In a single article, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) managed to cover two very different bankruptcies—one being that of Muslim culture and the other being of any sense of morality the vaunted state-run British media giant may once have had. A Destitute City Much of the article focused on seven men who … Read more
The global climate apocalypse is not coming; in fact, it never was. Science has spoken, and the official models predicting Earth’s demise have been debunked. The Earth will survive. The official model used was the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP 8.5), a climate modeling pathway first published in 2014. It was an … Read more
The lure of the perfect teaching machine is great. The reality is always disappointing. Machines simply cannot adapt to students’ needs as rapidly or smoothly as a competent and caring teacher. Tales from the Classroom Consider this parent’s lament. “When my son was in first grade, he came home from school in … Read more
Most people think of nationalism in political or cultural terms. They define it simply as citizens making their country their primary focus. But nationalism has other manifestations. Focusing on the nation can lead to economic policies that prioritize protecting and leveraging national resources. The tariff, for example, is one measure nations use … Read more
On April 21, 2026, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, adjudicating en banc, issued a narrow 9-8 ruling in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District upholding the constitutionality of the Texas law (S.B. 10) mandating the posting of the Ten Commandents in Texas public school classrooms. The ACLU plans … Read more
The scientific evidence is mounting. Marijuana use is not harmless and can permanently impair the mind. The American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), for example, has published a long-term study that cuts through the smoke surrounding the debate over marijuana use. Researchers have found a clear link between heavy, long-term cannabis use, particularly … Read more
A recent article in The Washington Post described the growing use of the Classic Learning Test (CLT), calling it “an upstart exam.” The phrase in the subhead, “mainly featuring Western texts,” should all but sink it in the eyes of the Post’s left-leaning readers. Indeed, a search through the Post’s archives revealed … Read more
Most people assume Gen Zers are enthusiastic AI users. However, a recent Gallup study has revealed a contrary conclusion. Gen Z, the 14-to-29-year-old demographic, is logging into artificial intelligence platforms, yet logging out with less hope and a lot more anger. In other words, the countless articles portraying the generation as brain-rotted … Read more
For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Artificial Intelligence is far more artificial than intelligent. To make AI platforms conform to party ideology, Chinese officials insisted on dumbing down their content by distorting history and facts. Western AI can cause problems in weakening people’s ability to think and analyze. However, at least these … Read more
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, few of the world’s governments and news media outlets gave them much of a chance of lasting longer than a couple of weeks at most. Nobody thought that Ukraine would become a proving ground for a new—and hitherto fore largely untested—technology. Now, experts around … Read more