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Naomi Lim of the Washington Examiner reports on the impact for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of the incessant chatter surrounding presidential impeachment. Joe Biden’s pitch to voters about his strong working relationship with congressional Republicans, should he be elected to the White House, has taken a hit…

Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon highlights the latest dubious proposal from U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Congressional firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) said that America needs to have a “real conversation” about “prison abolition” on Monday morning. Ocasio-Cortez responded to the story of a black…

John York and Hans von Spakovsky devote a National Review Online column to an examination of Democrats’ complaints about Facebook’s latest decision. Facebook recently stated that it will neither censor nor “fact-check” statements by politicians on their site. This is great for political speech but — apparently…

Editors at National Review Online cut through the partisan spin about presidential impeachment in evaluating the Ukraine controversy. No one in our political debate has been very careful about distinctions lately, so why should the Ukraine controversy be any different? In evaluating the controversy, it is necessary to…

Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on mini-budgets advancing through the General Assembly. John Hood’s Daily Journal reminds us that future political developments might surprise us.

Eric Levitz at New York Magazine claims the American Dream is being killed. He blames three policy decisions by which “we let” wages fall, prices climb, and the social contract fail. My colleague Mike Schietzelt raised the primary objection when sharing the article with me, that Levitz defines…

Ugly Gerry is a new font created entirely from Congressional districts. Here are some samples: … It’s not pretty, but gerrymandering never is. H/T: Scott Alexander…

I have been trying to learn about equity in education recently. The always-reliable Wikipedia says, Educational equity depends on two main factors. The first is fairness, which implies that factors specific to one’s personal conditions should not interfere with the potential of academic success. The second important factor…