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Just 10 years ago, almost 60 percent of Americans said they had a lot of confidence in higher education. By last year, that number had fallen to 42 percent. Source link
Dan Steinbock Informed Comment From Gaza and beyond, Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children. It is in line with the new Obliteration Doctrine and the topic of a new UN report. When I was working on The Fall of Israel (2024) and particularly The Obliteration Doctrine (2025), what I found most repulsive was the targeting of children in the Gaza Strip. By late 2024, the testimonies of health professionals on location indicated that the deaths of many children in Gaza were not just collateral damage, but outcomes of deliberate, targeted actions. The testimony of Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a young American trauma and general…
California’s new ban on Glock handguns takes effect on July 1. It is a new tactic for gun control advocates. Instead of trying to ban all handguns, a growing number of Democratic-led states are targeting one of the most commonly owned handguns in America – Glocks – on the grounds that criminals can easily convert them into machine guns. But even gangs rarely use these conversions, for a simple reason: They are extremely difficult to control and can be just as likely to injure the shooter as the intended target. In May, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Connecticut Gov. Ned…
What I’ve learned about America from six decades in the struggle. Source link
Austin D. Sarat Move over, Brad Raffensperger . He was the Georgia Secretary of State who, in January 2021, received a call from President Trump demanding that Raffensperger find more than 11, 000 votes for him in the aftermath of that year’s presidential election. Referring to Joe Biden, the president said, “There was no way that they won. Ballots were dropped in massive numbers… (T)hey’re massive numbers and far greater than the 11,779. The other thing, dead people. So dead people voted. And I think the number is close to 5,000 people….We have all the votes we need. We…
The world’s largest encyclopedia was overrun by bias and censorship-and pushed me out when I tried to fix it. Source link
These are not the thoughts of someone who would like America to thrive for another 250 years. Source link
Europe trash talks war. Putin says Russia is ready. The U.S.-Iran ceasefire breaks down again and does NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s victories really signal a new direction for Democrats? Guests: Ray McGovern, ex-C.I.A. analyst and historian Peter Kuznick. Host: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan. Center Image: Illustration of the “Thousand Yard Stare” associated with combat. Please Donate to the Spring Fund Drive! Source link
Trump approval rating climbs as oil prices fall following the Iran ceasefire, with new polling showing growing voter support for the president. Source link
I quit my cushy sales job, borrowed $20,000 from my dad, hauled news racks across Boston in a rented U-Haul with my mom, and hoped a free sports newspaper would catch on. Somehow, it did. Source link