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    The Combating BDS Act failed to make it to the Senate floor, largely because enough people exercised their First Amendment right to protest the bill.

    Combating BDS Act supporters need a refresher on the First Amendment

    Guest Contributor -
    The Department of the Interior will likely issue a new draft of its five-year plan to expand offshore drilling in America's outer continental shelf.

    Offshore drilling: The coast is clear

    Guest Contributor -
    Let's play "Name that Socialist." Who said this? "When this country started, we were not a capitalist [nation], we did not operate on a capitalist economy."

    Let’s play name that Socialist

    Rich Manieri -
    Facing an unruly band of newly-installed members of the House clamoring for impeachment, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been a voice of moderation

    Pelosi keeping loud new progressives in line … for now

    Guest Contributor -
    Utah Affordable Care Act (ACA, or "Obamacare") enrollment surpasses expectations, demonstrating the high public demand for quality, affordable healthcare.

    Utah ACA enrollment for 2019 rises slightly compared to last year

    Guest Contributor -
    Socialism destroyed Venezuela’s economy. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s advocacy of a 70 percent income tax on Americans would facilitate our economic demise.

    Socialism destroyed Venezuela’s economy, but freshmen Democrats want it here

    Harold Pease -
    Sassy Americans think they know all there is to know about Prohibition, the McCarthy era, or the Civil War, but most possess only superficial understanding.

    Prohibition: The countdown to 100 years

    Danny Tyree -
    "The Demographic Time Bomb that Could Hit America" is Catherine Rampell's opinion that declining population would represent many dramatic social challenges.

    Call to journalists: Return to your professional standards

    Joe Guzzardi -
    What would Jefferson think of the government shutdown? History suggests that he may have been disappointed by such pettiness.

    What would Jefferson think of the government shutdown?

    John Micek -
    Facebook, Google, and Alexa know way more about us than most people are aware.

    Alexa, why won’t you reply to my father?

    Tom Purcell -
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