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The Democrats' Dim Searchlight
The Searchlight Institute aims to disrupt the Democratic Party from within. Can it kill the party’s new sacred cows?
15 hrs ago • 
Ryan James Girdusky
Are We the Mercantilists?
The U.S. is playing defense against this practice, not embracing it.
22 hrs ago • 
Michael Lind
Fund Community Health Centers, Not More Insurance Subsidies
Conservatives should pivot away from Obamacare toward a new health care policy debate where they have a chance to win.
Nov 16 • 
Chris Emper
For Big AI, the Creepiness Is the Point
And more from this week…
Nov 14 • 
Oren Cass
 and 
Daniel Kishi
End the Bailouts, Save the Farmers
Disaster has been averted, but it’s time to change course on soy exports.
Nov 14 • 
Kay Craig
The Immigration Court Backlog (Finally) Falls
For the first time in 17 years, more asylum cases are closing than opening—though more can and should be done to narrow the gap.
Nov 13 • 
Andrew “Art” Arthur
Fringe-Facing Figures Will Doom the Right
The Kevin Roberts video is just a symptom of the larger disease
Nov 9 • 
Oren Cass
Bursting the Other Wall Street Bubble
And more from this week…
Nov 7 • 
Oren Cass
 and 
Daniel Kishi
Is AI Really Going to Kill Us All? with Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares
Watch now | Will the pursuit of superintelligence actually cause the extinction of the human race?
Nov 7 • 
Oren Cass
51:34
Stop Arming Our Adversary
The U.S.-China chips ceasefire won’t last. America needs a plan.
Nov 6 • 
Chris Griswold
The Left Throws Itself Under the Tariff Bus
Trump Derangement Syndrome has progressives snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Nov 6 • 
Haisten Willis
Bringing Rare Earths Back
We can't have a strong defense industrial base without the ability to make things here at home.
Nov 2
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