Molly Prince Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is proposing legislation that would drastically increase the fees on firearms in New Jersey, hiking the cost to buy and sell guns by up to 2,400 percent. The proposal includes various steep tax increases such as raising the cost of handgun permits, required to purchase a firearm in New Jersey,…
Evie Fordham A Florida woman was arrested Saturday for allegedly shooting at her 46-year-old son from her car while he pedaled away from her on a bicycle after an argument. Priscilla Ann Ethridge, 66, of Panama City Beach, Florida, chased her son with her car after she accused him of stealing her cellphone on Saturday…
In the lead up to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, many sports journalists have been writing about the state of Russian sports and culture. This continues a theme from the Winter Olympics in February where Russian contestants were banned because of alleged state-funded doping. But as fans from around the world arrive in Russia…
Days before its April 29 parade, Organizers of the 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade in Portland received an anonymous message. Via the Oregonian: “You have seen how much power we have downtown and that the police cannot stop us from shutting down roads so please consider your decision wisely,” the anonymous email said, telling organizers they could…
“‘Diversity and inclusion’ is the moral benchmark of our time…Every corporation, college, and government agency, along with a growing number of bowling leagues and bait-and-tackle shops, has an Office of Diversity and Inclusion.” So says William Voegeli in a recent article. And so says the University of California at Los Angeles, whose campus-wide Vice Chancellor for…
Practically every child has turned up their nose and refused to eat a vegetable at some point in their life. For me, that detestable vegetable was a stuffed green pepper, and only my mother’s firm insistence that I couldn’t have dessert until I finished it made me soldier through and swallow. Last week, a leafy…
Will Racke New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon took her proposal to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement from the state’s schools a step further on Wednesday, calling instead for the complete dismantlement of the agency. “I think ICE should be abolished,” the former “Sex and the City” actress said at an event in Brooklyn, according to…
Thomas Phippen A new Senate report says the Medicaid program is riddled with fraud and the government isn’t doing enough to stop it The rate of fraud skyrocketed after Obamacare, with nearly half a million potentially ineligible persons getting benefits in California alone Some unions have taken to skimming dues of Medicaid payments The agency…
While browsing through a recently discovered bookstore, I stumbled across a book titled, Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right by Ken Stern. Finding the title intriguing, I opened the book and began reading about his experience breaking out of the political “bubble” and experiencing life on…
A few years ago, the ACT released a study showing that K-12 teachers and college instructors believe discerning between fact and opinion is one of the most important things students can learn. Unfortunately, less than 20 percent of first-year college students are able to tell the difference between these two items. As it turns out,…