“Human life is not disposable, but a precious gift from God, with inherent worth and dignity.” It’s encouraging to learn that the author of those words, Dr. Heidi Overton, is reportedly one of three candidates under consideration to become the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  The FDA’s recent turmoil was driven […]

The federal government proudly featured wild horses in celebrations surrounding America’s 250th anniversary — from the U.S. Postal Service’s “American Icons” stamp collection, to the Bureau of Land Management’s ongoing national tour with a wild horse and burro pair named Freedom and Liberty. Despite showcasing wild equines as symbols of independence and the indomitable American […]

250,000 British girls were raped, abused, and tortured by Islamic extremists, according to a report released last month by Rupert Lowe, a member of the British Parliament. The details of the report are revolting.  According to the report, girls were set on fire, branded with an “M” for Muhammad, and raped on livestream by mostly […]

It won’t get a ton of national headlines, but your local media (if you still have one) will be all over this story in the coming decade: Fewer and fewer children are attending the local public school, spurring debates over closures, consolidations, and downsizing. Nearly 50.8 million students attended a K-12 public school in the […]

While watching the ostentatiously trashy new movie Supergirl, I could not help but think how the mighty have fallen. Or should I say, how the mediocre have fallen? Not being a reader of any iteration of the Supergirl comic books published by DC Comics, I cannot comment on their quality as compared to the subsequent screen adaptations, but […]