Exploring Robby Starbuck’s views on children’s issues in modern culture. But I’m skeptical about his new movie, “The War on Children.”

Most Americans think of the Civil War as an unambiguous conflict between the North and the South over slavery, and that is generally accurate. It was an insurrection against the federal government committed by 11 states whose Democrat governors and legislators feared that the recently elected Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, would deprive them of their non-citizen labor force.

Violent rioters in Portland, Oregon, attacked a federal ICE facility, injuring officers and breaching the building with explosives and rocks on Saturday. What many on the left will call a “peaceful” protest, it’s not— it’s domestic terrorism enabled by weak local leadership.

Almost immediately after the “mostly peaceful” protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles to engage in Latin American-style protests — throwing rocks, burning cars, waving Mexican flags, etc. — the media begged the rioters to stop.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, announced he is launching an investigation into one of the entities that possibly funded the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.

By: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. – wsj.com – June 9, 2025 We’re reconstituting an advisory committee to avoid conflicts of interest. That is why, under my direction, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is putting the restoration of public trust above any pro- or antivaccine agenda. The public must know that unbiased science guides the recommendations from our...

President Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill is in the Senate, where Republicans have a more comfortable majority than the House and a more favorable re-election map waiting for them next year.

By: James Lynch – nationalreview.com – March 20, 2025 The long-expected executive order will likely face significant legal challenges. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday shuttering the Department of Education, fulfilling a long-standing conservative wish to do away with the agency. Trump’s order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take the “necessary steps” to close the $268 billion...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – March 14, 2025 Good riddance as Trump moves to dismantle it. But what then? The layoffs are being handled in the blunderbuss way typical of Mr. Trump and the Elon Musk efficiency operation. Education Secretary Linda McMahon told the Senate during her confirmation hearings that her department was set up by Congress and...

Within days of his return to the White House, President Donald Trump addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In typical fashion, Trump didn’t mince words when describing problems with big business and big government pressure.