Grace Carr Republican pro-life women put on an impressive showing in Tuesday’s midterms, while some of the pro-abortion women running for political office had less success. Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn bested former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen Tuesday, becoming the first female senator in state history. Blackburn is “100 percent pro-life” and has fought and won battles against Planned…
Neoliberalism is one of those concepts that changes meaning depending on whom you ask. Whereas the intellectual opponents of capitalism use it to refer to the political and economic system that emerged in the 1980s and continues to be hegemonic today, classical liberals see it as a vague and empty concept that adds nothing to…
Joe Simonson Despite siding with President Donald Trump on a number of key issues, Democrats cheered when networks announced that Joe Manchin would win another term representing West Virginia in the U.S. Senate. According to The Daily Beast’s Gideon Resnick, a joyous uproar could be heard at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after Manchin was…
November 1st is traditionally known as “All Saints’ Day” in the Western Christian calendar–a day to remember all of the faithful departed. The day (eve) before All Saints’ Day was “All Hallows’ (an older word for “saint) Eve.” Later, in a series of twists and turns (more reminiscent of the latest TV sitcom, rather than…
Jason Hopkins Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is at risk of losing her seat to state Attorney General Josh Hawley in the midterm elections. C3 PAC is running a ground operation in Missouri to boost Republican voter turnout. C3 PAC door-knockers claim they have been repeatedly stopped by police. Black Republican canvassers in Missouri say…
Neetu Chandak A colleague is coming to a California teacher’s defense who was arrested Friday for punching a student seen in a video. Maywood Academy High School music teacher Marston Riley was caught on video beating a student as a woman in a yellow vest tried to intervene. The teacher was arrested Friday and held on…
Henry Rodgers Kanye West wrote a six-figure check for Democratic Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia just less than a week after he said he was “distancing” himself “from politics.” The rapper and designer, donated $126,460 to Enyia’s campaign, who is trying replace Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the 2019 February election. Emanuel announced on Sept. 4 that he would not be…
Whether it’s for something as serious as cancer or as routine as a kidney stone, no one likes to hear that they have to go under the surgical knife. But such unhappy news is often lightened once a patient has the chance to talk to the surgeon and realize that he is in good, capable…
Grace Carr A Kentucky high school suspended two students for reportedly dressing as the 1999 Columbine shooters who were responsible for one the worst mass shootings in the U.S. Adair County High School suspended two girls who allegedly dressed as the Columbine shooters for Halloween, ABC News affiliate WHAS11 reported Thursday. The two girls wore clothes resembling…
Anders Hagstrom Michael Moore said on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” Thursday that angry white male high school graduates should just give up politically because they’ve been running the show “for the last 10,000 years.” “They are fanatical about this because they know their time is up,” Moore said of white men. “So if I…