Social Issues
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Houston’s anti-discrimination HERO law is a ZERO when it comes to protecting women, girls
A veto referendum on the anti-discrimination ordinance known as the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) will be on the ballot…
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NYT: As WWIII erupts, the ‘modern man’ has become a women’s magazine staff writer
The measure of a man.
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Sign of the times: Ben Carson’s viral FB post speaks volumes about shooting victims, faith
After 9/11, it was commonplace to see banners and signs all over the nation, but especially in New York, expressing a…
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This heroic Army vet tried to stop Oregon shooter
In the face of darkness and tragedy, it’s easy to lose sight of all the good people in this world.…
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Obama peddles gun control fable
As Howard Portnoy noted earlier, some countries that ban or heavily restrict guns have higher rates of mass shootings than…
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Woman in therapy because of institutional racism wants bills for treatment sent here
Rinna Rem is 29 and of Thai-Cambodian extraction. A resident of Portland, Ore., Rem suffers from “Marfan syndrome,” a chronic illness that…
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Don’t say ‘pregnant woman’ because the phrase will offend … wait, WHO?
This story will begin as soon as the author gets past the fairly nauseating notion of a “breastfeeding trans dad.”…
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Public radio commissions fabulous new southern flag to replace Confederate flag
The South shall rise again … and if a show on public radio has its way, the flag that flies over…
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Pope met in secret with Kim Davis during his U.S. trip
LU’s Ben Bowles noted on Monday that Pope Francis had come out in support of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis…
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Democrats tell Kanye West to shut the %#@$ up!
Kanye West may be running for president in 2020 but when it comes to politics today he has been asked…
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‘Courageous’ FL Dems to take ‘minimum wage challenge,’ live on $17 a day?
“Put your money where your mouth is,” the saying goes. And eighteen Florida state lawmakers, Democrats all, intend to do just that,…
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Image of the Day: Did Little Caesars single out white customer based on race?
Imagine that a person of color went into a branch of the chain Little Caesars to order a pizza and was handed a…
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Obama administration is enabling ‘boy play’
Here’s what America’s new “values-neutral” military looks like. Last week, in a strange fit of actual news reporting, the New…
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After pressure from atheist group, school makes this age-old practice optional
A Delaware high school under fire for allegedly threatening to punish a student who refused to stand for the Pledge…
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What do you do if campus hate crime turns out not to be? U. of Delaware students provide answer
Students at the University of Delaware are taking it hard after the discovery that an alleged hate crime was just…
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Bad enough mother forgot where she left her 6-year-old; wait till you hear where it was
Hey, it’s all part of being a parent. You go out for an attitude-adjustment drink with colleagues after work and…
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Guess which recent figure in the news is lawyering up?
OK, here’s a hint: He was traumatized by the ordeal he was thrust into, which was complicated by his tender…
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Dress that Michelle Obama wore to greet pope cost HOW MUCH?
How utterly inappropriate! First Lady Ann Romney had the bad taste to wear a dress that cost $2,290 for the first…
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Tweets of the Day: TSA saves Orlando Airport from penis
Transportation Security Administration agents at the Orlando International Airport stopped a transgendered passenger when a suspicious “anomaly” appeared on a body scan.…
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Planned Parenthood doesn’t offer mammograms. It’s just a liberal lie
Abortion advocates are fighting the defunding of Planned Parenthood by claiming all of the other services they offer besides killing…
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Tweet of the Day: The tweet heard round the world (and the latest microaggression)
Tom Nichols, an author who teaches at Harvard Extension School and the U.S. Naval War College, touched a nerve last week —…
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This one Hillary Clinton tweet caused biotech stocks to plunge
The pen, it is said, is mightier than the sword. So apparently is the 140-character-maximum message known in the world…
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Remember the disabled vet who claimed BLM vandalized his truck? Forget him, he’s a fake
The story, reported here last week, had the right mix of elements that were sure to induce outrage. A disabled…
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What kind of person would cheat a blind man? Some possible answers
The bottom line of this morality play appears to be that rich people are thieves, while poor — even homeless…
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Remember the Arby’s employee who refused to serve police? Guess what happened to him
Early this month, Officer Jennifer Martin of the Pembroke Pines (Fla.) Police Department, went into an Arby’s restaurant to order…
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Hillary bails on kids in New Hampshire; where’s the media outrage?
If there is a political equivalent to the Hippocratic Oath, the first dictum is “First do no harm … to the…
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Kids with cancer, parents ejected from park near White House
Call it the presidential version of the neighborhood curmudgeon shouting, “Hey, you kids there: Get off my lawn!” In this…
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Women in Minneapolis: Let’s hear it for ‘topless equality’
There is nothing new about women wanting to get something off their chests, namely their tops. But I must admit,…
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One sentence reveals just how much the media are in the bag for Planned Parenthood
An utterly false claim buried within a story about Planned Parenthood has served to showcase the degree to which the…
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Donald Trump, civility, and political correctness
Full disclosure: As goes election 2016, I’m decidedly not in the Donald Trump camp. To compare Trump to Ronald Reagan,…
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Guess which show in the fall lineup will feature full-frontal nudity?
I’m sorry, you’re out of guesses. And, no, it’s not “American Ninja Warrior,” though endurance challenges performed in the all-together is…
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