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253 }); 254 } 255 function getDefinedSlotByDivId(divId) { 256 for (var i = 0; i < WEX_DEFINED_SLOTS.length; i++) { 257 var slot = WEX_DEFINED_SLOTS[i]; 258 259 if ( 260 slot && 261 slot.getSlotElementId && 262 slot.getSlotElementId() === divId 263 ) { 264 return slot; 265 } 266 } 267 268 return null; 269 } 270 271 function hideWrap(element) { 272 if (!element) { 273 return; 274 } 275 276 var wrap = element.closest(".wex-ad-wrap"); 277 278 if (wrap) { 279 wrap.style.display = "none"; 280 wrap.style.minHeight = "0"; 281 } 282 } 283 function hideAllAdsForZephrUser() { 284 if (WEX_ZEPHR_LOGGED_IN) { 285 return; 286 } 287 288 WEX_ZEPHR_LOGGED_IN = true; 289 document.documentElement.classList.add("wex-zephr-logged-in"); 290 291 document.querySelectorAll(".wex-ad-wrap").forEach(function (wrap) { 292 wrap.style.display = "none"; 293 wrap.style.minHeight = "0"; 294 }); 295 296 googletag.cmd.push(function () { 297 if (WEX_DEFINED_SLOTS.length) { 298 googletag.destroySlots(WEX_DEFINED_SLOTS); 299 WEX_DEFINED_SLOTS = []; 300 WEX_DISPLAYED_DIVS = {}; 301 } 302 }); 303 } 304 305 function checkZephrLogin(item) { 306 if ( 307 !item || 308 typeof item !== "object" || 309 item.event !== "zephr-pageview" || 310 !item.zephrActivity 311 ) { 312 return; 313 } 314 315 if (item.zephrActivity.logged_in === true) { 316 hideAllAdsForZephrUser(); 317 } 318 } 319 320 window.dataLayer.forEach(checkZephrLogin); 321 322 var originalDataLayerPush = window.dataLayer.push; 323 324 window.dataLayer.push = function () { 325 var result = originalDataLayerPush.apply(window.dataLayer, arguments); 326 327 for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) { 328 checkZephrLogin(arguments[i]); 329 } 330 331 return result; 332 }; 333 334 function isRailSlotConfig(slot) { 335 return !!slot && (slot.railSide === "left" || slot.railSide === "right"); 336 } 337 338 function getSlotConfigByDivId(divId) { 339 for (var i = 0; i < WEX_SLOT_CONFIG.length; i++) { 340 if (WEX_SLOT_CONFIG[i].div === divId) { 341 return WEX_SLOT_CONFIG[i]; 342 } 343 } 344 345 return null; 346 } 347 348 function getRailHost(slot) { 349 if (!isRailSlotConfig(slot)) { 350 return null; 351 } 352 353 return document.querySelector(".wex-home-aside-" + slot.railSide); 354 } 355 356 function getRailContentElement() { 357 return document.querySelector(".wex-home-main > .container") || 358 document.querySelector(".wex-home-main .container"); 359 } 360 361 function getRailLayout(slot) { 362 var content = getRailContentElement(); 363 var host = getRailHost(slot); 364 365 if (!content || !host) { 366 return null; 367 } 368 369 var rect = content.getBoundingClientRect(); 370 var available = slot.railSide === "left" 371 ? rect.left 372 : window.innerWidth - rect.right; 373 var left = slot.railSide === "left"
374 ? rect.left - WEX_RAIL_WIDTH - WEX_RAIL_GAP 375 : rect.right + WEX_RAIL_GAP; 376 377 return { 378 host: host, 379 contentRect: rect, 380 available: available, 381 left: left 382 }; 383 } 384 385 function canServeRailSlot(slot) { 386 if ( 387 !isRailSlotConfig(slot) || 388 WEX_DEVICE !== "dsk" || 389 WEX_PAGE_TYPE !== "homepage" || 390 window.innerWidth < 1024 391 ) { 392 return false; 393 } 394 395 var layout = getRailLayout(slot); 396 397 return !!layout && 398 layout.available >= (WEX_RAIL_WIDTH + WEX_RAIL_GAP) && 399 layout.left >= 0 && 400 (layout.left + WEX_RAIL_WIDTH) <= window.innerWidth; 401 } 402 403 function getRailVerticalPosition() { 404 var homepageWrap = document.querySelector( 405 "#wexHomepageWrap.wex-homepage-wrap" 406 ); 407 var footer = document.querySelector( 408 ".td-footer-template-wrap, footer" 409 ); 410 411 if (!homepageWrap) { 412 return null; 413 } 414 415 var wrapRect = homepageWrap.getBoundingClientRect(); 416 var minimumTop = wrapRect.top; 417 var maximumTop = footer 418 ? footer.getBoundingClientRect().top - 419 WEX_RAIL_HEIGHT - 420 WEX_RAIL_BOTTOM_GAP 421 : Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY; 422 423 if (maximumTop < minimumTop) { 424 return null; 425 } 426 427 return Math.min( 428 Math.max(WEX_RAIL_TOP, minimumTop), 429 maximumTop 430 ); 431 } 432 433 function setRailHostVisibility(slot, visible) { 434 var layout = getRailLayout(slot); 435 436 if (!layout) { 437 return; 438 } 439 440 var host = layout.host; 441 var isEmpty = host.getAttribute("data-wex-rail-empty") === "1"; 442 var railTop = getRailVerticalPosition(); 443 var shouldShow = visible && !isEmpty && railTop !== null; 444 445 host.style.display = shouldShow ? "flex" : "none"; 446 447 if (!shouldShow) { 448 return; 449 } 450 451 host.style.position = "fixed"; 452 host.style.top = Math.round(railTop) + "px"; 453 host.style.left = Math.round(layout.left) + "px"; 454 host.style.right = "auto"; 455 host.style.width = WEX_RAIL_WIDTH + "px"; 456 host.style.height = WEX_RAIL_HEIGHT + "px"; 457 } 458 function buildSizeMapping(slot) { 459 var mapping = googletag.sizeMapping(); 460 461 if (isRailSlotConfig(slot)) { 462 mapping.addSize([1024, 0], slot.sizes); 463 mapping.addSize([0, 0], []); 464 } else if (slot.device === "dsk") { 465 mapping.addSize([1024, 0], slot.sizes); 466 mapping.addSize([0, 0], []); 467 } else { 468 mapping.addSize([1024, 0], []); 469 mapping.addSize([0, 0], slot.sizes); 470 } 471 472 return mapping.build(); 473 } 474 475 function defineSingleSlot(slot, pubads) { 476 var element = document.getElementById(slot.div); 477 478 if (!element || getDefinedSlotByDivId(slot.div)) { 479 return getDefinedSlotByDivId(slot.div); 480 } 481 482 if (isRailSlotConfig(slot) && !canServeRailSlot(slot)) { 483 setRailHostVisibility(slot, false); 484 return null; 485 } 486 487 var definedSlot = googletag.defineSlot( 488 slot.unit, 489 slot.sizes, 490 slot.div 491 ); 492 493 if (!definedSlot) { 494 return null; 495 } 496 497 definedSlot 498 .defineSizeMapping(buildSizeMapping(slot)) 499 .setConfig({ 500 targeting: { 501 pos: [slot.pos] 502 } 503 }) 504 .addService(pubads); 505 506 WEX_DEFINED_SLOTS.push(definedSlot); 507 508 if (isRailSlotConfig(slot)) { 509 setRailHostVisibility(slot, true); 510 } 511 512 return definedSlot; 513 } 514 515 function destroySlotByDivId(divId) { 516 var definedSlot = getDefinedSlotByDivId(divId); 517 518 if (!definedSlot) { 519 return; 520 } 521 522 googletag.destroySlots([definedSlot]); 523 WEX_DEFINED_SLOTS = WEX_DEFINED_SLOTS.filter(function (slot) { 524 return slot !== definedSlot; 525 }); 526 delete WEX_DISPLAYED_DIVS[divId]; 527 528 var element = document.getElementById(divId); 529 if (element) { 530 element.innerHTML = ""; 531 } 532 } 533 534 function defineVisibleSlots(pubads) { 535 var premium = window.wexGetSubscriberTier() === "premium-digital"; 536 537 WEX_SLOT_CONFIG.forEach(function (slot) { 538 var element = document.getElementById(slot.div); 539 540 if (!element) { 541 return; 542 } 543
544 if (premium && WEX_SLIM_ALLOWED.indexOf(slot.div) === -1) { 545 hideWrap(element); 546 return; 547 } 548 549 defineSingleSlot(slot, pubads); 550 }); 551 } 552 553 554 function syncDynamicSlots() { 555 if ( 556 WEX_ZEPHR_LOGGED_IN || 557 !WEX_GPT_INITIALIZED || 558 !WEX_SERVICES_ENABLED 559 ) { 560 return; 561 } 562 563 googletag.cmd.push(function () { 564 var pubads = googletag.pubads(); 565 var premium = window.wexGetSubscriberTier() === "premium-digital"; 566 567 WEX_SLOT_CONFIG.forEach(function (slot) { 568 var element = document.getElementById(slot.div); 569 570 if (!element) { 571 return; 572 } 573 574 if (premium && WEX_SLIM_ALLOWED.indexOf(slot.div) === -1) { 575 hideWrap(element); 576 return; 577 } 578 579 var definedSlot = getDefinedSlotByDivId(slot.div); 580 581 if (!definedSlot) { 582 definedSlot = defineSingleSlot(slot, pubads); 583 } 584 585 if ( 586 definedSlot && 587 !WEX_DISPLAYED_DIVS[slot.div] && 588 (!isRailSlotConfig(slot) || canServeRailSlot(slot)) 589 ) { 590 googletag.display(slot.div); 591 WEX_DISPLAYED_DIVS[slot.div] = true; 592 } 593 }); 594 }); 595 } 596 597 window.wexSyncAdSlots = syncDynamicSlots; 598 599 document.addEventListener("wex:auto-ads-ready", function () { 600 syncDynamicSlots(); 601 }); 602 603 function syncRailSlots() { 604 if ( 605 WEX_ZEPHR_LOGGED_IN || 606 WEX_DEVICE !== "dsk" || 607 WEX_PAGE_TYPE !== "homepage" 608 ) { 609 return; 610 } 611 612 googletag.cmd.push(function () { 613 var pubads = googletag.pubads(); 614 615 WEX_SLOT_CONFIG.forEach(function (slot) { 616 if (!isRailSlotConfig(slot)) { 617 return; 618 } 619 620 var element = document.getElementById(slot.div); 621 if (!element) { 622 return; 623 } 624 625 if (!canServeRailSlot(slot)) { 626 setRailHostVisibility(slot, false); 627 destroySlotByDivId(slot.div); 628 return; 629 } 630 631 var definedSlot = getDefinedSlotByDivId(slot.div); 632 633 if (!definedSlot) { 634 definedSlot = defineSingleSlot(slot, pubads); 635 } 636 637 if ( 638 definedSlot && 639 WEX_SERVICES_ENABLED && 640 !WEX_DISPLAYED_DIVS[slot.div] 641 ) { 642 googletag.display(slot.div); 643 WEX_DISPLAYED_DIVS[slot.div] = true; 644 } 645 646 setRailHostVisibility(slot, true); 647 }); 648 }); 649 } 650 651 function updateRailPositions() { 652 WEX_SLOT_CONFIG.forEach(function (slot) { 653 if (!isRailSlotConfig(slot)) { 654 return; 655 } 656 657 setRailHostVisibility( 658 slot, 659 canServeRailSlot(slot) && !!getDefinedSlotByDivId(slot.div) 660 ); 661 }); 662 } 663 664 function defineInterstitial(pubads) { 665 if ( 666 WEX_ZEPHR_LOGGED_IN || 667 WEX_INTERSTITIAL_SLOT || 668 !WEX_INTERSTITIAL_UNIT || 669 window.top !== window.self || 670 !googletag.enums || 671 !googletag.enums.OutOfPageFormat || 672 !googletag.enums.OutOfPageFormat.INTERSTITIAL 673 ) { 674 return; 675 } 676 677 WEX_INTERSTITIAL_SLOT = googletag.defineOutOfPageSlot( 678 WEX_INTERSTITIAL_UNIT, 679 googletag.enums.OutOfPageFormat.INTERSTITIAL 680 ); 681 682 if (!WEX_INTERSTITIAL_SLOT) { 683 return; 684 } 685 686 WEX_INTERSTITIAL_SLOT 687 .setConfig({ 688 targeting: { 689 pos: ["interstitial"] 690 }, 691 interstitial: { 692 requireStorageAccess: true, 693 triggers: { 694 navBar: true, 695 unhideWindow: true, 696 endOfArticle: true, 697 inactivity: true 698 } 699 } 700 }) 701 .addService(pubads); 702 703 WEX_DEFINED_SLOTS.push(WEX_INTERSTITIAL_SLOT); 704 } 705 706 function displayDefinedSlots() { 707 document.querySelectorAll("[data-wex-ad]").forEach(function (element) { 708 if ( 709 WEX_ZEPHR_LOGGED_IN ||
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1702 <span>About Restoring America</span> 1703 </h1> 1704 </div> 1705 <div class="td-page-content tagdiv-type"> 1706 1707<h1 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-editorial-restoring-america"></h1> 1708 1709 1710 1711<p class="wp-block-paragraph">America is going wrong. That is the stark but necessary starting point for this editorial. Many people know it to be true; they can feel our politics and culture turning ever more sour, taste the bitter reality of national decline.</p> 1712 1713 1714 1715<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But fewer people acknowledge it, for it is difficult to say such a terrible thing so bluntly. Politicians prefer to attack or promote specific policies and voice narrow grievances but tend to avoid the electoral poison of general gloom. They mostly keep away from the idea conveyed by the word âmalaise,â with which Jimmy Carter succinctly captured Americaâs weakening spirit and dwindling capacity during his hapless presidency.</p> 1716 1717 1718 1719<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But a sense that the country is out of whack and needs to be restored is now widespread. One hears it wherever one goes, at least among those who love America. They worry about its trajectory and lament the pass to which it has come.</p> 1720 1721 1722 1723<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Who can put his hand on his heart and declare that we are thriving? We are richer than ever, living on borrowed money, but no one can say plausibly that weâve never had it so good. The nation is uncomfortable, not at peace with itself. It is bitterly divided, and without unity, there is no common purpose. The uplifting assumption that we are all on the same team has become impossible to sustain. Americaâs various parts instead work against each other. Pew Research <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/03/21/public-sees-an-america-in-decline-on-many-fronts/">found</a> in March that 60% of the public thought the United States would become a less important country over the next 30 years, and 65% said it would be more politically divided.</p> 1724 1725 1726 1727<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Sayings become cliches usually because they contain wisdom worth repeating. It is so with the biblical warning that a house divided against itself cannot stand. This is part of why America is faltering. It is riven with ideological conflict about the nature of the nation itself. A substantial minority of Americaâs citizens reject their country in principle and repudiate it in practice. They scoff at its founding ideals, regarding them as hypocritical, unsuited to modern circumstances, or both. They insist that our history is one of irredeemable oppression. The same people often refuse to subscribe to our traditional ideals irrespective of whether they are tarnished. They reject the self-evident truth that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are everybodyâs God-given or natural rights, for they do not trust free people to govern themselves as they think fit.</p> 1728 1729 1730 1731<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Why is that? It is because free people do not choose extreme egalitarianism. Therefore, todayâs radicals work always and everywhere to increase central control, obliging people to live not as they wish but as they are told. Within the desire to limit freedom is a dichotomy, for the problem is not only a march toward oppressive âequityâ but also the growth of a triumphant elitism.</p> 1732 1733 1734 1735<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We are in the middle of a cultural revolution that is marginalizing ordinary people from decision-making. The moral relativism of the recent past slashed and burned the traditional values of our culture, producing the tabula rasa on which tyrannical revolutionaries always seem to build their utopias. Now, that building has begun, and they have replaced their moral relativism with arrogant moral certainty. That is why they are so intolerant. People who disagree with them are not to be listened to but silenced. The central aim of the new revolution, antithetical to our core founding idea, is to reduce freedom and concentrate power in the hands of like-minded politicians in Washington. To do this, they camouflage their ideology in the guise of public good. This do-gooding is inflicting terrible damage.</p> 1736 1737 1738 1739<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is time to stop it. Indeed, it is long past time. But one must start somewhere, and now is better than later. And although it is necessary to stop inflicting damage on our polity and culture, applying the brakes is not enough. We must go further and reverse the process, restore what has been lost, reclaim and embrace what has been abandoned. Thorough and effective restoration is painstaking work, but it is worth it.</p> 1740 1741 1742 1743<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Because America embodies universal truths, restoring it, like restoring great art, would refresh and renew something valuable not only to the citizens of this country but to everyone around the world. America and its founding ideals are scarred with the depredations of hostile ideologies and encrusted with the dust of long neglect. But this nation can again be a shining city on a hill â a repository of high ideals and a cause of hope for all the people of the Earth.</p> 1744 1745 1746 1747<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It is in this spirit that the <em>Washington Examiner</em> has launched a campaign, âRestoring America,â that will draw attention in news reporting, commentary, and video to debate over the direction of the country. In our magazine and on our website, we commit ourselves to covering topics, restating principles, affirming beliefs, and raising concerns and dangers that together amount to a checklist for action.</p> 1748 1749 1750 1751<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This campaign will not be brief. We plan to sustain it month after month in the hope that the <em>Washington Examiner</em> can do its part in the necessary task of returning America to robust good health. If our campaign strikes a chord with you, we hope you will visit the new âRestoring Americaâ section that we have launched on the <em>Washington Examiner</em> website and join us in continuous discussion and advocacy on these matters vital to our future.</p> 1752 1753 1754 1755<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, what is it that must be restored? Everyone will have their own view, but here is how
1755we arrived at what we believe most people could support. We asked ourselves what qualities America embodied when it was most admired around the world, and what made its citizens most proud to declare that they were American. Critics will claim this exposes the campaign as backward-looking and reactionary, but it is nothing of the sort. For a society to evolve and yet be stable and tolerant, it must always be engaged in a negotiation between past and future, respecting the wisdom of the former while not snuffing out the hopes of the latter.</p> 1756 1757 1758 1759<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thus, a campaign that respects what our founders bequeathed us seeks what is necessary for America to thrive for generations to come. The fact that our founding values enabled America to achieve stunning success for more than two centuries is a testament to their efficacy and universality. They worked. That is perhaps the strongest argument for defending them and handing them unharmed to our children and to American children yet unborn.</p> 1760 1761 1762 1763<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Americans used to be recognized the world over for their patriotism and a sense they shared that whatever their background, they were united by being American. E pluribus unum â out of many, one â was not merely a noble aspiration but a concrete fact. It found expression (to the envy and sometimes also to the mockery of foreigners) in Americansâ desire to fly the flag whenever and wherever opportunity arose.</p> 1764 1765 1766 1767<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Americans were also more likely than people of other developed nations to practice a religious faith, believe in personal freedom, and be self-reliant rather than look to government to fix their problems. A corollary was that Americans were notably optimistic, blessed and driven by a can-do spirit rooted in courage and strength.</p> 1768 1769 1770 1771<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Everybody had a stake in the country. Americans genuinely believed in equality, not elitism, even when they did not practice it perfectly. They have always been notably more charitable than most other peoples, giving time and money voluntarily rather than delegating compassion and responsibility to a central power. They have believed and lived by the understanding that decisions are best made closest to the people whom those decisions affect.</p> 1772 1773 1774 1775<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Closest of all are parents and family members; Americans have traditionally regarded the family rightly as the most important social unit of all. Finally, Americans long stood out for their expressed desire for fairness and justice. They believe that all people should get their just deserts and be able to get ahead if they make an effort and live by the rules.</p> 1776 1777 1778 1779<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thus, the <em>Washington Examiner</em> arrived at six broad categories of values and vital reporting and commentary that will guide Restoring America. Now, letâs add detail to each:</p> 1780 1781 1782 1783<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity">PATRIOTISM & UNITY</a></strong></p> 1784 1785 1786 1787<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We will campaign for children to be taught to love and respect America. This does not mean whitewashing history or evading the truth that slavery is a grievous stain on our past. But it does mean schoolchildren should not be propagandized, as they are now, to believe that ours is a fundamentally bad country, worse than others, and beyond redemption. Last year, Gallup <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://news.gallup.com/poll/312644/national-pride-falls-record-low.aspx">found</a> that U.S. national pride had fallen to a record low.</p> 1788 1789 1790 1791<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This should not be, for America is great and good, and children should grow up understanding this. Our nationâs determination to live up to its ideals meant that it fought a terrible civil war to stay united and end slavery. That is to its credit, not its shame. Just as children should learn unbiased history, they should also be taught other essential knowledge, which many schools fail spectacularly to do, such as reading, writing, science, genuine civics, and math, to prepare them to live successful lives.</p> 1792 1793 1794 1795<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Teaching children to respect the flag and those who have made sacrifices for it is part of a wider national goal of fostering a shared American culture based on dignity and respect for all. Part of that shared culture should be that English is taught as the nationâs core (but not its only) language.</p> 1796 1797 1798 1799<p class="wp-block-paragraph">National unity requires proportionality in government, which means that although minorities should be protected, policies should be approved of by the majority, not narrow ones that most Americans donât want. They should not be calculated to appeal to special castes favored by political ideology, for that is a form of governance that divides us, setting group against group in bitter competition.</p> 1800 1801 1802 1803<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Division is the aim of todayâs radicals, and it should be rejected. Critical race theory is a prime example of this blight, as are the equally tendentious teachings of intersectionality. They are unfalsifiable ideological assertions that, under the dishonest banner of equity, intentionally foster mutual antipathy and distrust, especially between races. The charge of âracismâ is hurled at political opponents as a way of stanching debate. It is a vile weaponization of race that should be rejected explicitly wherever it occurs.</p> 1804 1805 1806 1807<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Racism is wrong, but, equally, it is not the explanation for every wrong. Demands for reparations for slavery have grown ever louder, but they should be rejected without embarrassment. They w
1807ould be nothing less than a form of collective punishment imposed on people who had nothing to do with slavery, to benefit people who were not slaves.</p> 1808 1809 1810 1811<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Finally, patriotism and unity require that we actually have a country. A defining feature of a nation-state is that it is surrounded by a border. True democracy demands that Americans be allowed to decide who may be admitted and live in their country with them. This is a moral imperative. If there is no border, then the democracy and country are not real. The federal government has an absolute duty to regain control of the nationâs borders, to adopt a coherent immigration policy that reflects the will of the citizens who elected it to represent them, and to stop illegal immigration.</p> 1812 1813 1814 1815<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance">FAITH, FREEDOM, & SELF-RELIANCE</a></strong></p> 1816 1817 1818 1819<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We will advocate individual responsibility, which is life-affirming, and battle against collectivism and dependency, which encourage a debilitating helplessness and a belief that any imperfections in our lives are someone elseâs fault that government should fix. Government handouts should be only for real need. Affirmative action in both the private and public sectors must end. Instead of encouraging a victim mindset, we need to foster a culture that rewards merit and success.</p> 1820 1821 1822 1823<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That requires government to get out of the way. Appropriately limited government means taxes being raised and monies spent for real infrastructure â roads, bridges, broadband access â but not for controversial political programs and social engineering. People with new ideas must be allowed sufficient space to flourish, so red tape (which hobbles innovation and wealth creation) must be cut. Intrusive regulation is the latest deceptive strategy of socialism, intended to give government ever more powerful tools with which to micromanage businesses while shirking the risks and costs of ownership. In a well-ordered free society, risk and reward go together. Inextricably linked with this is the protection of property rights, and the avoidance of confiscatory taxes and stifling restrictions on land use.</p> 1824 1825 1826 1827<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Beyond the economic sphere, freedom means championing the First Amendment â indeed all of the Bill of Rights â rejecting speech codes, and tolerating differences of opinion. Cancel culture must be repudiated everywhere. Tech censorship must be resisted. Monopolies must not be allowed to impose their worldview on the public.</p> 1828 1829 1830 1831<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Freedom of conscience, religion, and association must be protected. Todayâs revolutionaries are pushing faith ever further into retreat. There is an active effort to drive religion out of the public square, to secularize America. They are succeeding. Some religions, Islam, for example, are for the moment tolerated by todayâs radicals because it is not a religion generally associated with America and its history. Christians, by contrast, form Americaâs oldest and largest faith group. Naturally, therefore, they are anathema to our revolutionaries, who seek to oppress those who practice Christianity, and to excoriate its doctrines at every opportunity. This is deliberate, vicious persecution and it must be rejected.</p> 1832 1833 1834 1835<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism">COURAGE, STRENGTH, & OPTIMISM</a></strong></p> 1836 1837 1838 1839<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We will campaign for American global leadership to be maintained and strengthened; the world is better for it. Standing up for American interests and ideals usually coincides with standing up for what is right. U.S. leadership cannot exist only in theory but must be exercised in practice, which requires Washington to use national strength and moral suasion confidently at the United Nations, NATO, the World Health Organization, and every other multilateral organization.</p> 1840 1841 1842 1843<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The worldâs bad actors, China, Russia, Middle East dictatorships, and others, have for decades worked to undermine the interests of America and its allies. The federal government, which is ever more assertive at home, is ever weaker abroad, allowing erosion of Americaâs authority rather than deploying its economic and di
1843plomatic power. The shameful rout of U.S. forces from Afghanistan is the latest example of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2017/10/05/a-significantly-weaker-america-major-study-warns-of-eroding-us-military/">declining U.S. potency</a> and exposed its superpower status to justified mockery. America must maintain the most powerful armed forces in the world.</p> 1844 1845 1846 1847<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There has been a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/military-spending-defense-budget">steady decline</a> in U.S. military spending since it stood at 9.4% of gross domestic product in 1967. President Joe Bidenâs latest budget would cut it to 3.1% despite the massive challenge posed by Chinaâs buildup. Our military has one purpose only, which is to win wars or deter them with the potency of its weapons, training, and tactics. A strong military is also a nonpolitical military. Thus, the U.S. armed forces must cease being used for social experimentation, and the Pentagon must stop inculcating men and women in uniform with corrosive dogma that sows division and self-doubt.</p> 1848 1849 1850 1851<p class="wp-block-paragraph">American strength and leadership must resist Chinaâs totalitarian effort to displace the U.S. as the preeminent superpower. Washington needs to adopt Ronald Reaganâs Cold War strategy, which was âto win it.â Part of doing that is dealing with rogue states and bad actors decisively while avoiding entanglements not in Americaâs interests.</p> 1852 1853 1854 1855<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The national security establishment has for decades warned that our rapidly deepening debt, $30 trillion and counting, is a danger that militates against our global power. The restoration of Americaâs strength requires balanced, fiscally responsible policies that grow the economy and encourage wealth creation. This must be matched by policies that nurture private saving and job creation. Business and entrepreneurship should be celebrated, not denigrated or plundered for political purposes.</p> 1856 1857 1858 1859<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Courage, traditionally a characteristic of America and its people, is needed now as much as or more than ever. The silent majority must be helped to stand firm and speak its mind. It will, as Benjamin Franklin noted, take a vigilant citizenry to keep the republic in which we are blessed to live. Ordinary Americans have the sense to know what is good for them; they must insist on it and no longer shrug off what seems to be âjust politics.â This means rejecting bullying on race, class, and gender, the three horsemen of the woke apocalypse. It means rejecting what President George W. Bush called the âsoft bigotry of low expectations.â It means treating all people as genuinely equal in their worth in our society, and in their obligations to it.</p> 1860 1861 1862 1863<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism">EQUALITY NOT ELITISM</a></strong></p> 1864 1865 1866 1867<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The 2016 election, and particularly Hillary Clintonâs suggestion that those who wouldnât vote for her were âdeplorables,â drew attention to the lamentable fact that America has become increasingly stratified, with some people elevated and deferred to improperly, while others are denigrated or ignored. This is not what America is supposed to be. It was founded on the belief that ordinary adults should have an equal say about how they are governed and by whom.</p> 1868 1869 1870 1871<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Left wants power put into the hands of supposed experts, by which it means credentialled people who share its views. Its claim to âbelieve in science,â in contrast to opponents who reject it, is a flimsy falsehood. Those on the Left are at least as likely to reject empirical evidence as anyone else is when it does not fit their favored narrative. Examples are legion, but their climate alarmism, fear of genetically modified foods, abortion extremism, and pretzel contortions on gender all spring to mind, as does their refusal to accept empirical data abundant in the dismal science of economics.</p> 1872 1873 1874 1875<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Then, of course, there is the fact that the experts were repeatedly both certain and wrong in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. They told us to close schools and wipe surfaces obsessively; the first was damaging, the second merely useless. Both were wrong. Yet somehow, ordinary people are still expected to trust the experts and cease the
1875ir valid questioning.</p> 1876 1877 1878 1879<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Behind the effort to shift power to an expert elite is dislike of ordinary people deciding freely to live as they please. The adulation and respect afforded to Hollywood, perhaps the most left-liberal community of all, and the lionizing of entertainers as though they were especially qualified by celebrity to pronounce on policy matters, is a baneful symptom of this phenomenon.</p> 1880 1881 1882 1883<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Real equality, as opposed to elitism, trusts ordinary citizens. It takes advice from experts but insists that elected representatives are the proper people to balance competing needs and make policy choices. Equality does not delegate democratic authority to experts, removing it from those whom voters have chosen to do that job. This must remain a country that rejects princes or potentates. It must be a country of laws. Equality before the law should be the only enforced equality.</p> 1884 1885 1886 1887<p class="wp-block-paragraph">True equality also means respecting life, supporting the most vulnerable among us, including those unborn and those in decline at the end of their lives. Americans are <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx">consistently more likely</a> to say that abortion should be legal only in certain circumstances than to say it should be legal in all circumstances. In other words, they reject the mantra that it is simply a matter of a womanâs choice. The inegalitarian assertion that vulnerable people have less claim to societyâs protection amounts to the tyrannical idea that might makes right.</p> 1888 1889 1890 1891<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family">COMMUNITY & FAMILY</a></strong></p> 1892 1893 1894 1895<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The American family has never been weaker. The percentage of the population living in married households has never been lower. While most people still want to get married, they are being forced to wait longer than ever, shrinking the window for couples to make the next generation. With marriage in decline, our birth rate has fallen precipitously. We are not having enough children to sustain ourselves as a people. A nation that doesnât reproduce itself is a dying nation.</p> 1896 1897 1898 1899<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <em>Washington Examiner</em> will fight <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://parentalrightsfoundation.org/removing-parents-from-public-schools/">widespread efforts to undermine families</a> . There is an active effort by todayâs cultural revolutionaries to dismantle the traditional family. Black Lives Matter, a Marxist organization embraced by gentry liberals (and, extraordinarily, by their churches), says the traditional family is a racist institution. Until it became politically expedient to hide this agenda item, BLM proudly displayed it on the organizationâs website. The traditional family, in which mothers and fathers raise children, is the most effective social, cultural, educational, and healthcare institution of all. The <em>Washington Examiner</em> will support policies that foster family formation and parental authority, which promote freedom and resist central control.</p> 1900 1901 1902 1903<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Beyond the family, it is important that decisions be left as often as possible to authorities that are closest to the people governed by them. As few responsibilities as possible should be delegated by local and voluntary bodies to the upper reaches of government. That means charities, community groups, churches, towns, counties, and states should shoulder most responsibilities, as the Constitution either prescribes or implies. Efforts by the federal government to arrogate statesâ rights should be fought back.</p> 1904 1905 1906 1907<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240104115144/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice">FAIRNESS & JUSTICE</a></strong></p> 1908 1909 1910 1911<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Increasingly, people are condemned based on accusations alone, often without evidence or the right of reply. This is especially s
1911o on university campuses and on social media, but it is fast overwhelming workplaces, too. Fairness and justice demand due process.</p> 1912 1913 1914 1915<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They also demand appropriate law enforcement, which requires supporting police forces in principle and in practice with proper funding and training. The <em>Washington Examiner</em> will expose lies intended to erode support for the police. It will oppose sanctuary cities, promote order and public safety, and reject vandalism and all forms of violence as illegitimate political weapons.</p> 1916 1917 1918 1919<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It will demand respect for the rule of law and that political and civic authorities foster and demonstrate high standards of public behavior. It will call out dishonest and hypocritical news coverage.</p> 1920 1921 1922 1923<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Finally, the electoral foundation of our democracy must also be fair. This means protecting election integrity with voter ID.</p> 1924 1925 1926 1927<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>CONCLUSION</strong></p> 1928 1929 1930 1931<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This long list is far from comprehensive, which shows that much work needs to be done. America has been and can again be the apotheosis of civilized liberal democracy, but powerful and determined antagonists have pushed its finest values to the sidelines. The country has become almost unrecognizable to many of its own citizens. Appalling as our position has become, and alarming as our trajectory continues to be, the response of those who love this nation should not be to sink into dismayed resignation. The grim landscape of our politics and culture is not an invitation to hopelessness and apathy but is, rather, a call to action. It is a call not to violence but quite the reverse â a call for steady strength, resolution, and courage among ordinary people to demand that decades of despoilation cease, and that America return to the path that brought it so swiftly to global preeminence. A bright future of continued success is there for the taking. 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1974<a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/news/white-house/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">White House</span></a></li> 1975 <li id="menu-item-4472832" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4472832"><a href="/section/senate/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Senate</span></a></li> 1976 <li id="menu-item-2961258" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961258"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/news/house/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">House</span></a></li> 1977 <li id="menu-item-2961259" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961259"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/news/campaigns/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Campaigns</span></a></li> 1978</ul> 1979</li> 1980<li id="menu-item-2961260" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961260"><a 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id="menu-item-2961272" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961272"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/news/crime/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Crime</span></a></li> 1986<li id="menu-item-2961274" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961274"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/news/washington-secrets/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Washington Secrets</span></a></li> 1987<li id="menu-item-2961276" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2961276"><a href="/section/entertainment/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Entertainment</span></a></li> 1988<li id="menu-item-2961279" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961279"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/sports/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Sports</span></a></li> 1989</ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_column_inner tdi_87 wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span4"> 1990<style scoped>.tdi_87{vertical-align:baseline}.tdi_87 .vc_column-inner>.wpb_wrapper,.tdi_87 .vc_column-inner>.wpb_wrapper .tdc-elements{display:block}.tdi_87 .vc_column-inner>.wpb_wrapper .tdc-elements{width:100%}.tdi_87{border-color:var(--amsonia-gray)!important;border-style:solid!important;border-width:0px 1px 0px 1px!important}@media (max-width:767px){.tdi_87{padding-right:10px!important;padding-left:10px!important}}</style><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper" ><div class="tdm_block td_block_wrap tdm_block_column_title tdi_88 tdm-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1" data-td-block-uid="tdi_88" ><div class="td-block-row"><div class="td-block-span12 tdm-col"> 1991<style>body .tdi_89 .tdm-title{color:var(--amsonia-off-white)}body .tdi_89:hover .tdm-title,body .tds_icon_box5_wrap:hover .tdi_89 .tdm-title{color:var(--amsonia-off-white);-webkit-text-fill-color:unset;background:transparent;transition:none}.tdi_89:hover .tdm-title{cursor:default}.tdi_89 .tdm-title{font-family:Be Vietnam Pro!important;font-size:14px!important;line-height:1.2!important;font-weight:700!important}</style><div class="tds-title tds-title1 td-fix-index tdi_89 "><h2 class="tdm-title tdm-title-sm">POLICY</h2></div></div></div></div><div class="td_block_wrap td_block_list_menu tdi_90 td-blm-display-vertical td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 widget" data-td-block-uid="tdi_90" > 1992<style>.tdi_90{margin-bottom:0px!important}</style> 1993<style>body .tdi_90 ul{text-align:left;justify-content:flex-start;margin:0px}body .tdi_90 ul li a{justify-content:flex-start}body .tdi_90 .td-blm-menu-item-txt{flex-grow:1}body .tdi_90 a,body .tdi_90 .td-blm-sub-icon{color:var(--amsonia-off-white)}body .tdi_90 li.current-menu-item>a,body .tdi_90 li.current-menu-ancestor>a,body .tdi_90 li.current-category-ancestor>a,body 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1994<li id="menu-item-2961296" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961296"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/policy/national-security/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">National Security</span></a></li> 1995<li id="menu-item-2961297" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961297"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/policy/energy/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Energy</span></a></li> 1996<li id="menu-item-2961299" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961299"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/policy/immigration/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Immigration</span></a></li> 1997<li id="menu-item-2961300" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961300"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/policy/finance-and-economy/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Finance and Economy</span></a></li> 1998<li id="menu-item-2961302" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961302"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/policy/healthcare/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Healthcare</span></a></li> 1999<li id="menu-item-2961303" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961303"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/policy/foreign-policy/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Foreign Policy</span></a></li> 2000<li id="menu-item-2961304" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961304"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/policy/technology/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Tech</span></a></li> 2001<li id="menu-item-2961306" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961306"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/policy/infrastru
2001cture/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Infrastructure</span></a></li> 2002<li id="menu-item-2961307" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961307"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/policy/space/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Space</span></a></li> 2003</ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_column_inner tdi_92 wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span4"> 2004<style scoped>.tdi_92{vertical-align:baseline}.tdi_92 .vc_column-inner>.wpb_wrapper,.tdi_92 .vc_column-inner>.wpb_wrapper .tdc-elements{display:block}.tdi_92 .vc_column-inner>.wpb_wrapper .tdc-elements{width:100%}@media (max-width:767px){.tdi_92{padding-left:10px!important}}</style><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper" ><div class="tdm_block td_block_wrap tdm_block_column_title tdi_93 tdm-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1" data-td-block-uid="tdi_93" ><div class="td-block-row"><div class="td-block-span12 tdm-col"> 2005<style>body .tdi_94 .tdm-title{color:var(--amsonia-off-white)}body .tdi_94:hover .tdm-title,body .tds_icon_box5_wrap:hover .tdi_94 .tdm-title{color:var(--amsonia-off-white);-webkit-text-fill-color:unset;background:transparent;transition:none}.tdi_94:hover .tdm-title{cursor:default}.tdi_94 .tdm-title{font-family:Be Vietnam Pro!important;font-size:14px!important;line-height:1.2!important;font-weight:700!important}</style><div class="tds-title tds-title1 td-fix-index tdi_94 "><h2 class="tdm-title tdm-title-sm">COMMENTARY</h2></div></div></div></div><div class="td_block_wrap td_block_list_menu tdi_95 td-blm-display-vertical td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 widget" data-td-block-uid="tdi_95" > 2006<style>.tdi_95{margin-bottom:0px!important}</style> 2007<style>body .tdi_95 ul{text-align:left;justify-content:flex-start;margin:0px}body .tdi_95 ul li a{justify-content:flex-start}body .tdi_95 .td-blm-menu-item-txt{flex-grow:1}body .tdi_95 a,body .tdi_95 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menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961315"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/opinion/columnists/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Columnists</span></a></li> 2008<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961316"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/opinion/editorials/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Editorials</span></a></li> 2009<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961317"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/think-tanks/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Think Tanks</span></a></li> 2010<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961320"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/opinion/beltway-confidential/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Beltway Confidential</span></a></li> 2011<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-2961321"><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/section/op-eds/"><span class="td-blm-menu-item-txt">Op-Eds</span></a></li> 2012</ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_column tdi_97 wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span5"> 2013<style scoped>.tdi_97{vertical-align:baseline}.tdi_97>.wpb_wrapper,.tdi_97>.wpb_wrapper>.tdc-elements{display:block}.tdi_97>.wpb_wrapper>.tdc-elements{width:100%}.tdi_97>.wpb_wrapper>.vc_row_inner{width:auto}.tdi_97>.wpb_wrapper{width:auto;height:auto}</style><div class="wpb_wrapper" ><div class="vc_row_inner tdi_99 vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row" > 2014<style scoped>.tdi_99{position:relative!important;top:0;transform:none;-webkit-transform:none}.tdi_99,.tdi_99 .tdc-inner-columns{display:flex;flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:nowrap;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:stretch}.tdi_99 .tdc-inner-columns{width:100%}@media (max-width:767px){.tdi_99{padding-bottom:30px!important;width:100%!important}}</style><div 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