Some headlines that caught our eye.
Public Policy
Democrats Tried To ‘Blackmail’ Casino Owner To Let Employees Unionize, Conservative Group Claims — Roll Call
Climate Policies Bite Poor Consumers And Frustrate Politicians Without Much Wider Impact — American Enterprise Institute
A Truly Populist Social Security Reform — Veronique de Rugy, Reason
Matters Of Faith
Wisconsin Democrats Want To Hear Your Confession — Acton Institute
Why HillFaith? — HillFaith
Getting Beyond Darwin — First Things
Hypocrisy
Will ’80s Stance On ‘Ethnocide’ Harm Sanders With Native Americans? — RealClearPolitics
The Real Reason They Behave Hypocritically On Climate Change Is Because They Want To — Forbes
Castro, Steyer Join Pledge Opposing Keystone XL Pipeline — Fox News
On Campus
Uncovered Emails Show University of Kentucky Employees Mocking Conservative Students — Campus Reform
Students Could Still Get In Trouble For Offending Their Peers Under Newly Revised Speech Code — The College Fix
Restoring A Great Intellectual Tradition To America’s Campuses — George Leef
The Collapse Of English Lit At Columbia — PowerLine
Misc
Corporate Happy Talk And The Duty of Shareholder Loyalty — Walter Olson, Cato Institute
Is Joe Okay? Biden Adds Two More Iowa Flubs To The Growing List — Legal Insurrection
Politicians Don’t Seem To Laugh At Themselves As Much Anymore — The Conversation
Dear Mayor de Blasio: An open Letter To Our Hapless Presidential Candidate — Michael Goodwin, New York Post
More Poor People Are Eating Better, So They’ll Live Longer, Which Is Bad For ‘Climate Change‘ — The Pirate’s Cove
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