By: Victor Davis Hanson – nationalreiew.com – January 1, 2019 California ranks first among the states in the percentage of residents over 25 who have never finished the ninth grade— 9.7 percent of California residents, or about 4 million Californians. It also rates 49th in the number of state residents who never graduated from high school — or about 18...

By: CNN Library – cnn.com – December 31, 2018 Here is a look back at the events of 2018. Notable US Events: January 4 – The Dow closes at 25,075.13, the first ever close above 25,000. January 11 – During a White House meeting on immigration reform, President Donald Trump reportedly refers to Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries.”...

By: Dennis Prager – dailysignal.com – December 11, 2018 Is “Merry Christmas” a thing of the past, a greeting from a bygone era, a remnant of a past with which we no longer want to be associated? We might not be there yet, but if current trends continue, we’re not far off. If so, it’s a shame, a further coarsening...

By: Peter Allen & Tim Stickings – dailymail.co.uk – December 2, 2018 Violent protesters took over the Champs-Elysees and torched cars, smashed windows and attacked police Emmanuel Macron visited the Arc de Triomphe today as soon as he returned from the G20 in Buenos Aires The protests began as a rebellion against fuel prices but have grown into weeks of...

By: Mike Strobbe (& Federica Narancio) – stream.org – November 29, 2018 Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S. deaths in 2017, or nearly 70,000 more than the previous year, the Centers for Disease Control and...

By: Jayne O’Donnell – usatoday.com – November 27, 2018 With alcohol consumption and spending increases in America, these cities are purchasing the most alcohol. USA TODAY On day three of Lowell Cauffiel’s final detox from alcohol, a giant rabbit in a tuxedo and top hat tapped on the window of his second-floor bedroom. Cauffiel, a bestselling true crime author, Hollywood...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – November 26, 2018 Human nature wins. There was a time, not too long ago, when the American tech billionaires truly believed they could have it all. They believed that they could create platforms for all people, encourage engagement and dialogue, get immensely rich, and change the world in a specific, progressive way. Think back...

By: Kevin D. Wiliamson – nationalreview.com – November 18, 2018 Do you know what scares an American outdoorsman more than a grizzly bear? Twitter. In the late summer and early autumn, the hunting world had its eyes on the courts: The Trump administration had issued new guidance that would permit the hunting of brown bears (popularly known as grizzly bears),...

By: Warren Throckmorton – wthrockmorton.com – October 12, 2018 Of late, professor Aaron New has brought forward multiple clear examples of plagiarism involving Tim Clinton and the American Association of Christian Counseling. I have published most of them on this blog. The response has been interest from the Christian Post but other than that, a resounding yawn. The AACC’s response...

By: Fred Bauer – nationalreview.com – November 14, 2018 As has become increasingly evident in recent years, the utopian hope of early Internet proponents has, like that of starry-eyed enthusiasts of similar projects, sometimes led to surprising reversals in reality. One of the claims of early Internet culture is that the World Wide Web would help connect diverse communities and...