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It all depends on what your definition of ‘context’ is.

Andy Bloom wrote this week about the Left’s surprising and sudden return to a love of free speech, just in time for university leaders to excuse their students’ antisemitic harassment on campus. Misgendering or using the wrong pronouns is considered abuse or hate speech on some campuses, but calling for a genocide? Here Ivy league presidents say there’s room for nuance. Read more at Broad + Liberty. ([link removed])


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After an absurd Inquirer op-ed claiming that entrepreneurs long for government regulation, Greg Moreland of the National Federation of Independent Business sets the record straight: Small businesses don’t want Josh Shapiro’s illegal carbon tax ([link removed]) . Democrats' plans for a tax on energy will make everything more expensive, with the costs being passed on to workers and consumers.

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As news broke of U.S. Steel’s pending sale to a Japanese company, politicians on both sides of the aisle rattled legislative sabers. Former state representative Becky Corbin looked at the problem and asked whether the sale might not be good for Pennsylvania steel workers ([link removed]) , or at least better than the alternative. “This deal is about more than just preserving a legendary industry,” she writes, “it’s about positioning that industry for future success. Rejecting it under the guise of protecting local interests, while ignoring the dynamic and interconnected nature of modern global industries, would be a misguided decision.”

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From our friends at National Review: Applications for the Spring 2024 Burke to Buckley Programs in Miami, New York, and Philadelphia are now open and the application deadline has been EXTENDED to January 2nd.

NRI’s in-person Burke to Buckley Fellowship Program currently operates in Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York City, and Philadelphia. The program follows a syllabus ([link removed]) that fosters a rigorous examination of conservative principles and how they apply to the issues of the day. For each session of the eight seminars, participants complete a reading assignment that they then discuss over dinner with a leading conservative thinker. The classes are composed of approximately 20 mid-career professionals (between 10 and 25 years of professional work experience). This program is not intended for recent graduates or people working in the fields of public policy or politics. Participants and alumni receive invitations to exclusive networking happy hours and other annual and regional events when they occur. They also receive a complimentary ticket to the Buckley Prize Dinner in the year that they participate in the program.

For information on the NRI Burke to Buckley Dinner-Discussion Series and to apply go here ([link removed]) .

What We’re Reading...
Former Congressman Peter Meijer — one of the few Republicans in the chamber to vote for the impeachment of President Donald Trump — wrote this week for The Free Press that the Colorado Supreme Court’s attempt to exclude Trump from the ballot in 2024 was a shameful attack on American democracy ([link removed]) . If Democrats want to defeat Trump, they should do so by nominating a candidate who can actually beat him fair and square.

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