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The Trump administration has proposed significant cuts to domestic discretionary spending, writes James Capretta. The administration would have more success restraining spending if it emphasized improving government productivity instead of wholesale elimination of functions and agencies that powerful factions in Congress support.

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Excessive deference to judges — especially on the grounds that politics should never contaminate constitutional questions — too easily lets elected officials and, in the end, the people they represent off the hook, explains Gregory Weiner.

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Challenges to America’s role abroad are more likely to lead to a strategic restoration than a realist revolution, says Giselle Donnelly.

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Andrew Biggs and Jason Richwine offer suggestions to improve the efficiency of an education system in which teachers have a limited but important role. Once we move past the distraction of "underpaid" teachers, we can focus on moderate reforms that minimize teacher shortages, improve student outcomes at the margins, and target spending more efficiently.

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John Yoo writes that we must avoid doing long-term harm to the president’s ability to conduct foreign policy and protect our nation.

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It is important to understand the scope and nature of loneliness and the factors that contribute to and reduce it if we hope to address it properly in our society. Daniel Cox, Ryan Streeter, and David Wilde hope that this report contributes to the literature in this regard.