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Kerby Anderson Christopher Caldwell explains, “How DEI Destroyed Itself.” He wonders “why more Americans haven’t risen up in rebellion against the Trump administration’s assault on affirmative action.” The reason is simple. The American people have seen what happens when civil rights concepts are pushed to the woke extreme. They didn’t like how the idea of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was used against them and the country. In his book, The Age of Entitlement, Christopher Caldwell documented how the civil rights…

Kerby Anderson Douglas Murray issues this warning in his new book, On Democracies and Death Cults. “Today the government most responsible for spreading the accusation that Israel is expansionist and colonialist is the revolutionary Islamic government in Iran, which has spent recent years assiduously expanding its colonies. What has Gaza become but a colony of Iran?” He documents the many ways Iran has not only spread false information about Israel but has also worked through its proxy forces (Hamas, Hezbollah)…

Kerby Anderson Current discussions on fixing food stamps focus on two separate issues. The House Agriculture Committee would like to save $230 billion over the next 10 years, and nearly half of that involves the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). This program was begun to provide temporary help for those who fall on hard times, but the attempt to provide a hand-up turned into a handout. More than 41 million Americans are on food stamps, including millions of adults who…

Kerby Anderson The Department of Health and Human Services has released a 409-page study that reviews the evidence concerning gender dysphoria and transgender medicine. President Trump’s January 28 executive order called for the department to publish a review of the literature on “best practices for promoting the health of children who assert gender dysphoria, rapid-onset gender dysphoria, or other identity-based confusion.” The report finds that many of the studies done in support of transitioning minors suffer from serious methodological flaws….

Penna Dexter Amidst a push to bring manufacturing back to our shores, many communities are bringing shop classes back to their high schools. According to the Wall Street Journal, as baby boomers retire, companies are looking for workers in the skilled trades, but there simply aren’t enough young adults trained in plumbing, electrical work, and welding. Some businesses are beginning to look at high school students — and not just as future hires. Some companies want them now, or at…

Kerby Anderson It should come as no surprise that the U.S. faces a housing crisis. Over a year ago, President Biden promised during his State of the Union address to lower housing prices. He blamed “rent gouging” landlords and greedy realtors. He promised to build two million more homes. In the end, there was accusing and lots of fiery rhetoric, but little changed. Miranda Devine cites a Heritage Foundation study that documents the following: “During his presidency, the cost of…

Kerby Anderson In his new book, The Big Print, Larry Lepard provides an overview of the economic history of America but also issues a warning. We are headed for a “big print.” He means the only way out of our current debt cycle will be for the government and the Federal Reserve to print more money. He demonstrates this with his chapter “Nothing Stops This Train.” The phrase was first popularized by Lyn Alden, who is the author of another…

Kerby Anderson Larry Lepard has seen this before. In fact, three generations of his family over a 100-year period have been adversely affected by the Federal Reserve and federal agencies. In the 1920s, his grandfather nearly lost his furniture business when the 1929 crash came. He and his wife spent years pleading with their bank not to foreclose. Decades later, his father came dangerously close to bankruptcy when the Fed Chairman raised the Fed Funds rate to 20 percent. Then…

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.”…