, Taiwan’s military inducted its first group of conscripts for a one‐year service period since Taipei announced the extension of mandatory military service alongside other defense reforms…
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Colleen Hroncich Amy Marotz loved being a teacher at a classical‐type charter school. But when she had children, she wanted to stay home with them and be their teacher first. She may…
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Data Privacy Day 2024: Where We Are and What to Watch in the Data Privacy Debate
Jennifer Huddleston and Emma Hopp January 28 is Data Privacy Day. An October 2023 survey from the Pew Research Center found “72% of Americans say they have little to no…
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Chris Edwards The federal government’s debt is rising to dangerous and unprecedented heights. Compared to the size of the economy, the debt will soon reach levels never seen in our…
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Canadian Court: Trudeau’s Use of Emergency Powers to Crush Protests Was Illegal
Walter Olson Two years ago in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the country’s Emergencies Act, a successor to what had been known as the War Powers Act, to break up…
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Patrick G. Eddington Do the lawyers representing former President Donald Trump in his classified documents abscondment case actually understand the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law, which they’ve used to…
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Apportionment & Immigration: 95 Percent of Noncitizen Growth Went to GOP States Since 2019
David J. Bier In response to a question about restricting immigration, House Representative Yvette D. Clarke (D‑NY) recently stated, “I need more people in my district just for redistricting purposes.” When…
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Jeffrey A. Singer What is driving politicians’ irrational fear of nicotine? Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a crackdown on a nicotine pouch sold under the brand name…
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David Inserra At the end of last year, tolerant, modern, liberal Denmark decided it had seen enough violence. Violence was flaring in Danish and Swedish cities, both nations were facing…