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Banning oil exports is not sound economics

Just ahead of the midterm elections, the Biden administration and its allies launched a last-ditch effort to shift the narrative around high gasoline prices, pointing the finger at energy companies and threatening new taxes and potential market restrictions. Unfortunately, bad politics breeds ...

Attacks on press freedom are an attack on democracy

Alfonso Esquivel. Antonio de la Cruz. Armando Lopez. Fredid Roman. Heber Vasquez. Jose Arenas. Juan Lopez. Juan Muniz. Luis Ramirez. Maria Lopez. Roberto Barrera. Sheila Oliveira. Yessenia Falconi. Remember those names. They are the 13 journalists killed this year in Mexico, a country that ...

Temper the push for Postal Service to deliver alcohol

America has a deadly drinking problem, which is getting worse, especially among the young. A November 1 study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that “an estimated 1 in 8 deaths among U.S. adults aged 20 to 64 years were attributable to excessive alcohol use, ...

A Hanukkah primer

The season is upon us, and with that comes a primer on Hanukkah so you can be in the “holiday know.” It is common knowledge that Hanukkah lasts eight days and that candles are lit each night, with the number lit being the night of the holiday. But that’s just a start. Here is more ...

U.S. Constitution is still relevant, essential

The U.S. Constitution was written in 1787 when the country had 13 states all along the East Coast and a population of under 4 million. Can a document crafted entirely by White men in a time when slavery was legal and neither Black men nor any women could vote still be relevant 235 years ...

Protests erupt in China and Iran, but not North Korea. Why?

Protests in China and Iran come as a surprise. One would have thought those bastions of authoritarian rule would have been the last places on Earth where dissidents would defy the systems in which they exist. The dictators at the top of the ruling structures of both countries count on their ...