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By: David French – nationalreview.com – March 14, 2019 Earlier this morning, Robert “Beto” O’Rourke announced that he’s running for president, and there are two things I believe with equal intensity. First, I don’t want Beto to be president. He’s a culturally left economic progressive who may be the serious candidate closest to an actual open-borders position on immigration. Second, I don’t…

By: Lathan Watts – townhall.com – March 11, 2019 In South Carolina the state legislature and the flagship university seem to be at odds over whether college students should be required to study the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist papers. The legislature recently updated the statute requiring study of the founding documents. The president of the…

By: Nick Perry & Mark Baker – apnews.com –  March 15, 2019 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” One man was arrested and charged with murder in what appeared to be a carefully…

By: Joel C. Rosenberg – jpost.com – March 11, 2019 Soon after the April 9 elections, the White House is expected to unveil US President Donald Trump’s long-anticipated plan to advance peace in the Middle East. Critics aren’t waiting to read the actual text. They’ve already declared the effort doomed from the start. Yet such cynicism could very well prove wildly…

By: Joel C. Rosenberg – flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com – Marh 10, 20019 (Washington, D.C.) — Last Thursday, I was humbled to be invited to the White House for four hours of meetings regarding the upcoming rollout of the President’s Middle East Peace Plan, as well as the threats posed to the U.S., Israel and our allies by the rogue regimes in Iran and…

By: Joel C. Rosenberg – flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com – Marh 10, 20019 (Washington, D.C.) — Last Thursday, I was humbled to be invited to the White House for four hours of meetings regarding the upcoming rollout of the President’s Middle East Peace Plan, as well as the threats posed to the U.S., Israel and our allies by the rogue regimes in Iran and…

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – March 13, 2019 Universities are more than innocent victims in this scandal. Coming soon to a theater near you: The movie about wealthy and famous parents who paid a California fixer to cheat their child’s way into universities. Many readers have heard about the charges against 50 or so people on Tuesday for this real-life fraud…

By: Daniel  Engber – slate.com – March 11, 2019 “Welcome to hustle culture,” wrote Erin Griffith in a January essay for the New York Times. “It is obsessed with striving, relentlessly positive, devoid of humor, and—once you notice it—impossible to escape.” She’s right about that last part: Writers on the burnout beat are everywhere. The Times piece followed on the…

By: Liam Quinn – foxnews.com – March 12, 2019 Reaction from Candace Owens, communications director for Turning Point USA. College campuses aren’t a safe space for Republicans students, according to a new survey. More than 1,500 students from 207 schools took part in the study conducted by OneClass, an online education platform. Of those asked, 38 percent of Republican students said they sometimes feel…

By: Liam Quinn – foxnews.com – March 12, 2019 Reaction from Candace Owens, communications director for Turning Point USA. College campuses aren’t a safe space for Republicans students, according to a new survey. More than 1,500 students from 207 schools took part in the study conducted by OneClass, an online education platform. Of those asked, 38 percent of Republican students said they sometimes feel…

By: Tom Winter, Pete Williams, Julia Ainsley and Rich Schapiro – nbcnews.com – March 12, 2019 Hollywood actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are among 50 people charged in a $25 million college entrance exam cheating scheme, according to court documents unsealed in Boston on Tuesday. The alleged scam focused on getting students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes, regardless of…