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Director of Domestic Policy Studies & Neal Chair @AEI Columnist @wsjopinion

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The midterms can wait. I’ll take the Brewers in six. My column this week @WSJFreeEx wsj.com/opinion/free-express…

Opinion | October’s Sportsapalooza Is a Gift

Sports offer Americans a chance to share and enjoy common experiences even as they divide over the midterms.

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October 27, @jpodhoretz recommends The Cheesecake Factory
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Last Friday, Hertog alumni, alongside students from the MSU @LeFrakForum, heard a lecture from @UNCSCILL Professor Dustin Sebell. Monday, Hertog welcomed LeFrak students to learn about program offerings and for a talk by Dorothea Wolfson on citizenship and education in America.
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A bracing — and quite interesting — interview by @tunkuv @WSJFreeEx wsj.com/opinion/free-express…

Opinion | Free Ex Q&A: Dan Schueftan

‘Israel is the only place in the world today where a free society has a young generation that’s willing to fight for freedom.’

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8 years ago, 11 innocent people at the Tree of Life synagogue here in Western PA were brutally murdered in a vile, antisemitic attack. Today and always, we remember Joyce, Richard, Rose, Jerry, Cecil, David, Bernice, Sylvan, Daniel, Melvin, and Irving.
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All this, plus I do my broken-record routine about how great things actually are in U.S.A. circa 2026 (not at all like the doom-and-gloom you hear from politicians trying to keep you sad, mad and in a bad mood). @WSJFreeEx
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'In communist China, the fundamental problem is not simply that elections are absent but that the ruling party has made itself virtually immune to accountability.' @milesyu10 @WashTimesOpEd go.shr.lc/4k1lwnV

The brilliance of U.S. elections

Elections are here again. They are noisy, partisan, expensive and often exhausting. Politicians make extravagant promises, attack their opponents and bombard voters with advertisements.

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Violent crimes have single largest annual drop ever recorded during first year of Trump's second...

Violent crimes dropped by at least 25% across most categories in 2025, the first year of President Trump's second term, according to a new Department of Justice report.

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Walter Koenig, the Russian Crewman Chekov on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 90 hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…

Walter Koenig, the Russian Crewman Chekov on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 90

He joined the TV series for the second season but had more to do on another acclaimed sci-fi program, 'Babylon 5.'

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Walter Koenig Has Died at 90. He Played Chekov on ‘Star Trek.’ nytimes.com/2026/10/26/arts/…

Walter Koenig, Chekov From ‘Star Trek,’ Has Died

As the baby-faced Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise, he was a mainstay of the original television series and seven films. He was 90.

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NEW: Abdul El-Sayed gets cozy with Hamas-loving editor who wants Jews sent "back to Poland." Osama Siblani urged El-Sayed to "soothe" his Arab supporters in Dearborn during a roundtable discussion at his offices last week, according to video. freebeacon.com/democrats/abd…

Abdul El-Sayed Gets Cozy With Hamas-Loving Editor Who Wants Jews Sent ‘Back to Poland’: Candidate...

Abdul El-Sayed sought to "soothe" anti-Israel voters in Dearborn during a roundtable discussion this week with local activist Osama Siblani, who has called Hamas and Hezbollah "freedom fighters" and...

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"If submitting a housing permit application on the same day, the average aspiring homeowner who wants to build in Miami, San Francisco or Boston — the cities with the longest permitting times — will still be stuck in paperwork when the average aspiring homeowner in Indianapolis, El Paso, Colorado Springs, Phoenix or Fort Worth is moving into a completed home." @PostOpinions washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | How a paperwork bottleneck adds 39 percent to your rent

See how many housing permits your metro area authorized this year and how that pace compares with previous years.

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The Wall Street Journal editorial board featured a new tracker from AEI's @prestoncooper93 that catalogs graduate schools and programs that have cut prices since OBBBA capped federal loans for advanced degrees. wsj.com/opinion/university-m…

Opinion | The GOP’s Tuition Deflation Act

Colleges are cutting their graduate costs as loan subsidies fall.

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Great @AllysiaFinley @WSJopinion wsj.com/opinion/democrats-th…

Opinion | Democrats Think You’re ‘Rich’—Now Fork It Over

Do you make $184,500? Congratulations! Abdul El-Sayed will help the government to 12.4% of it.

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Free Expression@WSJFreeExOct 26
Today: @rkylesmith likens Netflix to White Castle; @DrDominicGreen worries about an AI apocalypse; Nic Rowan decides yes or no on foie gras; and @DavQuinn reports on an ad making culture-war waves. Plus, @MattHennessey predicts AOC’s run for president. wsj.com/opinion/free-express…

AOC Wants to Be Your Friend

The New York Democrat is prepping for 2028.

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What comes through the most in the new documentary about Norm Macdonald is the man himself. | @EsotericCD nationalreview.com/corner/po…

Portrait of the Artist, as a Man | National Review

What comes through the most in the new documentary about Norm Macdonald is the man himself.

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WILL TRUMP’S MIDTERM BLITZ BOOST TURNOUT? Paul Gigot interviews pollster Mark Penn. #JER
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NEW: FBI Raided Home of @AbdulElSayed’s Mother During Counterterrorism Probe, Sister Said Quite a find by @alanagoodman freebeacon.com/democrats/fbi…

FBI Raided Home of El-Sayed's Mother, Senate Candidate's Sister Wrote in Unearthed Article

The FBI raided the home of the left-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's mother in the early 2000s, likely in connection with a terror financing case that shut down the Islamic charity she...

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HITS AND MISSES: The week's best and worst from @continetti, @AllysiaFinley, @KimStrassel. #JER
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October sports offer Americans a chance to share and enjoy common experiences even as they divide over politics. The timing is no accident. It’s providence, writes @continetti on.wsj.com/47DCRf7

Opinion | October’s Sportsapalooza Is a Gift

Sports offer Americans a chance to share and enjoy common experiences even as they divide over the midterms.

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Free Expression@WSJFreeExOct 23
This week’s front-page headlines have been filled with war, betrayal, corruption and lies. I couldn’t be in a happier mood, writes @continetti on.wsj.com/4iBRl5l

Opinion | October’s Sportsapalooza Is a Gift

Sports offer Americans a chance to share and enjoy common experiences even as they divide over the midterms.

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