This year marks the 25th anniversary of “Life is Beautiful,” an endearing movie that “offers the possibility of hope in the face of unflinching horror” – in this case, the Holocaust. It won three Oscars, including Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor. The internet movie site IMDB includes the Italian film in the comedy, romance,...
Roughly everyone in the United States — with the possible exception of teacher-union leaders and their pet politicians — knew that learning losses from COVID-era school shutdowns were going to be big. But the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) still retained their power to shock. From 2020 to 2022, average...
We’re all more suspicious of public health guidance than we used to be, but pandemic policy forced me and my goombahs into meeting weekly over a Zoom video feed rather than across coffee shop tables. While there’s no substitute for ordering a macchiato under cafe speakers where Mick Jagger and his bandmates are oozing their...
A Democratic candidate for N.C. attorney general airs a television ad criticizing his Republican opponent’s legal record. The Republican complains that the ad is false and defamatory, but the Democrat ends up winning the election. The winner pays no political price for knowingly spreading false information about his electoral adversary. No, I’m not describing current...
In what had once been a land of opportunity and progress, the state had grown large and oppressive. Its leaders lost their way. Its people nearly lost their freedom. How oppressive had the state become? No matter how you chose to make your living, government officials made constant demands on you. Every major transaction was...
Editor’s note: This piece by Donald Bryson was published first at RealClearHistory. September 2, 1945, and its display of American military strength was, in many ways, the culmination of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s famous quote after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941: “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant...
Canada’s Euthanasia Polices Under Scrutiny As Reports Surface Of Euthanizing A Man For “Hearing Loss” “Free” healthcare can have its drawbacks. California goes haywire! Electric car owners are told NOT to charge their vehicles because of heatwave – just days after announcing 2035 ban on gas cars No need for the last man or woman...
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), signed by President Biden, is now law. This act attempts to address growing concerns with U.S. inflation currently hovering around 8% to 9%; however, it does so in name alone without solving the underlying causes of inflation. The act’s approach addresses some of the sting of inflation for some...
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