College football, once the sacred preserve of amateurism and alma mater, now flirts with a chaotic bazaar of influence peddling, celebrity marketing, and unchecked wealth. The marketplace is no longer metaphorical. It is literal, lavish, and largely lawless. Enter Bryce Underwood, the nation’s number one football recruit, who flipped his commitment from LSU to Michigan […]
By Mark Chesnut The Truth About Guns A federal measure that would end a longstanding infringement on veterans’ Second Amendment rights has passed its first legislative hurdle. On May 6, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, by a 13-11 vote, approved HR 1041, the Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act. The legislation is now eligible for consideration on […]
The recently arrested mayor of Newark, New Jersey is claiming he is being unfairly targeted after trespassing on an ICE facility last week. Ras Baraka (D) was arrested last week after he and multiple Congressional lawmakers stormed a Newark, New Jersey, ICE facility in the name of an “oversight” visit. “We believe that I was […]
In a milestone for modern medicine, doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania have successfully treated a newborn, KJ Muldoon, with a tailor-made gene-editing therapy. It’s the first time a customized gene treatment has been administered to a human patient. A Grim Diagnosis, Few Options KJ was diagnosed with carbamoyl […]
Well, maybe not an actual dogfight since neither side’s aircraft crossed the border dividing the two nations known as Line of Control. They basically lobbed long range air-to-air missiles at each other. But if the numbers are confirmed, it was massive with approximately 125 fighters engaged on both sides for at least an hour at […]
Frisco, TX — Karmelo Anthony, now 18 and charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of fellow student Austin Metcalf, will graduate from Frisco Centennial High School. However, contrary to online speculation, he will not be allowed to participate in the school’s commencement ceremony on May 22. The decision stems from a negotiated agreement […]
President Donald J. Trump’s foreign policy instinct has long been derided by Beltway mandarins as unserious or improvisational. Yet time and again, he has demonstrated a knack for intuitive statecraft that outpaces their sterile diplomacy. His recent flirtation with renaming the Persian Gulf the “Arabian Gulf” was no gaffe. It was, rather, a calculated diplomatic […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Chinese weapons gain credibility after Pakistan-India conflict. The recent combat is prompting a reassessment of Chinese weapons, challenging long-held perceptions of their inferiority to Western arms. Cambodia’s armed forces launched their latest — and largest — Golden Dragon joint military exercise with China, with land, sea and air operations planned […]
In a troubling new development, U.S. engineers have discovered undocumented communication devices embedded in some Chinese-made solar power inverters and batteries, raising alarms over potential security risks to critical infrastructure. According to sources reported by Reuters, these devices provide hidden communication channels that could potentially allow remote access to American power grids, bypassing firewalls meant […]
Trump V. CASA: Reading The SCOTUS Tea Leaves
Based on this morning’s oral arguments I predict the Supreme Court will rule 6 to 3 to curb, though not abolish, the use of nationwide injunctions by district courts. The decision, which will likely be authored by Chief Justice Roberts, will hold that lower courts may only issue relief commensurate with the injury suffered by […]