https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4670330-biden-trump-debate-cnn-2024-desperate-risks Kudos to Team Biden for successfully landing the first punch in the presidential free-for-all (aka, the campaign). By challenging Donald Trump to a debate and dictating the terms of play, President Biden left his opponent with two impossible choices: decline the opportunity

By Paul Homewood   Today’s bilge from the Guardian:       The economic damage wrought by climate change is six times worse than previously thought, with global heating set to shrink wealth at a rate consistent with the level of

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20642/us-abandons-israel-empowers-enemies Worse, abandoning Israel sends a troubling message to U.S. allies worldwide: in times of crisis, do not rely on American support. The Biden administration has eroded trust and damaged U.S. credibility on the global stage even further than it already

https://media5.manhattan-institute.org/iiif/2/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F5%2FNo-Foreign-Agitators-Allowed-1.jpg/full/!99999,960/0/default.jpg As clueless undergraduates scar their campuses with shantytowns, set up “people’s universities,” and ruin their schoolmates’ graduations, Americans could be forgiven for forgetting that our universities remain the envy of the world. While some Americans are starting to question the value of a college degree, “learning

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/05/which_makes_better_soldiers_dei_or_assimilation.html Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is divisive, as it emphasizes differences based on race, ethnicity, biological sex, gender identities, etc., which is opposed to the time-tested, traditional military culture emphasizing unity, teamwork, selflessness, sacrifice, and assimilation into the warrior ethos. May

https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/18/unpacking-ray-dalios-alarmist-prediction-of-civil-war/ The other day, Ray Dalio, the billionaire investor and founder of Bridgewater Associates, told The Financial Times that he sees the risk of a second American civil war as “growing” and places the odds of such a war at “35-40

https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/18/election-2024-a-political-renaissance-for-america-or-the-path-to-totalitarianism/ It has been decades in the making, but the country is now on the precipice between its traditional ideology of political liberalism and a path that will lead, far sooner than Americans might think, to totalitarianism. The historical bulwarks of

https://www.pineisland-eagle.com/2024/05/16/guest-commentary-how-to-solve-americas-doctor-shortage/ Doctors appointments will be hard to come by over the next decade, according to new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. By 2036, the organization estimates that the United States will be short as many as 86,000 physicians.

By Paul Homewood h/t Paul Kolk   There is nothing new about battles between the unions and a Labour government. But could a Starmer government be upset by a growing union rebellion from an unexpected quarter? In a move which has

https://issuesinsights.com/2024/05/17/if-it-aint-woke-dont-fix-it/ To hear the radical left tell it, America is broken beyond repair.  It must be torn down and rebuilt — “fixed” to the radical left’s specifications.  Following this slanted subjectivism has turned countless American institutions into caricatures.  Like so many

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hunting-of-nigerias-christians-massacre-mass-abduction-de2d7d37?mod=opinion_feat2_commentary_pos2 Christmas Eve was balmy in Nigeria’s Plateau State, where the Rev. Gideon Dawel’s family has lived for decades. Mr. Dawel, 45, pastor of Christ Apostolic Church, was musing about the next day’s service when men in this area of villages,

https://www.wsj.com/articles/everyone-gets-a-trophy-and-no-trophy-is-worth-anything-c03f351f?mod=opinion_lead_pos7 President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 Americans this month. I wish he had cut the list down to two or three. Perusing the list of winners I note, along with a preponderance of Democratic politicians, the

https://www.jns.org/sunflowers-and-bad-news/ Friday afternoon. Gordon Beach in Tel Aviv. Less crowded than last year at this time. Fewer tourists. It’s the fault of the war. Airline cancellations and El Al price hikes didn’t help. Still, rows of chaises with tanning nymphets are

https://www.jns.org/eurovision-handed-israel-the-win/  Israel finished fifth overall in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. That surprise finish was widely celebrated by Israelis as a great success. In fact, it was a success greater than they realized. The European public’s vote for a singer was