Conservatives have generally opposed the progressive left’s years-long effort to boycott, divest from, and sanction (BDS) countries and companies the left doesn’t like. Israel is usually at the top of that BDS list. But given the deplorable nonresponse of so many colleges and universities to their students’ support for Hamas, maybe it’s time for a conservative BDS movement: cutting federal funds to...

Politicians are often takers. They take our money (and freedom) in the name of achieving goals they rarely achieve. Elon Musk and Sen. Elizabeth Warren may be the best examples of maker and taker.

By: Abigail Anthony – nationalreview.com – January 2, 2024 Harvard president Claudine Gay announced her resignation on Tuesday, culminating weeks of mounting pressure that began after Gay’s widely criticized appearance before Congress and escalated due to high-profile reports of plagiarism in the embattled academic’s published work. Gay served as the Harvard president for six months and two days, and her...

By: Chris Edwards – nationalreview.com – December 18, 2023 Cutting federal aid to the states would reduce our national debt while improving governance. Federal debt is soaring to dangerous levels. Debt held by the public now tops $26 trillion, or $200,000 for every household in the nation. The debt relative to the size of the economy will soon hit an all-time...

By: Katie Pavlich – townhall.com – December 15, 2023 During remarks at the White House this week, President Joe Biden made one of his most disingenuous claims yet against Republicans.  “Congress needs to pass the supplemental funding for Ukraine before they break for the holiday recess — before they give Putin the greatest Christmas gift they could possibly give him. And...

By: Allysia Finley – wsj.com – December 17, 2023 Corporation is an apt appellation for Harvard and other Ivy League schools, considering they operate more like for-profit businesses than educational institutions. Unlike businesses, however, they lack shareholders to hold them accountable. This makes them models of the left’s “stakeholder capitalism” paradigm. The Harvard Corp. consists of 13 members, including the...

Within months, all but the top 1% of consumers will likely be doing worse than they were before COVID, in the bank’s view. Source: 99% of Americans to Be Financially Worse-Off Than Pre-COVID in 2024

US President Joe Biden has invited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the White House, days after his administration warned it would run out of money for Ukraine aid in weeks unless feuding US lawmakers act.

America is on a bad path, and starting to deal with manageable issues like shoplifting would go a long way toward turning things around. Source: Loss of shoplifting: America’s ‘great rip-off’ hurts everyone

You must be lonely. The media say loneliness is everywhere in America. A Los Angeles Times columnist says, “There’s a mass loneliness crisis going on.”