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Harvard Still Wants Its DC Sugar Daddy
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"No government -- regardless of which party is in power -- should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue."
This defiant and bipartisan defense of the purity of education, delivered by Harvard president Alan Garber, sounds fantastic, right? After all, what society that pretends to value objectivity would dare to allow a government to control the educational decisions of private institutions?
Barack Obama -- blessed is he -- agreed, celebrating Harvard as a shining beacon of academic freedom!
Markets Don't Lie
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- By Star Parker
As I watch the turmoil unfolding resulting from the president's new trade and tariff policy, I wonder how, as a commentator, I can avoid writing about this.
But what do I say? What side do I take? Yes, per President Donald Trump, the tariffs are the hard medicine we need to swallow to counter many years of unfair policies of our trading partners.
Or no, free trade is and always has been the best policy, even when things are not perfect and some do not play by the best rules.
Shut Down the Department of Education ASAP
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A recent report from the American Enterprise Institute summarizes results from the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress -- also known as the nation's report card.
The test, given every two years, reports scores of our nation's children in reading and math at the fourth grade and eighth grade levels.
AEI characterizes the most recent results as a "five-alarm fire." I call it simply pathetic.
Confirm Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel
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Confirmation of President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has been held up in the Senate. Word now is that hearings will be held next week.
What's holding things up? Pressure from Democrats, of course.
If anyone is qualified to be America's ambassador to Israel, it is Mike Huckabee. As the former two-term governor of Arkansas, where his daughter Sarah is the current governor, former Republican presidential candidate, cable TV celebrity, Baptist minister, and Evangelical Christian, Huckabee is a perfect candidate.
Does Jeff Bezos Really Support Free Markets?
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Jeff Bezos is shaking things up at The Washington Post.
The Post has always been part of the big-government, left-wing establishment part of our country.
Bezos wants to change that.
He wrote to the newspaper's staff that editorial policy is going to change.
Elon Musk Should Take on Social Security
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If I say that Elon Musk is the smartest, boldest, most creative entrepreneur in the world, I don't think I will get pushback.
President Donald Trump's move to bring him to Washington and put him at the top of a new Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, to do the seemingly impossible -- to streamline a vastly outsized government spending behemoth -- injects hope that yes, maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Musk, the world's richest man, is not beholden to anyone, and so there is little danger of him getting bogged down and imprisoned in the Washington culture of politics and quid pro quo.
Trump's DEI Executive Order -- Good for Blacks, Good for America
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An ongoing principle of America's democratic republic is e pluribus unum. Out of many, one.
We honor and respect the uniqueness of every citizen. But we also have a common turf, a common set of transcendent values, that brings us together and we become one nation.
Sometimes, cracks appear. Sometimes, they grow and get larger and deeper. Things get dangerous when the cracks so severely deepen that they threaten to totally sever our common turf and our social cohesion.
MAGA and King's Dream
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I have written often that there is a common denominator in our deeply divided nation.
That is the general sense that something is wrong.
The points of departure among our large and diverse population are the perceptions about what the problems are and what must be done.
In this spirit I ask, as many have over recent days, what message we might take from the coincidence of the inauguration day of Donald J. Trump as America's 47th president with the national holiday honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jimmy Carter and the Unraveling of American Culture
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An essay appeared recently in The Wall Street Journal under the headline "What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up?"
Behavior that has always been understood to define what it means to be an adult is disappearing among America's younger generations.
Institutions always seen as the sinews that define and hold together a society -- homeownership, marriage, children -- no longer can be taken for granted.
What's Wrong With the Democratic Party?
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Following defeat in the presidential election, Democratic Party leadership is doing much needed soul searching.
Those not in denial know there is something wrong.
Per Gallup, in the 10 months in 2024 prior to the election, January to October, the Democrat partisan advantage -- the percentage identifying as Democrat or lean Democrat minus the percentage identifying as Republican or lean Republican -- was in negative territory 5 of the 10 months. This is more Democrat negatives than in any presidential election year since Gallup started reporting this in 1992.
The International Criminal Court Pretends to Be About Justice
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It is proof of the power of our faith that the spirit of Christmas prevails over all the reasons for cynicism.
I'm thinking now of Psalm 40:4 where we read: Fortunate is the man who has puts his trust in God and has not turned to the arrogant and to those who stray after falsehood.
Regarding "the arrogant and those who stray after falsehood," take the case of the International Criminal Court, established in 2002 and located in the Hague, Netherlands.
Did Luigi Mangione Murder Because of 'Emotional Disturbance'?
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- By Star Parker
According to coverage in The Wall Street Journal in the case against Luigi Mangione, suspected of murdering the CEO of UnitedHealthcare outside a Manhattan hotel, potential arguments in his defense will be his "mental state at the time of the killing."
"Two defenses in New York state -- a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and claiming extreme emotional disturbance -- might be relevant," per the coverage.
Per other reporting, in a note handwritten by Mangione discovered by the police, he wrote, "the U.S. has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy."
What's Going On With Black and Hispanic Women?
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One question emerging from the presidential election exit polls is the disconnect between Black men and women and Hispanic men and women.
Donald Trump received support from 21% of Black men and 7% of Black women, a disparity of 14 points. He got support from 54% of Hispanic men and 39% of Hispanic women, a disparity of 15 points.
There was also a disparity in Trump's support among white men and women, but much smaller -- 7 points.
Democratic Party Monopoly on the Black Vote Is Over
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Dean of the nation's political analysts, Michael Barone, sat down with The Wall Street Journal to discuss the 2024 election.
The headline that emerged from that discussion was "Donald Trump's Rainbow Coalition," noting that the monopoly of the Democratic Party over the nation's Black vote seems to be over.
If this is true, and it indeed seems to be, the implications for the political dynamics of our nation's future are profound.
To Get Rid of Woke, Understand How It Got Started
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- By Star Parker
Coincident with Donald Trump's electoral victory, increasing numbers of America's corporations are backing off their DEI -- diversity, equity, inclusion -- programs.
Trump opposition to DEI is clear, and J.D. Vance's bold opposition to this agenda was one of the reasons for his selection as Trump's running mate.
As the Trump transition team completes its work bringing in the new leadership that will run our government, it's clear that a priority is to uproot the woke rules, directives and institutions that Democrats have implanted in our federal government. Efforts will be made to de-woke the military, the Defense Department and other major government departments and agencies. And the Justice Department will work to use existing law to challenge the prevalence of woke rules that have so widely taken over the governance and operation of our universities.
Young, Black, Hispanic Americans Would Opt Out of Social Security Even If It Wasn't Broken
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- By Star Parker
I pull the following directly from the summary of the 2024 annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees:
"The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund (that is, Social Security) will be able to pay 100 percent of total scheduled benefits until 2033, unchanged from last year's report. At that time, the fund's reserves will become depleted and continuing program income will be sufficient to pay 79 percent of scheduled benefits."
Our Social Security system is broke.
Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and host of the weekly television show "Cure America with Star Parker." To find out more about Star Parker and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com
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