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Two important developments in education occurred over the last week. One was a sign of the problem we have. The other was a sign of the solution.

The sign of the problem, to which hopefully the U.S. Supreme Court will provide the correct answer, falls under the headline of sex education.

The court has just heard Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which ...Read more

In a column published June 12, 2019, I wrote, "I think 50 years from now, historians will argue that between 2000 and 2016, communist China decided to target America as an adversary ... Beijing saw America in retreat and entertained visions of global dominance."

Examples of American retreat: 1) continuing to offshore manufacturing industries,...Read more

"Climate change will make earth a living hell!" claims popular astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. I don't believe him. The media say, "All Arctic ice will soon melt away! Polar bears are dying off! Global warming causes food shortages!" Bunk, bunk, bunk. They are addicted to scaring us. My new video covers four more myths about climate change: ...Read more

When Pope Francis spoke in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 10, 2018, he was not talking about gangsters when he spoke about a "hit man." He was talking about abortion.

The pope started by citing the Fifth Commandment: "You shall not kill."

"One could say that all the evil carried out in the world can be summed up in this: contempt for life," he ...Read more

Is there any political schtick more tedious now than comparing President Donald Trump to Hitler? Politico posted an article noting Al Gore did this at a Climate Week event in San Francisco, and RealClearPolitics co-founder Tom Bevan tweeted with a smirk, "Gore says the same thing Democrats have been saying for a decade."

The Democrats ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Salvadoran migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the rope in the tug-of-war between the Trump administration and progressive Democrats who don't really want to see Washington enforce federal immigration law.

Abrego Garcia sneaked across the U.S. border around 2012 -- under President Barack Obama. Last month, President Donald Trump ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Jacqueline Kennedy really had a good bead on the Catholic Church.

"The Church may have flaws," she once observed. "But she sure comes through at birth and death."

On Saturday, people from around the world will get to see the Church of Rome "come through" when Pope Francis (aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio) is laid to rest -- according ...Read more

The world's richest man isn't just juggling multiple companies. He's juggling multiple baby mamas.

The Wall Street Journal recently had a long piece on Elon Musk's complicated personal life. He has at least 14 children with four different women. The "harem drama" -- in the words of Musk's ex-girlfriend Ashley St. Clair -- is a mess. There are...Read more

Megyn Kelly is a tour de force in American journalism. Her daily podcast boasts several million subscribers. She's recently launched a morning briefing news segment in addition to her afternoon show. In March, she announced she was expanding her platform into a video and audio podcast network called MK Media, which will work with creators and ...Read more

Anyone remember back in 2008 when the housing market collapsed and the stock market crashed, with many tens of millions of Americans seeing their lifetime savings nearly wiped out?

Apparently the politicians in Washington are suffering amnesia -- even though it was the worst crash since the Great Depression.

What else has been conveniently ...Read more

Look around. No one wants the latest COVID-19 booster. Do you know why?

It's the dirtiest secret in America.

The mainstream media won't tell you this. But everyone who isn't blind, deaf, dumb, delusional or in complete denial knows someone who was perfectly healthy, got the COVID jab and dropped dead.

If they're being honest, everyone knows...Read more

CHARLEROI -- For 132 years, the sound of the factory air whistle signaling the start of the work day at the plant along 8th and McKean Avenue in this Washington County borough meant all the things we associate with work: Men and women had jobs, families had food on their table, the societal fabric was strong, churches were full, and the tax ...Read more

One of the most important insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid pro quo.

Take, for example, the roiling monthslong debate about President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda. Prior to the media uproar over the much-ballyhooed MS-13-tied "Maryland man," the since...Read more

When you take a relative to the emergency room, you trust that the person with a medical degree will have a better grasp of physiology, ailments and treatments than you do. No sane person expects a doctor to sit down and explain biochemistry before treatment.

Because appeals to authority and credentials are part of the social contract.

The ...Read more

"Eighty and six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong," said Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, in A.D. 156 before climbing onto a pyre where Roman authorities would burn him to death. Eyewitnesses reported the local authorities respected Polycarp and begged him to recant his faith in Christ. He would not. The Romans did not even tie ...Read more

It hardly qualifies as news anymore, but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, union membership declined from 2023 to 2024, going from 10% to 9.9% of wage and salary workers. Some 32% of public employees are union members compared to only 5.9% of private-sector workers, down from 6% in 2023.

This means 49% of all union members work for ...Read more

In a couple of months, I am planning a business trip to Europe. I don't scare easy, but despite the fact that I'm an American citizen and have committed no crime, I am worried about what might happen when I attempt to come home.

Will Customs and Border Patrol agents pull me from the customs line as they did to Amir Makled? He's an American ...Read more

The Easter season can remind people of classic Hollywood movies with religious themes. Every year, ABC still airs "The Ten Commandments." People might break out "The Passion of the Christ" from 2004, or head to the theater to see "The King of Kings" or "The Chosen: Last Supper," building on that streaming TV series on the life and ministry of ...Read more