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Why Fox News Loves Trump’s Depressing Poll Numbers0
- Entertainment
- August 13, 2020
Lately I’ve been watching Donald Trump’s press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, and deputy press secretary, Hogan Gidley, argue with Fox News anchors who insist that Trump is trailing Biden in the presidential race by at least seven points – perhaps more – and is likely to be whipped in all the battleground states. Fox News celebrities
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Parents, Educators, Doctors Join Trump in New Push to Reopen Schools0
- Education
- August 13, 2020
Dr. Melanie McGraw Piasecki is both a pediatrician and a mother of three who wants to see kids back in school after the COVID-19 lockdown that shuttered classrooms in the spring and is on the cusp of doing so this fall across the country. “My children did not have a particularly great experience in the
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Our Failed Leaders and Our Sorry State of Affairs0
- Politics
- August 13, 2020
Ignorance. Incongruity. Irresponsibility. Ineptitude. Stupidity. Sometimes willed-stupidity. Pick any combination of the above words, apply them to some of our governors and mayors, and you’ll find the moniker fits them snug as a glove. Never in my entire life have I seen so many of America’s elected officials guilty of such a massive collective failure
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On This Day, the Berlin Wall Began to Rise0
- History
- August 13, 2020
East Germany, formally known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), wanted to be a paradise for the common folk. It called itself a “workers’ and peasants’ state.” Its anthem, “Risen from Ruins,” brought to mind a phoenix rising gloriously from the ashes of World War II. From cradle to grave, the East German government cared
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Will Coronavirus Mean the End of Private Schools?0
- Education
- August 12, 2020
As the coronavirus crisis continues, question marks swirl around the school year that is about to begin. Few schools will be returning to fulltime, in-classroom instruction straight away. Thus, parents are considering alternatives. Homeschooling is an attractive option. Some families are even teaming up to establish home-based microschools or “pandemic pods.” But where does that leave traditional private schools?
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Why Chicago’s Mayor Blames Her City’s Murders on Wisconsin and Indiana0
- Politics
- August 12, 2020
It is now well known that the City of Chicago and Illinois overall have adopted stringent gun control laws over the years. Thus, the pro-gun control Giffords Center gives the state of Illinois a lofty “A-” on its “annual gun scorecard.” Yet, somehow, shootings are surging in the city this year. Although crime in Chicago
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Three Athletes Take a Stand Instead of a Knee0
- Culture
- August 12, 2020
With the Black Lives Matter movement quickly becoming the cause du jour after George Floyd’s death, the case of athletes kneeling during America’s national anthem went from being a high-profile, but rather uncommon action (which the National Football League banned in 2018 before an about face this year) to being so common among millionaire athletes as to be practically meaningless.
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BBC: Sweden’s Economy Is Trouncing the EU During COVID0
- Economics
- August 12, 2020
In July, The New York Times claimed that Sweden had made a grave mistake by not imposing a government lockdown as other nations did. “[Sweden’s] decision to carry on in the face of the pandemic has yielded a surge of deaths without sparing its economy from damage — a red flag as the United States
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‘Please Have Children,’ an Expert Researcher Warns0
- Culture
- August 12, 2020
An expert New Zealand researcher is warning women to “please have children” as, mirroring other Western nations, New Zealand’s fertility rate reaches an all-time low. The country’s total fertility rate is now 1.71 children per woman, well below the population replacement level of 2.1. Increasingly, greater numbers of researchers are acknowledging the grave problems associated
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