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This week in 1956, the phrase “In God We Trust” was adopted as America’s national motto. While it remains, the next fight involving political correctness will be

Requiring the Pledge of Allegiance at government meetings
0%
Reparations for descendants of slave and victims of discrimination
0%
Removing Thomas Jefferson’s image from the $2 bill
0%
The welfare state and universal basic income vs. the free market
0%
Making all things gender-neutral (say goodbye to “manhole”, “manpower”)
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1932, Herbert Hoover slashed his presidential salary by 20% and also handed cabinet members a 15% pay cut. The federal belt-tightening you’d like to see

Entitlement and Pension Reform
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Less Pentagon Spending
0%
Reduced Overseas Aid
0%
Fewer Government Subsidies
0%
Balanced Budget Requirements
0%
Total votes: 0
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What are the likely results of current U.S.–China trade tensions?

Both sides will meekly and reciprocally back off.
12%
The trade war will shortly end with mild Chinese concessions.
43%
Trump will radically redefine trade in America’s favor.
23%
Tensions will escalate into a destructive, full-bore trade war.
15%
Commercial tensions will lead to military incidents and possible war.
7%
Total votes: 122
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America’s economy has grown for 121 consecutive months – the longest economic expansion in US history. The greatest threat to continued growth

The US-China trade/tariff dispute going unresolved
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The Federal Reserve tinkering with interest rates
0%
A slowdown in global manufacturing and construction
0%
Businesses pulling back on investment spending
0%
A decrease in Americans’ consumer spending
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1983, Stanford physicist Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman to leave the planet as a payload specialist aboard the shuttle Challenger. The next space landmark

Discovery of alien life
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Returning humans to the moon
0%
Manned mission to Mars
0%
Reliable commercial spaceflights
0%
Building giant space colonies
0%
Total votes: 0
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This week in 1963, John F. Kennedy delivered one of his most iconic lines during a nine-minute speech in then West Berlin. The most telling quote of world leaders about the wall

Kennedy: “. . . I take pride in the words “Ich bin ein Berliner”
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Ronald Reagan: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”
0%
Erich Honecker: “The wall will be standing in 50 and even in 100 years” (10 months later, it fell)
0%
Gerhard Schroder: “The wall was not brought down by Washington, Bonn or Moscow . . .”
0%
Total votes: 0
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As the United States of America celebrates its birthday this week, what aspect of the Declaration of Independence stands out to you

Its idealism (freedom) and practicality
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Its expressed commitment to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”
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Its reminder that government draws its power from “the consent of the governed”
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Its lasting 243 years despite less than a week of congressional debate and revisions
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All of it
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Total votes: 0
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This week in 1854, the US Naval Academy held its first formal graduation exercises. This year’s class of Navy ensigns and Marine 2nd lieutenants are most likely to see action in or around

Venezuela
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North Korea
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South China Sea
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Persian Gulf
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Total votes: 0
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Seventy-five years ago this week, allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, beginning the liberation of France and Western Europe. The key takeaway from D-Day:

The value of international coalitions
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A triumph of planning and subterfuge
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How close the landings came to failure
0%
A generation of warriors fading away
0%
Total votes: 0
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What is the importance of Trump’s pro-Israel initiatives?

Not much: Trump simply recognized long-accepted realities on the ground.
8%
Trump is solidifying a new Israeli, moderate Arab, and American anti-Iran axis.
32%
Trump is restoring America’s traditional pro-Israel policy mostly negated by the Obama administration.
32%
Trump has abandoned the disinterested role of the United States that made us an honest broker in the region.
11%
Overt favoritism toward Israel will lead to violence, maybe war, and anti-Americanism among Muslim nations.
17%
Total votes: 144
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