Over 240 years ago, American colonists rejected the tyranny of King George III by signing the Declaration of Independence. Today, presidents and presidential candidates long for more autocracy.
Victor Joecks
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Victor Joecks is a Review-Journal columnist who explores and explains policy issues three days a week in the Opinion section. Previously he served as the executive vice president of the Nevada Policy Research Institute. Victor is also a staff sergeant in Nevada National Guard. Originally from Washington state, Victor received his bachelor’s degree from Hillsdale College.
As America celebrates its birthday as the “land of the free,” its citizens have two profoundly different ideas of freedom.
Teachers aren’t required to join the Clark County Education Association, but they can only leave during the next two weeks.
The deans fired by Superintendent Jesus Jara were more likely to be African American or Hispanic than the administrators who kept their jobs.
Superintendent Jesus Jara should resign or be fired. That’s the belief of Stephen Augspurger, the executive director of CCSD’s administrator union.
The evidence keeps mounting that America’s largest technology companies are actively suppressing conservative voices and content.
If a person insists on breaking the law, the government’s job is to stop them. That doesn’t seem like a controversial concept — unless the topic is immigration.
Joe Biden has uttered racially charged statements for years. Now that he’s the frontrunner for the Democrat presidential nomination, he may finally face prolonged scrutiny for them.
Drug abuse is the root cause of the rise of homelessness. That’s according to Christopher Rufo, contributing editor to City Journal.
The most competitive match the U.S. women’s soccer team will face this year won’t be on the field at the Women’s World Cup. It’ll be in a Los Angeles courthouse.
Charlie Brown never figured out that Lucy was always going to yank the football away. It’s an open question if the public will ever figure out that “more money” will never be enough for the Clark County School District.
I’ve always viewed not keeping score in kids’ sports suspiciously. After all, the real world rewards achievement and results, not intentions and feelings. Then I watched my son play t-ball.
All Joe Biden has to do to win the Democrat presidential nomination is stop reminding people that he’s best known for political blunders, back rubs and gaffes. It’s not going well so far.
If you want half the Republicans in Carson City to support a terrible bill, just give it an attractive name. That’s what happened when the so-called Equal Rights Amendment came up for a vote.
Opportunity Scholarships help low-income students succeed at half the cost of public schools. That’s why the education establishment fears them so much.