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Kerby Anderson During the pandemic, we unfortunately learned how much of our medicine was manufactured in China. As a recent article reminds us, the current trade war with China is yet another reminder of China’s chokehold on U.S. medicine. Five years later, not much has changed. It is time to plan for a future that isn’t so dependent upon China. Rosemary Gibson explains this is “a man-made problem, but a fix is possible.” She is the co-author of China Rx:…

Kerby Anderson Mike Rowe (host “Dirty Jobs”) warns that if President Trump’s tariffs bring manufacturing jobs back to America, those positions will be hard to fill. He was on the Theo Von program to talk about the manufacturing industry. He explained that if President Trump can reinvigorate the manufacturing sector, the increase in new jobs will pose a problem since we presently have 482,000 open positions in manufacturing already. Adding another 2 or 3 million new jobs will pose a…

Penna Dexter The Institute for Family Studies recently released its latest American Family Survey which revealed that liberal women are unhappier and lonelier than their conservative counterparts. Only 12 percent of them said they are “completely satisfied” with their lives, compared with 37 percent of conservative women. Psychology professor Lucian Hanks explains in an essay in The American Spectator that “Two factors accounted for roughly half the gap between liberal and conservative women” in this study: “Church attendance and marriage.”…

Kerby Anderson Last week I talked about a John Stossel video that takes on climate myths. He dispelled three myths: Artic will be ice-free, polar bears are going extinct, and climate change has created a food shortage. Today I want to address a few of the other myths in his latest video. Myth number one is: Climate change is making droughts worse. Even the latest news from the EPA acknowledges that the last 50 years have generally been wetter than…

Kerby Anderson Former member of Congress Mike Gallagher argues that it is “Time for Accountability on the Covid Lab-Leak Coverup.” He reminds us that after millions have died and the world suffered billions in economic value lost, “the West can claim zero lessons learned.” He also says that Anthony Fauci (director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) “should have come clean about the pandemic’s laboratory origin [and admit] the Wuhan lab’s risky gain-of-function research.” Of course, none…

Kerby Anderson Yesterday I talked about the question Victor Davis Hanson asked: “Do Elite Universities Really Wish to Fight the Federal Government?” In his commentary, he unveils a half dozen problems at universities that might cause American taxpayers to reconsider how much money should be given to them. The first two problems we talked about were the rising cost of a university education and the lack of any intellectual diversity on campus. A third problem is the Supreme Court ruling…

Kerby Anderson The conflict between Harvard University and the Trump administration has been in the news. Victor Davis Hanson uses this news story to ask an important question: “Do Elite Universities Really Wish to Fight the Federal Government?” In his commentary, he unveils a half dozen problems at universities that might cause American taxpayers to reconsider how much money should be given to them. The first problem is well-known. “Over the past half-century, tuition has generally risen at twice the…

Kerby Anderson Cinco de Mayo is celebrated today. Cinco de Mayo isn’t a religious holiday, nor is it really a political holiday. Many people mistakenly think that it is Mexico’s Independence Day, which is celebrated on September 16. Cinco de Mayo is a holiday that commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. You may be asking why we should celebrate it at all? It isn’t like the 4th of July in…

Penna Dexter The Wall Street Journal’s Allysia Finley says, “American waistlines have ballooned in tandem with government welfare.”  Her recent column addresses the connection. She points out that “About three quarters of adult food-stamp beneficiaries are overweight or obese.” She points to studies which show that “people on food stamps eat less healthily than other low-income Americans.” One such report, released by the Foundation for Government Accountability, reveals that 11 percent of food stamp dollars go to sweetened beverages and…

Kerby Anderson In his latest video, John Stossel takes on climate myths. The response he receives from some of those he interviewed may be familiar. But he felt a video was necessary since the U.N. Secretary-General has recently announced, “The era of global boiling has arrived.” Yes, the climate has been warming over the last century, but we don’t have global boiling. Myth number one is: The Arctic will soon be ice-free. He provides some video of scientists and politicians…

Kerby Anderson Cal Thomas says it is “Time to Stamp Out the Post Office.” While I appreciate the desire to make every government agency more efficient, this will be a heavy lift. The Post Office, after all, is mentioned in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. He begins by recommending that we buy our “Forever” stamps soon since the U.S. Postal Service announced another price increase. He remembers when his grandparents sent “penny postcards.” Now domestic post cards will…