The easiest way to push a point across is by an appeal to child welfare. The second easiest appeal is to numbers or mass suffering. It comes as a mystery, then, why unborn lives are a glaring exception to the rule. Their low status has been emphasized lately by very public uses of these appeals. […]
The midair collision between American Airlines flight 5342 and three soldiers aboard the Black Hawk Sikorsky H-60 was an unspeakable tragedy, as 67 people instantly died Wednesday night around 9 p.m. Yet, as the nation mourns this loss of life, some sought to cast blame for the accident immediately without having any knowledge as to […]
"Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert is hitting back at Megyn Kelly after the conservative commentator expressed concern that Netflix would "wokeify" its reboot of the classic Western TV drama. "@Netflix if you wokeify Little House on the Prairie I will make it my singular mission to absolutely ruin your project," Kelly wrote on X...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday denounced President Trump for saying federal efforts to promote diversity are to blame for this week’s deadly crash between a military helicopter and a commercial passenger plane just outside Washington. Jeffries said the president’s comments were “irresponsible” and “shameful,” especially since the recovery efforts are still underway...
More than 40 bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River after a deadly mid-air collision sent an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines plane diving into the icy water earlier this week, officials confirmed to The Hill's partner station NewsNation. Around 67 people are feared dead — including 60 passengers and four crew...
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says she's found a way of knocking out her worries: landing blows on life's aggravations in the boxing ring. “I take boxing lessons,” Jackson said in an interview this week with The Associated Press. "And I think that helps you to really get out any frustrations," the 54-year-old liberal justice said. Boxing...
President Trump will meet with the CEO of chipmaking powerhouse Nvidia on Friday as the White House reportedly mulls tightening chip exports to China, a White House official confirmed to The Hill. The meeting with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang comes as competition between the U.S. and China heats up over artificial intelligence (AI) development amid...
President Trump’s envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, is delivering an in-person message to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro that there will be consequences if detained Americans are not released and Venezuelan “criminals and gang members” deported from the U.S. are not repatriated. Grenell is expected to meet with Maduro on Friday. “He is there on...