Peter Hasson Pastor Jasper Williams launched a scathing criticism of black-on-black violence on Friday at Aretha Franklin’s funeral, where he delivered the eulogy. “It amazes me how it is when the police kills one of us, we are ready to protest, destroy innocent property, march. We are ready to loot, steel, whatever we want. But…
Wall Street Journal recently ran an article on the soaring cost of child care for American families. As the WSJ explains, “the cost of child care and nursery school has increased nearly twice as fast as overall inflation since the recession ended” in 2009. Particularly striking is the change in child-rearing costs between 1960 and…
Henry Rodgers A Minnesota House candidate running as an Independent used the N-word to describe himself in a campaign ad released in early August. “I want to be your state representative, I want to be your public servant and I want to be your n**er,” Greene said in a video posted on his Facebook page. WATCH: Greene,…
Elections in free and open societies are often judged on voter participation rates. Pundits and scholars point to cases of poor voter turnout to support claims that our democracy is slowly decaying. This view is flawed. Voters are often uninformed, and higher voter turnout would do nothing to address this problem. Voters are regular…
Everyone expects the first week of school to contain some hiccups. Even though we all know that our children are perfect angels and would never give their teachers trouble, the transition to schedules and classmates can also contain behavior problems that mom and dad will eventually hear about. What most parents don’t expect to hear,…
When I was young, I had a paper route. It was actually my big brother’s but he subcontracted to me part of the route closest to our house and gave me the appropriate portion of his earnings. I had about three streets I was responsible for and diligently delivered our regional newspaper to neighbors each…
Kevin Daley Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke candidly about her experiences as an undergraduate student Monday, styling herself an ideal beneficiary of affirmative action. Speaking to a student assembly at Michigan State University’s convocation, the justice discussed the challenges of diversity and inclusion, which increasingly define her public profile outside the high court’s official…
Molly Prince A sponsor announced on Friday that it has ended its partnership with NASCAR driver Conor Daly after it was reported that his father used racially insensitive language during an interview in the early 1980s. Lilly Diabetes pulled its sponsorship from Conor’s No. 6 car in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity race, citing his father’s alleged use…
Kyle Perisic A documentary trailer released on YouTube Friday aims to expose how Facebook and Google not only exploit nearly every facet of their users’ lives for profit, but how they manipulate them, too. “The war on your free will is already over,” a screen card reads during the trailer for “The Creepy Line.” The…
Hide your kids and hide your waifu. President Donald Trump will be speaking at a GOP dinner at the Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio on August 24th. As it turns out, the GOP dinner will be sharing convention center space with an anime/gaming convention called Matsuricon. Matsuricon tweeted regarding the event: We are aware…