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  • DeSantis Suspends Second Soft-on-Crime State Attorney

    DeSantis Suspends Second Soft-on-Crime State Attorney1

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has used his executive power to spectacularly suspend a second state attorney in just over a year. Until last Wednesday, Monique Worrell oversaw Florida’s 9th judicial circuit, covering Orange and Osceola counties, which include the city of Orlando. But not any longer. “I am today announcing the suspension of state attorney

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  • Not So Wild West

    Not So Wild West1

    In the 1952 movie High Noon, Gary Cooper plays a retired town Marshall who decides that he must face off against a gang member who is returning to town. The Marshall’s new bride is a pacifist and doesn’t want him to face this villain. Also discouraging is that the townspeople will not stand by him. He

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  • How Art Breaks the Curse of the Familiar

    How Art Breaks the Curse of the Familiar6

    “Familiarity breeds contempt” runs the old adage, and contempt leads to ingratitude and unhappiness. What makes a husband impatient with his wife, whom he would never have dreamed of snapping at when they were first dating? Familiarity. What makes one’s work dull and draining? Familiarity. What makes us bored of our home, our family, our

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  • Federal Report on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein Is Rife With Evidence of Foul Play

    Federal Report on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein Is Rife With Evidence of Foul Play2

    More than 20 years after a woman named Maria Farmer first reported Jeffrey Epstein and his associates to the FBI in 1996 for molesting children, the federal government finally arrested Epstein in 2019 for “sex trafficking of minors.” Only five weeks later, this uber-wealthy financier with hordes of friends in high places was dead. In

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  • Ne-Yo and the Struggle Session That Went Off-Script

    Ne-Yo and the Struggle Session That Went Off-Script5

    “Struggle sessions” were a form of public humiliation and ideological re-education used during Maoist China. They involved mass gatherings where counterrevolutionaries and other enemies of the Communist Party were subjected to criticism, verbal abuse, and physical humiliation. The aim of a struggle session was to force the dissenter to confess their supposed wrongdoings and embrace

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  • What Al Sharpton Could Learn About Education From Madison and Jefferson

    What Al Sharpton Could Learn About Education From Madison and Jefferson2

    Last week, Rev. Al Sharpton caused some titters to erupt across the internet by his commentary on the Trump indictment over the Jan. 6th issue. “One day our children’s children will read American history,” Sharpton said, “and can you imagine our reading that James Madison or Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow the government so they could

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  • Friday Comic: Every Post0

    Credit: OwenComics (store) Twitter: @owenbroadcast Instagram: @owenbroadcast Save this article to favorites

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  • If Only Jason Aldean Were a Rapper

    If Only Jason Aldean Were a Rapper2

    You may remember when the press assured us the 2020 summer riots were “peaceful protests.” Now the same media outlets want us to believe that a country song criticizing such violent behavior is “promoting violence.” Jason Aldean’s latest single “Try That in a Small Town” has dominated news headlines. No shrinking violet when it comes

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  • Loving Laughter in a World That Discourages Joy

    Loving Laughter in a World That Discourages Joy4

    Several years ago, a friend and I were bluntly told that we “laughed like unsocialized homeschoolers.” Perhaps there was something more insulting lurking beneath the surface of that comment, but I’ll choose to put a positive spin on it and take it as a sign that my friend and I never had our bubbling joy

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