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Scholar Commentary
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Let’s use AI to clean up government
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Regulating the space economy is vital for America’s continued global leadership
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States gain from letting immigrants work
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Dignity Act combines border security investment, new legal paths
Last week, Rep. María Elvira Salazar, Florida Republican, and Rep. Veronica Escobar, Texas Democrat, announced a promising new immigration bill. Ms. Salazar and Ms. Escobar’s bill is aptly called the Dignity Act. It rightly marries the two components needed for the immigration system to work for America — enforcement increases alongside expanding legal paths. Immigration […]
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Opinion: When it comes to immigration, who’s right — Texas or Utah?
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Pausing AI development would be a mistake. Congress shouldn’t meddle – for now.
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The Debt Ceiling Is a Chance to Raise America’s Growth Ceiling
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Driver’s Licenses for All Make Roads Safer for Us All
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America needs more than a wall to tackle the border crisis
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Op-Ed: We should pay farmers to save the Great Salt Lake
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In Response: Expanding driving privileges would benefit all Minnesotans
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Putting the Border Patrol to work means breaking up with Title 42
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Research shows driver’s licenses for undocumented people improves public safety
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Don’t use ‘Twitter Files’ to eliminate Section 230
It is hard not to read the drips coming from the “Twitter Files” as confirming the worst fears of conservatives: screenshots of talk show host Dan Bongino’s account with the tab “Search Blacklist,” conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s account showing “Do Not Amplify,” and internal email replies to Biden administration officials that just say, “Handled.” By compiling Slack messages, […]
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What Utah is doing to make new Americans
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What we should and should not do about kids and social media
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Fusion Wariness
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An immigration fix Democrats and Republicans can agree on
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We Don’t Need the Government to Act on Big Tech
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Prohibition is a bad way to deal with flavored tobacco
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Twitter Isn’t a Public Square. It’s a Coliseum
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Immigration scholar: Requiring cooperation with ICE doesn’t make NC communities safer
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Strict immigration enforcement does not necessarily improve public safety
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Commentary: Immigration as economic and workforce stabilization
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Conservation easements can help 30×30 goals, if we end this loophole
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Stop freaking out about Elon Musk buying Twitter
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Florida Makes a Good Investment in Immigrants
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Remove Barriers to Productivity
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