[NOTE: The following is a repeat of a previous post.] The story “The Man Without a Country” used to be standard reading matter for seventh graders. In fact, it was the first “real” book – as opposed to those tedious … Continue reading →
I’m just “asking questions.” But the question originates with this news about Galindo, running for Congress is Texas’ 35th District, and the current Democrat frontrunner although she faces a runnoff: Controversy-tarred congressional candidate Maureen Galindo this week pledged to transform … Continue reading →
Katy Tur of MSNOW: Katy Tur: What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government? They come from you, our creator and heavenly father. Is this him putting God over the Declaration of … Continue reading →
It should come as no surprise that the California high court showed attorney John Eastman no mercy: The Golden State’s Supreme Court blessed this position when, on April 15, it denied the conservative lawyer’s petition for review of the state … Continue reading →
Gun-free zones have the unfortunate consequence of making the people in them vulnerable to someone with a gun. This has been especially ironic on military bases, where there have been mass murders such as the ones at Fort Hood. Here’s … Continue reading →
It’s a mark of how vile these laws are that the only dissent was Justice Jackson. From the Gorsuch-written opinion: Ms. Chiles [a therapist] does not question that Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy has some constitutionally sound applications. See Brief … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting article from Tablet entitled “The Free Speech of Fools”. Some excerpts [emphasis mine]: Led by [Tucker] Carlson, the network [of anti-Israel pundits supposedly on the right] systematically undermined the organizing principle of the anticensorship movement, which was … Continue reading →
First we have Missouri v. Biden, which involves the government’s right to threaten companies such as Facebook if they don’t block information the government doesn’t like. The ruling is actually pretty narrow: Various federal agencies and the White House directed … Continue reading →
Wouldn’t it be nice: The launch of the CPI brings to the fore something often forgotten when discussing Iran: the Islamic Republic has suppressed political parties so completely that an entire generation of Iranians has never experienced genuine political pluralism. … Continue reading →
Meanwhile, there’s other news in the world besides Iran. There’s Venezuela: The United States and Venezuela agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations, two months after President Trump launched a military operation that resulted in the capture of the country’s president and … Continue reading →
Does this surprise you? I have to say, sadly, that it doesn’t surprise me: The FBI, under President Joe Biden, subpoenaed the phone records of Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s [current] chief of staff, and [current] FBI Director Kash Patel … Continue reading →
Trump deregulates climate change policy: This last week, the Trump administration reversed a 2009, Obama-era finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, thus effectively ending the federal government’s legal authority to control the pollution that, so the … Continue reading →