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Kaepernick Leads Team Marx against DeSantis, Gets Sacked

Stanley Kurtz

In partnership with two of the most influential Marxists in America, Colin Kaepernick has just published a book intended as a refutation of Governor Ron DeSantis’s January 2023 decision to reject the College Board’s pilot program in AP African-American studies (APAAS).

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National Review / July 11, 2023

DeSantis has a risky strategy to beat Trump — and it just might work

Henry Olsen

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a risky strategy to defeat Donald Trump: Run to the former president’s right.

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The Washington Post / June 13, 2023

The U.S. needs to keep Poland close. But it must tread carefully.

Henry Olsen

Poland and the United States need each other

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The Washington Post / June 5, 2023

Poetry Recitation Returns

Stanley Kurtz

With gloomy education news all around, it’s time to celebrate and defend a truly encouraging development.

National Review Online / April 24, 2023

McCarthy’s debt plan needs an endgame. Here’s what it could look like.

Henry Olsen

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s budget and debt-limit plan is full of good policies, but it is more of an opening offer for…

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The Washington Post / April 24, 2023

The Blue-State Education Nightmare

Stanley Kurtz

Not a single episode of history can be taught outside the dictates of the anchor standards, i.e., without leftist advocacy.

National Review Online / April 17, 2023

A New Case for the West

Stanley Kurtz

More than a tribulation for America, woke is tearing the West apart. British universities once mocked American political correctness. No…

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National Review Online / March 29, 2023

This Arizona town captures America’s deepening rural-urban divide

Henry Olsen

Arizona’s rapid transformation from a Republican bastion to a swing state is largely a story about the divergence between suburban…

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The Washington Post / March 23, 2023

DeSantis’s Higher-Education Strategy Needs Adjustment

Stanley Kurtz

Kurtz reflects on the impressive job DeSantis has done in the realm of higher education.

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National Review Online / March 16, 2023

DeSantis Is Putting the Public Back in Public Universities

Stanley Kurtz

“[G]eneral-education requirements at public universities are supposed to be shaped by the public’s fundamental values, as voiced by their chosen representatives.”

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National Review Online / March 10, 2023

Republicans need a counteroffer to Biden’s Medicare fix

Henry Olsen

Olsen describes the tactics the GOP should use against the Biden Administration as a way to get leverage politically.

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The Washington Post / March 8, 2023

DeSantis Goes Big on Higher-Ed Reform

Stanley Kurtz

Kurtz writes on the Florida House Bill 999 and its questionable constitutionality. “Cuts and tweaks” may be needed.

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National Review Online / March 1, 2023