March 14 2022
 

Good morning from Washington, where progressive elites seem ready to end America’s rep for rugged individualism. This ruling class seeks to manage all our cares, Richard Reinsch writes. What does forgiveness look like for the sins of America’s past? Find out from an admirer of Frederick Douglass in a video report from our Virginia Allen. In a special podcast episode, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts examines the breakdown in law and order with reporter Julio Rosas. Plus: Peter Brookes on biological labs in Ukraine; Jim Phillips on what makes the energy crisis worse; and your letters on the Supreme Court vacancy. On this date in 1958, the Recording Industry Association of America awards its first Gold Record to crooner Perry Como for selling over 500,000 copies of his hit “Catch A Falling Star.”


 
 
 
COMMENTARY
America’s Ruling Class Wants to Reduce Us to Incompetence
By Richard M. Reinsch II

The ruling class diagnoses and prescribes cures for our neuroses and instills in us a resigned belief that we really aren’t free to govern our lives without its constant attention.
SPECIAL FEATURE
His Great-Great-Grandmother Was a Slave. He Sees Forgiveness as Path Forward.
By Virginia Allen

Dean Nelson says he didn’t hear his parents or grandparents “ever say a negative word about a white person, despite the fact that my parents went to a segregated high school.”
COMMENTARY
Biden’s Burnt Bridges Exacerbate Ukraine-Related Oil Crisis
By James Phillips

The Biden administration’s cold shoulder encouraged the Saudis and Emiratis to hedge their bets on U.S. security guarantees by trying to improve their relations with Russia, China, and even Iran.
COMMENTARY
How to Fix the Media
By Kevin Roberts

Julio Rosas, author of “Fiery but Mostly Peaceful,” describes his experiences covering riots and violence in American cities in recent years.
COMMENTARY
Russia’s Claim of Chemical, Bio Labs in Ukraine Is a Ruse
By Peter Brookes

Moscow claims that Washington and Kyiv are working together to develop chemical and biological weapons. That’s pure Putin propaganda.
NEWS
ICYMI: Fact-Checking 3 Biden Claims on Gas Prices
By Fred Lucas

"They have 9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year,” says President Biden.
 
     
 
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