Decline of Unions Under Right-to-Work Laws Levels Playing Field for Trump
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Feb. 20, 2017 |
| Good morning from Washington on the day Americans mark the birthday of the father of our country. Arthur Milikh tells why we shouldn't call it Presidents Day. The lessening power of labor unions gave Donald Trump, who just made a big speech in Florida, an opening in key states, Kevin Mooney discovers. (You can watch his speech here.) We've got stories from Fred Lucas on evidence that voter fraud is a serious issue and from Nolan Peterson on the reality of war in Ukraine. Plus: Katrina Trinko on the redemption of Jane Roe, and Jennifer Marshall remembers moral giant Michael Novak. |
NewsDecline of Unions Under Right-to-Work Laws Levels Playing Field for TrumpTrump prevailed where other Republican presidential candidates failed in Midwestern states in part because of new right-to-work laws that have diminished the power and influence of the teachers' unions. |
CommentaryWhy We Should Celebrate Washington's Birthday, Not Presidents DayFirst instituted as a federal holiday in 1879, this day ought to celebrate Washington, not an abstraction called "presidents." |
CommentaryMichael Novak and America's Moral EcologyNovak has equipped us for an enduring defense of freedom by urging us to tend to the spirit, not just the structures, of our American order. |
CommentaryThe Pro-Life Legacy of Norma McCorvey, the 'Roe' of Roe v. Wade"Upon knowing God, I realized that my case, which legalized abortion on demand, was the biggest mistake of my life," said Norma McCorvey, who died Saturday. |
NewsHere's Why State Election Officials Think Voter Fraud Is a Serious Problem"As clerk, I saw two school board races decided by a single vote," says Wayne Williams, now Colorado secretary of state. |
Feature3 Years After the Revolution, Peace Remains Elusive in UkraineThere's a McDonald's restaurant down the street across the Maidan. That's where, during the revolution, my friend Valentyn Onyshchenko went to wash his face clean of the blood and bits of brain that spattered on him when a man standing in front of him was shot by a sniper. |
CommentaryWe Hear You: 'I Tried to Put Myself in the Defector's Shoes'"I am a South Korean student who has translated the testimony of a North Korean defector. Since I was a girl, I have been very interested in North Korean human rights, and wanted to provide a small help for those people," writes Ruth Uhm. |
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