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Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to New York Post: Race Bait - To Skirt the Law, Colleges Incentivize Applicants to Write 'Identity Essays'
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- The Manhattan Institute posted the following excerpts of a commentary on Dec. 22, 2025, to the New York Post:

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Race Bait: To Skirt the Law, Colleges Incentivize Applicants to Write 'Identity Essays'

By Wai Wah Chin

Attention high-school seniors: Deadlines are coming up! Polish your dream-college applications, hit send, and hope the admissions game isn't rigged with "race proxies"!

To stay ahead of the curve, consider including your "subjective social status" -- what's good enough for the governor of California should be good enough for admissions officers.

Education ... Show Full Article

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Bloomberg Opinion: Economy Needs a Little Bit of Unfairness
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Dec. 22, 2025, to Bloomberg Opinion:

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The Economy Needs a Little Bit of Unfairness

By Allison Schrager

There are a lot of reasons, some deserved and some not, for Americans' distrust of their institutions. Lately I have been thinking about one of the more counterintuitive ones: Our schools, governments and even employers are trying too hard to make things fair.

In so doing, they are not only setting themselves up for failure -- and eventually mistrust -- but they are also misunderstanding the ... Show Full Article

Jamestown Foundation Issues Commentary to China Brief: New Quality Combat Forces Underpin Military Modernization
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Dec. 22, 2025, in its China Brief:

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New Quality Combat Forces Underpin Military Modernization

By Arran Hope

Executive Summary:

* "New quality combat forces," which refers to the integration of emerging technologies with military capabilities, are increasingly important to Chinese military modernization, according to authoritative policy documents and commentaries in Party media.

* The concept is important to the Party's attempts to design a national system that fuses economic progress and military strength ... Show Full Article

Ifo Institute: One in Four Companies in Germany Expect Business to Deteriorate in 2026
MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 23 -- ifo Institute issued the following news release:

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One in Four Companies in Germany Expect Business to Deteriorate in 2026

Around 26 percent of German companies expect their business to deteriorate in 2026, according to a recent ifo Institute Survey. 59 percent of the companies surveyed do not expect their economic situation to change in the coming year. Only 14.9 percent hope to see an improvement. "Companies remain very cautious - there is no spirit of optimism to be seen anywhere," says Klaus Wohlrabe, Head of Surveys at ifo. "Hardly any sector is really optimistic ... Show Full Article

Ifo Institute: Globalization Helps Women in the Economy
MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 23 (TNSxrep) -- ifo Institute issued the following news release:

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Globalization Helps Women in the Economy

Globalization promotes legal gender equality worldwide, especially in developing countries, according to a recent study by the ifo Institute. "We can show that globalization improves the legal equality of women and men. The more cross-border trade and cooperation there actually is, the less women are subject to legal discrimination," says ifo researcher Ramona Schmid.

The study data shows that an increase in the country globalization index by a third (which would ... Show Full Article

Hudson Institute Issues Commentary to RealClearWorld: Financial Foundations Cannot Support Peace in Ukraine
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Dec. 22, 2025, to RealClearWorld:

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Financial Foundations Cannot Support Peace in Ukraine

By Daniel Kochis

The White House has made renewing trade ties between the United States and Russia a centerpiece of its latest Russia-Ukraine ceasefire proposal. But without robust security assurances for Ukraine, a peace deal that relies primarily on economic concessions to deter further Russian aggression will fail.

The proposal ... Show Full Article

Capital Research Center: Big Labor's 'Conservative Heart' Isn't Beating
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Dec. 22, 2025:

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Big Labor's "conservative heart" isn't beating

Some on the right gullibly believe Big Labor should be an ally in the battle against wokeism.

By Michael Watson

The nominal conservatives at American Compass have argued that Big Labor has a "conservative heart," and that strengthening unions would allow social policy to pursue the "common good," in the manner proposed by Pope Leo XIII more than a century ago. Noting the power of woke activists in the business world, some conservatives have ... Show Full Article