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Debra J. Saunders

Debra J. Saunders is a fellow at the Discovery Institute's Chapman Center for Citizen Leadership. Contact her at dsaunders@discovery.org.
by | Jul 22, 2023

The women were expendable. They were sex workers, after all. When they disappeared between 2007 and 2010, Long Island law enforcement formed no task forces. There was no huge outcry from the public. Their killer had chosen victims who could…

by | Jul 12, 2023

In his memoir Beautiful Things, Hunter Biden writes about the time he left his wallet in a rental car, where he also left drug paraphernalia and white-powder residue. A Prescott, Arizona, rental car company employee called local police, “who called…

by | Jul 8, 2023

Last week, California released the final report of its Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans with more than 100 recommendations. Like every ill-conceived virtue-signaling dreamchild conceived by California’s ultra-progressive legislature, the task force boasts that…

by | Jul 1, 2023

“The homeless are just like you and me.” That’s a politically correct assertion that doesn’t quite recognize the reality on the ground, such as the link between self-destructive behavior — most notably, substance abuse — and living on the street…

by | Jun 24, 2023

The outrage isn’t over the fact that President Joe Biden’s son Hunter got a comparatively light sentence for paying his 2017 and 2018 taxes late — late meaning after Dad got elected president — when he earned more than $1.5…

by | Jun 17, 2023

Like most Republicans I know, I just want former President Donald Trump to go away. Maybe get off social media and stick to golf and dinners at his upscale properties. But he won’t, so OK, he can go to jail….

by | Jun 10, 2023

The problem for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other big media outlets that want to dismiss Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a conspiracy theorist/nutjob is hard not to see: Their history isn’t exactly pristine either. And RFK…

by | Jun 3, 2023

Last year, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul admitted it was a “mistake” for the Empire State to “have all the kids go home and learn remotely.” To her credit, Hochul recognized that a decision fueled by good intentions turned out…

by | May 27, 2023

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav had a message for students when he delivered a commencement address at Boston University last week: “Show up,” he said. Alas, a number of students at the ceremony had their own message: “Shut up,…

by | May 20, 2023

For me, the question long has been: Were FBI agents so eager to get President Donald Trump that they ignored the signs that the story about the Trump campaign colluding with Moscow was a dirty political smear, or did they…

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