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The United States of America owning Greenland and national security illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

An American Greenland could strengthen Europe

At the NATO summit this week in Ankara, Turkey, President Trump revived his demand that Greenland “be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark.”

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WATCH: The realities of losing the A.I. war

- The Washington Times

America's facing significant challenges in the global war for technology dominance, not the least of which is the line that must be maintained between citizen privacies and the need to capture data to fuel artificial intelligence development -- something that does not concern China at all.

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Happy 250th: Let's reclaim 'innocent until proven guilty'

- The Washington Times

The key to maintaining liberty is to understand that the roots of tyranny grow and spread in a godless society. As America grows more secular -- as America turns from God and church and traditional values and morals -- so crime spikes and lawlessness spreads and government grows.

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Civics, as a matter of national security

- The Washington Times

A survey found 58 percent don't know the main purpose for the Constitution; and 57 percent don't understand why we declared independence from Great Britain. That's not just a sad commentary on the state of the education system. It's a frightening harbinger of the country's loss of freedoms.

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Letter to the editor: Anyone willing to work?

The next election will be a huge opportunity for the new kids on the block -- immigrants from Hispanic, Asian and African nations -- to speak up about the opportunities they see in America.