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Trump's Syria Strike Displays Arrogance, Not Toughness

The bombing of Syria is the most irresponsible act of Donald Trump’s circus presidency – yet it enjoys the greatest applause from the foreign policy and political establishment. Trump is doing what Obama refused to do – bombing a sovereign nation in response to a...

Don’t Let Trump’s Bedlam Distract from Betrayals

In his first 70 days in office, President Donald Trump is shedding his most popular populist economic promises with the ease of a confidence man. The “chaos candidate,” as Jeb Bush dubbed him, presented himself as a populist champion who would clean out Washington. As...

Gorsuch Wrong for Colorado's Working Families

From Colorado's legal elites, we've been hearing praise in the media for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. But for the majority of Coloradans — and Americans — who are everyday working people, Judge Gorsuch's record bodes ill. I recognize that Sen. Cory Gardner has...

The Schools Betsy DeVos Wants Parents To Choose

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos finally found a public school she could visit where there wouldn't be protests. It's on a military base, safely inside the compound of Fort Bragg in North Carolina. As a local news outlet reports, DeVos used her appearance at...

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