Tag: July Fourth

The Age of Wokeness

July 6, 2022
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Commentary “And I’m proud to be an American …” — Lee Greenwood A Gallup poll has found only 38 percent of us are “strongly proud” to be Americans, the lowest on record. Another 22 percent say they are “moderately proud.” Some pro-choice liberals have called for boycotts of future Independence Days. What is responsible for…

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America in Crisis

July 4, 2022
Business & MarketsBusiness Columnistseconomic crisisideologyJuly Fourthprincipleswoke
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News analysis The good news is that price hikes have pulled back a bit even if real-time aggregates are still running up 10 percent year-over-year. That’s better than it was two months ago, with food, transportation, and household durables rising at slightly slower rates. Utilities and education are up, however, so the bad news is…

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Crashing Confidence: The Dallas Fed Reveals All

June 28, 2022
Business & MarketsBusiness ColumnistsinflationJuly FourthU.S. economy
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News analysis July Fourth is always a bittersweet holiday, a time to reflect on the grand ideals of the founding of American independence. But this year it will once again be impossible to believe that those ideals are still with us as a governing principle, at least not consistently, not even predominantly, certainly not right…

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