I previously discussed how universities operate and the institutional forces reshaping modern higher education: the business imperatives, the admissions realities, the tenure system, the research incentives, and the funding relationships that quietly influence the academic environment. Now I ask the more important question: Given all of that, what does a university education actually deliver that […]
You may have seen the controversy over kratom and its 7-OH compound in the news recently. What you might not know is that the squabble stems from a ginned-up campaign by one politically connected market segment trying to extinguish an innovative sector of the market. And ironically, the established kratom companies are using the same […]
Last week, Minneapolis hosted the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games. About 3,000 athletes, 1,500 coaches, and over 10,000 volunteers, plus families, friends, and other supporters, poured into the city to support something. What unfolded wasn’t abstract ideology or curated social media theater. It was something rarer: a living display of citizenship, sportsmanship, manners, empathy, fairness, […]
As we celebrate America’s grand 250th birthday, a sweet, timeless song resonates across this great land, carrying the weight of two and a half centuries of history: “O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties; Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown […]
As the United States begins its main festivities for our nation’s 250th anniversary celebration, Democrats are still exhibiting animosity, bitterness, and resentment over many of the attractions and celebratory efforts coordinated by the Trump administration. Severe levels of unhingedness have been noticeable in recent weeks with liberals, socialists, communists, and others on the contemporary Democratic […]
The following is an installment of On This Day, a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On this day, June 30, 1776, the American Revolution was […]
Acceptance of a presidential pardon carries legal weight. The Supreme Court once observed that accepting a pardon carries an implication of guilt. Former President Joe Biden’s accompanying remark that the grant to Anthony Fauci should not be mistaken for evidence of wrongdoing carries no judicial weight whatsoever. It is, one supposes, the sort of thing […]
Iraq is a sovereign country. It should not be used as a stage for the political theater of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Reports that funeral ceremonies for Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei are expected to pass through Iraq, including Najaf and Karbala, should alarm anyone who still believes Iraq’s state institutions must answer […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) responded to the Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling that found the Trump administration’s efforts to place new restrictions on birthright citizenship are unconstitutional. Johnson was asked by reporters during a press conference for his reaction shortly after the news of the decision broke. “I will say, I’m very disappointed in that...
James Talarico and Ken Paxton are tied at 47% among likely voters in Texas, according to a new poll, as Democrats eye their first Senate win in decades.
