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By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 18, the 199th day of 2023. There are 166 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 18, 1969, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left a party on Chappaquiddick (chap-uh-KWIH’-dihk) Island near Martha’s ...

College racism

NEW YORK — The Left is angry because the Supreme Court ruled race-based affirmative action unconstitutional. President Joe Biden says he “strongly disagrees.” But Chief Justice John Roberts was right to say, “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.” It’s a ...

Taking rights seriously

WASHINGTON — “If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, Mankind would be no more justified In silencing that one person, Than he, if he had the power, Would be justified in silencing mankind.” -- John Stuart Mill ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Saturday, July 15, the 196th day of 2023. There are 169 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 15, 1916, Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products Co., was founded in Seattle. On this date: In 1834, ...

‘Bidenomics’ is a marketing term

WASHINGTON — Politics is sometimes little more than marketing. As evidence, behold the sudden use of the term “Bidenomics” by Democrats to describe administration policies of the past few years. Indeed, what’s being branded as “new” is nothing but the same old program of big ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Monday, July 17, the 198th day of 2023. There are 167 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 17, 1821, Spain ceded Florida to the United States. On this date: In 1862, during the Civil War, Congress approved ...