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Why don’t U.S. medical schools produce more medical doctors?
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Why don’t U.S. medical schools produce more medical doctors?

By Jay Greene, PhD | Heritage Foundation What would happen if the U.S. military needed 1 million people in the Armed Forces but decided to cap domestic enlistment at 750,000 U.S. citizens and to recruit the rest abroad? Or what would happen if U.S. policy was designed to import 25 percent of its lawyers or teachers from elsewhere in the world, not because this country lacks people who are interested in and capable of pursuing those professions, but simply because the U.S. would rather hire foreigners for those jobs? That would be absurd—and it happens to be exactly how the system for training and hiring doctors in America operates today. To become a board-certified and licensed doctor in the United States, one must complete medical school and then be placed in a residency program for...
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Devotional: What the Old and New Testament have to say on immigration
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Devotional: What the Old and New Testament have to say on immigration

By Drake Hunter | Special Contributor The contributions of immigrants have enriched our country's strength and diversity, a fact that we should all appreciate. The treatment of immigrants, whether they are legal or illegal, has been a topic of discussion throughout history, including in modern times. Even the Bible has references to this topic. In the Old Testament, Moses instructs the Israelites on how to treat immigrants, emphasizing the importance of protecting and treating them fairly and compassionately. His words provide a blueprint for treating strangers justly, mentioning their concerns over 35 times and offering specific instructions about citizenship rights, land ownership and immigrant guidelines. The Old Testament favors the justice side of the discussion. Neverthel...
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S&P 500 hits record high, Dow eyes 40,000 for first time on slowing inflation data
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S&P 500 hits record high, Dow eyes 40,000 for first time on slowing inflation data

By Martin Baccardax | The Street U.S. stocks powered higher Wednesday while Treasury yields and the dollar slipped, as investors picked through a crucial April inflation report that could add further fuel to the market's recent spring rally. The S&P 500 is now trading 0.71% higher on the session at 5,283.90 points, with a new intra-day peak of 5,284.50 points, while the Nasdaq is up 0.84% at 16,165.17 points. The Dow is now just 233 points from breaching the 40,000 mark, having risen 0.5% from last night's close, with Salesforce CRM, Home Depot HD and UnitedHealth Group UNH pacing gains.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE STREET
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Greszler: Counting on Social Security to fund your retirement? Think again
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Greszler: Counting on Social Security to fund your retirement? Think again

By Rachel Greszler | Heritage Foundation In just nine years, the oldest Gen-Xers will reach Social Security’s normal retirement age of 67. But they have a rude awakening when they learn that the program’s trust fund is empty, leaving it able to pay out only as much in benefits as it takes from the paychecks of those then working. That’s straight from the Social Security trustees 2024 report. It also notes that without congressional action, benefits will have to be cut by 21 percent across the board—including for those already retired—beginning in 2033. For the average beneficiary, who receives about $22,000 a year from Social Security, that 21 percent cut will translate into a loss of $4,600 per year. As Social Security benefits will grow faster than payroll taxes for the foreseea...
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Denver Elementary students face racist slurs during City Council meeting
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Denver Elementary students face racist slurs during City Council meeting

By Hannah Metzger | Westword Two young Black girls went before Denver City Council to ask for help for their school. Instead, they became the victims of a racist tirade. Fourth- and fifth-grade students from Monarch Montessori spoke during the council's weekly public comment session on Monday, May 13, requesting assistance in getting a yurt for their school. But less than a minute into their testimony, a voice from the online Zoom shouted at the girls to "go back to fucking Africa," followed by a series of insults and racial slurs. Council staff unsuccessfully tried to mute the anonymous speaker, but the racist rant continued for around thirty seconds, with the female-sounding voice repeatedly calling the children the N-word before the Zoom was eventually ...
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Auraria Campus officials decline to provide security details as protest encampment grows
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Auraria Campus officials decline to provide security details as protest encampment grows

By Nicole C. Brambila | The Denver Gazette The pro-Palestinian protests on the Auraria Campus have cost it nearly $300,000, campus officials reported Tuesday. “The protest has cost the campus an estimated $290K in damages, canceled community events, and other relevant costs to address the encampment,” Devra Ashby, a spokesperson for the Auraria Higher Education Center, said in an email to The Denver Gazette. “That cost will only increase over time.” Damages — Ashby said — have involved destroying the sod in the quad, graffiti tagging and vandalism, as well as the cost of cleaning up the quad, including a hazmat team handling a spill from an illegal toilet. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Dead wolf in Colorado likely killed by mountain lion, officials say
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Dead wolf in Colorado likely killed by mountain lion, officials say

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics A dead gray wolf found in Larimer County last month was most likely killed by a mountain lion, according to information from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. "The initial necropsy report conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the deceased gray wolf found in Larimer County on April 18, 2024 finds that the cause of death is trauma, consistent with predation. Although not definitive, the puncture wounds in the skull are consistent with those typically inflicted by a mountain lion," the agency said. Meanwhile, another yearling at the ranch of Conway Farrell in Grand County has been killed by a wolf, according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife wolf depredation report. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Sloan: The greater threat to the planet
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Sloan: The greater threat to the planet

By Kelly Sloan | Special Contributor George Will recently wrote a rather chilling column, pointing out something so obvious that it has escaped much attention. That is this: while much of the world is obsessed over climate change, to the point of spending trillions of dollars annually, virtually no attention is being paid to another hypothetical scenario, one that is at least as real in potential (if not more so) as climate change and which bears far more immediate and devastating consequences – that is the threat of nuclear war. Will refers to a book by reporter and historian Annie Jacobsen titled “Nuclear War: A Scenario” in which the author details how a modern-day nuclear exchange could play out – and how quickly – along with the aftermath. The consequences described are every bi...
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Walcher: Is the goal cleaner air, or something else?
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Walcher: Is the goal cleaner air, or something else?

By GREG WALCHER | GregWalcher.com In 1991, Oleta Adams sang “Get Here” on “Soul Train.” She spent 23 weeks on the Billboard top 100 with the love ballad, listing all the ways he could get to her: by railway, trailway, airplane, caravan, sailboat, swinging on a rope, by sled, horseback, or even by windsurfing, magic carpet, or hot air balloon. The conclusion is, “I don’t care how you get here, just get here…” Government regulators like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ought to take that approach, but rarely do. This was the primary controversy surrounding EPA’s regulation of methane emissions, which sought not only to set and enforce standards for the pollutant, but also to dictate a one-size-fits-all outdated technology to monitor emissions. Governments are often behind ...
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Colorado ranked as third most dangerous state in new U.S. crime study
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Colorado ranked as third most dangerous state in new U.S. crime study

By Daniel Boniface | Denver Gazette Colorado ranked as one of the "most dangerous" states in the U.S. in a new report and it's mostly because of a high rate of property crime. U.S. News and World Report last week released its 2024 Best States rankings and although Colorado finished in a respectable 16th place overall, it received poor marks for public safety, ranking No. 3 most dangerous. The rankings were determined by factoring both violent crime and property crime rates in each state using FBI data from 2022, the report said. "For its part, the FBI notes that numerous factors can affect the amount and type of crime in different areas, including population density, economic conditions, climate and family cohesiveness," the report said. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZ...
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