North Dakota Governor Enters Republican Presidential Primary Field

A relatively unknown Republican governor has decided to enter the 2024 primary field in what appears to be an ever-growing group of competitors. On Wednesday, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum became the most recent Republican to enter the race. Burgum announced his candidacy in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. “We need a change in the […]

Professor Without Class

Professors are people who profess things. Notice that not all things professed are generally believed. In fact, when we listen closely to today’s professors, we note that they are inadvertently confessing. We must test for bias before we buy as truth. Which brings us back to our earlier quotation from Professor Heather Cox Richardson‘s newsletter, […]

Chris Licht Stepping Down As CNN Boss

A brief and turbulent tenure is coming to a close. Embattled CNN chief Chris Licht is leaving his post following a damning exposé in The Atlantic that revealed widespread dissent within the ranks. The decision by Licht comes less than a month after the network’s town hall with former President Donald Trump. Licht hoped to […]

Woman Shoots Crowbar-Wielding Attacker In Philadelphia

U.S.A. — Violent crime happens in all kinds of circumstances. It was about 5:30 on a Wednesday afternoon when a 27-year-old woman was stopped in traffic. Traffic in downtown Philadelphia is never much fun, but things were about to take a turn from bad to worse. A stranger ran up to her car and smashed her […]

The Duplicity Of Certain Safe Havens

Starting with the basic definition of a safe haven, we learn that it is a place where “people who need to escape from a dangerous situation such as a war can go . . . and be protected.” A good example would be a place that protects those suffering from domestic violence or elder abuse. But more recently, a sordid twist on the term […]

‘Journalism Usage Fee’ Poised To Become California’s Latest Bad Policy

One-party control of state government can result in some spectacularly stupid pieces of legislation getting approved. California, where Democrats have long had trifecta control of state government, demonstrated how bad ideas can advance from the fringe to the floor with the so-called “Journalism Preservation Act.” At bottom, this bill would require big online companies like […]

Chris Christie Files Paperwork To Run For President

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has filed the paperwork to run for president with the FEC. Christie is expected to make a formal announcement tonight and has positioned himself as the Republican candidate most willing and capable of challenging former President Donald Trump. The New York Times reports: In making a second run for […]

DeSantis Suspends Mayor After Arrest

A Florida Democrat mayor has been suspended after officials revealed he cast multiple ballots during the 2022 election. Governor DeSantis issued an executive order on Monday officially suspending North Miami Beach Mayor Anthony DeFillipo. “Anthony F. DeFillipo II is suspended from the public office, which he now holds, to wit: Mayor of the City of […]

Trump Mega-Donors Lose Family In Tragic Plane Crash

ALERT – Federal authorities are investigating what caused a private plane to fly hundreds of miles off its flight path – and be intercepted by F-16 fighters over the nation’s capital – before it crashed in rural Virginia, killing all four people on board. The F-16s went supersonic as they raced to intercept the wayward […]