I’ll never forget what a formerly homeless man in Salt Lake City once told me when I asked him what kinds of government policies would be most helpful to him and others experiencing homelessness: “I just want a hand up, not a handout.” His earnest desire to work to earn his success rather than simply be […]
Millions of people cogently believe former President Donald Trump is a danger to the republic itself, but a large number of us also believe another four years of the Biden-Harris administration would be, in different ways, an equal menace. Start with the most basic test of whether a presidency actually endangers the nation: Can he […]
As angry as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is about how Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has led the chamber since taking the gavel in October, there isn’t a better option who will do things differently. On Friday, Greene filed a motion to vacate, a resolution that would remove Johnson from the speakership if it is […]
The big headline out of Sunday’s 60 Minutes CBS News interview with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was his demands for helping President Joe Biden stem the flow of immigrants illegally crossing the southern border. In addition to wanting $20 billion a year in foreign aid for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lopez Obrador […]
Combining elements of Franz Kafka and Charlie Kaufman, Kristoffer Borgli’s 2023 film Dream Scenario features Nicolas Cage as Paul Matthews, a surly evolutionary biologist and college professor who comes to realize he is appearing in the dreams of strangers following the publication of an article on what turns out to be a burgeoning global phenomenon. […]
A Wall Street Journal survey last year found that a growing number of people no longer believe the American dream is possible. This pessimism was especially pronounced among younger respondents, who, although likely having benefited from the upward mobility achieved by their parents’ and grandparents’ generations, also recognize they will bear the brunt of our […]
This week’s Liberal Media Scream reveals just how deep the disrespect for former President Donald Trump goes in the press, especially with those who have created a profitable side gig writing and talking about him. In just one word, ABC’s Jonathan Karl heaved up a sanctimonious putdown of Trump and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) when the […]
The number of abortion pills obtained outside the traditional U.S. health care system spiked considerably in the months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to new data. There were nearly 28,000 additional doses of pills for “self-managed” abortions in the six months after the fall of Roe, more than four times the...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) announced Monday that a member of the Prisoner Review Board (PRB) has resigned from her post, following a public outcry in response to the death of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins. Perkins was allegedly killed by a man with a history of domestic violence who was released on parole one day earlier....