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In the aftermath of the death of US student Otto Warmbier just days after his return to Ohio from North Korean captivity, the United States’ best policy option is to

Enact the House’s North Korean Travel Control Act that bans tourist travel to North Korea
0%
Reinstate North Korea to the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism (Iran, Sudan, Syria)
0%
Impose secondary sanctions on Chinese concerns doing missile-and nuclear-related business with North Korea
0%
Do nothing dramatic until the three other Americans currently detained by North Korea are brought home
0%
Total votes: 0
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A century after Woodrow Wilson failed in his quest to make Father’s Day a national holiday, we should honor America’s paternal class by

Raising a glass to dear old dads past, present, and future
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Giving new fathers more family leave to spend with their newborns and adoptees
0%
Increasing public awareness of what defines responsible fatherhood
0%
Going easy with social experimentation–let fathers be
0%
Total votes: 0
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What presently is the greatest challenge to the unity of the European Union?

Unchecked Islamic immigration from the war-torn Middle East
46%
The inability of poorer southern nations to pay back massive debt to wealthier northern countries
14%
The fall-out from Brexit and the likelihood of more withdrawals from the EU
10%
The increasing dictatorial and anti-democratic nature of a governing EU elite
28%
The inability of both EU and European NATO states to defend themselves from external threats
2%
Total votes: 81
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, the United Kingdom held a “snap” election two years into the new Parliament and three years ahead of the next scheduled vote. The biggest takeaway is that

Prime Minister Theresa May gambled and lost, so much for a parliamentary mandate
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As with the Brexit vote, how foolish it is to read too much into UK preelection polls
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Voters facing domestic woes lashed out at jittery leadership (note to US Republicans)
0%
Conservatives were repudiated, but it wasn’t a clarion call to move hard-left (note to US Democrats)
0%
Total votes: 0
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Thirty years ago, on subsequent days in June, Margaret Thatcher won a third term as Britain’s prime minister and Ronald Reagan challenged the Soviets to tear down the Berlin Wall. The conservative high–water mark in the years since was

The Republican revolution of 1994
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Thirty years of Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court opinions
0%
George W. Bush’s response to the 9/11 attacks
0%
Welfare reform at the state and federal levels
0%
The rise of the Fox News Channel
0%
The spread of conservative talk radio
0%
Total votes: 0
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As we celebrate Memorial Day, the most appropriate way to honor those who lost their lives while in military service to the nation is to

Guarantee better care at VA hospitals
0%
Ensure military cemeteries can afford headstone flags and wreaths
0%
Increase pay and benefits for military personnel
0%
Put in place a more thoughtful combat strategy so military lives aren’t wasted
0%
Educate the public on the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day
0%
Total votes: 0
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As President Trump globe trots for the first time–to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Vatican, plus a NATO meeting in Brussels and a G-7 summit in Sicily–the global dynamic that most concerns you is

North Korea firing missiles
0%
Syria/ISIS/Iraq/Turkey firing at one another
0%
China’s navy expanding across the Pacific
0%
Russia’s longing to expand around the Baltic
0%
The ongoing war on terrorism worldwide
0%
A world with nuclear weapon proliferation
0%
Total votes: 0
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What is the greatest threat to U.S.-China relations?

Increasing trade deficit between two nations
0%
Construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea
27%
Rapid growth of China’s military forces
45%
Stalemate over North Korea
0%
China’s disregard for international agreements and human rights
27%
Total votes: 11
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Your reaction to President Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey

Trump was right: Comey had lost the confidence of both Democrats and Republicans during the past year
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Trump was wrong: it’s not just to fire Comedy in the middle of an ongoing investigation that affects the president
0%
The situation calls for more than a new FBI director: we need a special prosecutor to investigate Russian election meddling
0%
Like the “Saturday Night Massacre,” the “Tuesday Night Massacre” is a bonafide constitutional crisis
0%
Like most things Trump-related, the sound and fury of the reaction outweighs the gravity of the presidential action
0%
Total votes: 0
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Now that the House has approved a bill replacing much of Obamacare – the first step in reshaping the nation’s health care system

It’s about time–even if it was just the 105th day of the Trump presidency
0%
Should have taken more time–and waited for the Congressional Budget office to “score” the bill
0%
Good for the president and House GOP; they made good on their campaign promise
0%
Bad for the president and the House GOP; a rushed bill is the sort of DC business as usual they vowed to end
0%
Everyone should relax: the real drama will be in the Senate and a subsequent conference committee
0%
Total votes: 0
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