Opinion
“There’s Always Hope”: On Biden, Crump, and Pie in the Sky
There is no end of parliamentary cretinism among the liberals. + Lenin, 1912 The dispossessed of...
Partisan ‘Fact Checks’ Spread Climate-Change Misinformation
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The Multiple Fallacies Contained Within the Voice to Parliament
Commentary Australia is beginning to tear itself apart at the behest of the clumsy and ham-fisted...
Utah Could Soon Require Schools To Teach That the U.S. Economy Is Globally “Superior”
The Utah board of education is considering requiring teachers to tell students that the American economic system is “superior” to the rest of the world.The state board is meeting all day Thursday to review budgets and changes to curriculum. One such change is to the state’s financial literacy course, which would require the course to
Media’s Russiagate Self-Mutilation
All Things Trump Reporting on Donald Trump means never having to say you're sorry -- or answer Jeff Gerth's questions A former newspaper colleague of mine, now retired from daily journalism, sends me this eye-popping piece in Columbia Journalism Review, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times investigative reporter Jeff Gerth. Gerth is a
House votes to remove Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Ilhan Omar. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.The House on Thursday voted to pass a resolution removing Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee.Why it matters: The vote marks the latest reprisal in an escalating partisan tit-for-tat over committee assignments that House members in both parties have said should end.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)
Freedom of Religion On the Chopping Block
Commentary Intolerant secularism is on the march. In a blatant campaign of cultural imperialism,...
Freedom of Religion on the Chopping Block
Commentary Intolerant secularism is on the march. In a blatant campaign of cultural imperialism,...
What’s Driving ‘Irregular’ Cuban Emigration to the United States?
In 2022, an unprecedented number of Cubans arrived in the United States through irregular, or...
Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed?
My name is Bill Astore and I’m a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC)....
Ukraine’s Tank Problem
It seems to be a case of little provision for so much supposed effect. The debates, the squabbles,...
CELAC Summit Offers Proposals, Amid Divisions and Dissent
Photograph Source: Presidencia de Guatemala –...
Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization
On January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a...
An Evidence-Based Look at Mass Shooters in the US
The US has become a shooting gallery (New York Times, January 24, 2023). Here is a list of mass...
Electra Reborn
Orestes, right, Electra, center, and Hermes, left, at the tomb of Agamemnon. Pelike, c. 380 – 370...
Biden Wielding DNC to Guard Against Progressive Challenge
When the Democratic National Committee convenes its winter meeting on Thursday in Philadelphia, a...
Will the Opus Dei School Investigation Smear the Liberal Party?
Commentary In political commentator James Morrow’s words, the ABC Four Corners program that aired...
Feminism Was Never About Equality
Commentary We were once told feminism was about equality, creating a level playing field where...
The fractious GOP is consolidating around a “protect the children” platform for 2024
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, left, former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Photos: Alex Wong; Scott Eisen; Octavio Jones via Getty ImagesThe fractious Republican Party is consolidating around a “Protect the children” platform for 2024 that aggressively targets school policies on gender identity and how racial issues are taught.Why it matters: A year before
The death, re-birth and second death of Gawker
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WH’s Comical Effort to Claim They’re Transparent Goes Awry
The White House has played this game that they’ve been “transparent” about Joe Biden’s classified document scandal; they just keep saying “we’re being transparent,” and then they claim that speaks to the issue. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre just keeps saying,”Ask the White House Counsel’s office.” But the White House hasn’t been transparent, from
Is Lunar New Year Chinese New Year?
Commentary Many Asians celebrate Lunar New Year, but Chinese patriots seemingly do not like this...
Stop Politicizing Anti-Asian Violence
Commentary The opportunistic and the misguided wasted no time in fanning the flames of racial...
GOP Proceeds on Shameless Campaign To Oust Ilhan Omar From Foreign Affairs Committee
House Republicans’ shameless campaign against Representative Ilhan Omar continues after the House on Wednesday voted along party lines, 218-209, to advance a resolution on removing the Minnesota congresswoman from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.The House will have a final vote on Thursday that will determine whether Omar is ejected from the committee she has dutifully
Florida College Board Reverses ‘Black History’ Course’s Extremist Elements
Florida’s College Board has reversed its plans to launch a new African American history course, following backlash and opposition from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The proposed course raised concerns for its inclusion of extremist ideology on LGBT and racial issues. The board’s 2023-24 AP African American Studies standards, which were released this week, have since
Coronavirus Fact-Check #17: Masks STILL Don’t Work
Both the US and UK have seen the (attempted) re-introduction of facemask mandates amid “surging...
