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Law and Government
Senate votes to eliminate tax on tips, which will increase the national debt
The Senate unanimously voted to eliminate taxes on tips. The bill would establish a new tax deduction of up to…
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Education
Whitman College president officiates anti-Trump lesbian wedding between wife and ‘wusband’
The president of Whitman College conducted the wedding ceremony for an anti-Trump lesbian and her “wusband,” reports the Whitman Wire.…
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Law and Government
Janitor peed in water dispenser, infecting office workers with STDs
“Employees at a Houston medical office were blindsided by a shocking betrayal…What started as a strange taste in the office…
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Education
Wokeness destroyed some charter schools that were a lifeline for poor kids and students of color
Steven Wilson’s The Lost Decade recounts how wokeness destroyed some charter schools that were boosting the achievement of minority students…
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Law and Government
Florida retiree sues city after it imposes $600,000 in fines over minor code violations
“In 2013, Don Bourgeois invested much of his life’s savings in a multi-unit rental property in Largo, Florida, planning to…
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Foreign Affairs
Agency that resisted DOGE was riddled with corruption
The taxpayer-funded African Development Foundation was full of corruption, but when the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency investigated it,…
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Economy
Latin America expands use of solar panels
Sunny Latin America is expanding its use of solar panels, reports Dialogue Earth: Distributed energy refers to a range of…
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Unyielding
Homes without privacy and almost no furniture, but with many inhabitants
In centuries past, people’s homes were often quite unpleasant, as recounted in Judith Flanders’s book The Making of Home: The…
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Law and Government
Florida bans fluoridation of water
“Florida has become the second state in the nation to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water,” CNN…
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Law and Government
Free speech advocate arrested, falsely accused of racial slurs; charges dropped a year later
Lauren Noble is a free speech champion arrested for something she never said: I never thought I’d end up in…
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Foreign Affairs
Poor, dysfunctional country manages to generate more electricity
Pakistan is a poor, deeply dysfunctional country, ranking 27th out of 179 nations on the Fragile States Index, which ranks…
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Education
Discovery learning doesn’t work. Teaching kids facts does.
Psychologist Paul Kirschner explains why discovery learning doesn’t work, and is more time-consuming than just teaching kids the facts. Kirschner…
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Law and Government
Trump seeks to impose drug price controls, which could backfire
President Trump’s executive order yesterday was a risky “attempt to impose government price controls on pharmaceuticals,” says healthcare expert Michael…
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Education
‘Queer polyamorous neurodivergent woman’ teaches college workshop on ‘Ethical Non-Monogamy’
Ithaca College held a workshop to teach students about “Ethical Non-Monogamy”, on April 17. The workshop was organized by the…
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Business
Eels used to be very important
“How do say thanks to a good friend? Well…if you’re a medieval English bishop, you send an eel! It was…
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Foreign Affairs
Most people in backward nation now have electricity, despite their supposedly very low IQs
Nepal is one of the world’s more remote and backward nations, yet its citizens now have access to electricity. 91.4%…
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Science and Technology
Study links golf courses to Parkinson’s disease
“Living within a mile of a golf course is associated with a 126% increased risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD), possibly…
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Unyielding
Social inequality was worse before capitalism arrived
It is common for leftists to blame “capitalism” for social inequality. But the world was much more unequal before capitalism.…
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Foreign Affairs
People are thirsty and stinky in major city as drone attacks shut down water pumps
People in Port Sudan stink even more than normal, due to water shortages resulting from drone attacks. Some are very…
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Economy
Yale is still discriminating on basis of race, Asian American group alleges
“An Asian American coalition has filed a federal civil rights complaint against Yale University alleging discrimination using racial proxies during…
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Law and Government
Millions in USAID money went to terrorism
“Of the billions of tax dollars spent by the U.S. Agency for International Development Office (USAID) that are being questioned…
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Education
‘Anti-racist’ ideology harmed the students it was supposed to help
“‘Anti-racist’ ideology hurt the students it was supposed to help,” notes education writer Joanne Jacobs: In 2019, students at Ascend‘s…
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Unyielding
School board’s budget chair likely stole two airplanes worth $1.5 million
The budget chair of one of America’s largest school systems “spent years pulling off a premeditated con to steal two…
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Foreign Affairs
Vaccination cuts child deaths by two-thirds in an incredibly poor, backward country
Burundi is one of the most backward nations on earth, populated mostly by subsistence farmers who get barely enough to…
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Law and Government
105 Illinois municipalities pass grocery taxes
Grocery taxes have been passed by 105 of the 224 home-rule communities in Illinois. Cities such as Peoria and Des…
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Education
University of Wisconsin promotes strange claim that ‘White Innocence’ leads to death of black infants
“The University of Wisconsin–Madison is hosting an upcoming lecture on a recently published book” claiming that “’White Innocence’ has historically…
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Racial quota at Gettysburg College challenged in civil rights complaint
“A civil rights complaint has been filed against Gettysburg College for its apparent policy to seek to enroll ‘20% domestic…
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Economy
Spain suffers huge blackout days after bragging about transitioning to renewable energy
“A massive blackout hit Spain and Portugal at midday on Monday, grinding” those countries “to a halt,” reports Euro News.…
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Business
Judge says Florida’s ban on lab-grown meat may violate the Constitution’s Dormant Commerce Clause
Bans on lab-grown meat are motivated by a desire to protect local cattle farming, not to protect human health. Lab-grown…
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Foreign Affairs
CIA deputy director’s son killed while fighting for Russia in Ukraine
The son of a CIA Deputy Director died last year while fighting for Russia in Ukraine. He graduated from the…
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Foreign Affairs
Sudanese people eat charcoal and leaves after being driven from world’s largest camp for internally-displaced people
“Sudanese people are eating leaves and charcoal to survive after fleeing an attack on” Zamzam, the world’s largest camp for…
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Science and Technology
Modern technology does not make species go extinct
Green activists often depict “modern technology” as the culprit behind extinction and species loss. But is it really? Primitive humans…
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Science and Technology
Stem-cell therapies yielding medical breakthroughs
“After over a decade of research, a wave of stem cell treatments are now showing promising results in trials, including…
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Economy
Yesterday was Earth Day, which was promoted by some truly awful people
Yesterday was Earth Day. It was promoted by some truly awful people. Science 2.0 explains: In 1970, Denis Hayes, former…
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Education
University of Louisville pays $1.6 million to settle lawsuit by professor it forced out for criticizing trans ideology
The “University of Louisville has agreed to pay almost $1.6 million in damages and attorneys’ fees to settle a six-year-old…
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