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    • Trump is Surrendering on Immigration

      Trump is Surrendering on Immigration0

      In the first days of May, two Californians were killed in collisions with drunk drivers. In both cases, the culprits were illegal aliens. Hector Manuel Polanco, a Mexican, killed Raul Gulliver when he drunkenly slammed his truck into the 34-year-old Riverside County resident while Gulliver was riding his bike. The next day, Arnulfo Santos-Reyes, a Mexican, ran

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    • Journalism is Full of Alarmist Clickbait

      Journalism is Full of Alarmist Clickbait0

      Much of journalism is now alarmist clickbait or fearmongering. To attract viewers and readers, reporters make it seem like Nazis and white supremacists are everywhere. Daniel Greenfield provides an example taken from a much larger essay by a liberal mother whose 13-year-old son had temporarily drifted into the alt-right after being targeted by sexist administrators

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    • Most of America’s Rural Areas are Doomed to Decline

      Most of America’s Rural Areas are Doomed to Decline0

      Since the Great Recession, most of the nation’s rural counties have struggled to recover lost jobs and retain their people. The story is markedly different in the nation’s largest urban communities. I’m writing from Iowa, where every four years presidential hopefuls swoop in to test how voters might respond to their various ideas for fixing

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    • The Religious Left May Be Poised for a Comeback

      The Religious Left May Be Poised for a Comeback0

      Decades ago, the organized “religious right” was politically very powerful. Such organizations as The Moral Majority and The Family Research Council formed vital parts of the “conservative movement.” During the Reagan years these organizations galvanized a very substantial segment of the Republican electoral coalition. While the religious right seems to have lost the intellectual coherence

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    • Why Good Books Are Better When You Talk About Them

      Why Good Books Are Better When You Talk About Them0

      What do you do when you finish reading with children, say, at bedtime? Perhaps what many parents do — just close the book, kiss your child goodnight, ruffle their hair, and turn out the light. To be sure, that emotionally intimate time of reading together is a precious experience — the pleasure of a good

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    • 8th Place: A High School Girl’s Life After Transgender Students Join Her Sport

      8th Place: A High School Girl’s Life After Transgender Students Join Her Sport0

      When two high school athletes who were born male but identify as female took first and second place at Connecticut’s girls indoor track championship this year, it wasn’t just a local news story. To some, it was a story of triumph and courage. The winner, a junior from Bloomfield High School, set a girls state indoor record

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