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    In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used in corrections. The problem is that it was not corrective at all.

    Why I ended the horror of long-term solitary confinement in Colorado’s...

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    VA Secretary Robert Wilkie needs to be given the accountable personnel and political muscle required to drain the VA swamp.

    To drain the VA swamp, Trump must first wade into it

    Guest Contributor -
    Perhaps everyone, especially the wealthiest among us, can use a good strategy for giving so that more money goes where it's needed most.

    A strategy for giving

    Peter Funt -
    Most of the "asylum seekers" from Honduras or Guatemala rushing our southern border are never going to meet the qualifications for asylum.

    Worthy asylum seekers or not?

    Michael Reagan -
    If the Democratic Party wants Bill and Hillary Clinton to retire gracefully, it will be forced to push them offstage.

    Bill and Hillary Clinton just won’t go away

    Guest Contributor -
    The media's revisionist history of Republican presidents reveals either a short memory or an attempt to make a sitting Republican president look bad.

    The media’s revisionist history of Republican presidents

    Rich Manieri -
    In a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel, Lindsey Graham said he had no doubt that Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

    Will Trump listen to Lindsey Graham?

    John Micek -
    By eliminating consumer choice, Medicare for All would destroy the one segment of the health industry that is thriving: the so-called "concierge" doctors.

    The truth about Medicare for All

    Guest Contributor -
    The Utah Legislature enacted a compromise medical marijuana law that will replace the ballot initiative approved by voters on Election Day.

    Utah Legislature passes compromise medical marijuana law

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    Though you'd never hear it if from the liberal media, many of California's Latinos are unhappy with the invasion of illegal immigrants.

    Bad news from California

    Michael Reagan -
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