A Jeju Air flight crashed in South Korea on Sunday morning, killing 179 passengers and crew members. Only two people survived, a male and female, both of whom were crew members, according to Fox News. Captured on video, the plane crash-landed and appeared to skid across the runway at Muan International Airport without using its

The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, has shuffled off this mortal coil at the age of 100. Those who remain and are tasked with covering his passing have chosen to do so while putting a rosy glaze over his presidency. In doing so, they neglected history. Carter’s passing forced the evening newscasts

How do you restore a bloated and misdirected U.S. Department of Energy to its originally intended purpose of assuring affordable and reliable American energy? The answer is to appoint a highly knowledgeable and successful energy producer to the position of Energy secretary. Donald Trump made the perfect pick in Chris Wright. A mechanical and electrical

A 31-year-old male was just arrested for the 35th time — and his latest infraction took place in Florida the day before Christmas Eve, WOFL-TV reported. Edgewater Police said a shoeless Kevin Campana on Monday broke into Hibiscus Wholesale Auto Parts Inc. and stole a car, the station noted. Edgewater is a coastal city about

Take a listen to “Little Deuce Coupe,” that joyful tribute to the 1932 Ford Coupe and California car culture. Now try to imagine the Beach Boys writing such a gorgeous song about a Prius. Unfortunately that’s the future California’s climate-crazy Preach Boys want for us. The explosion of legendary hot-rod brands, builders, and hobbyists came

America is facing a masculinity crisis. Disillusioned men, grappling with economic stagnation, addiction, societal alienation, and diminishing prospects, are seeking answers. Enter Scott Galloway, an articulate, successful, and self-assured commentator who has positioned himself as a voice for this growing demographic. By creating new terms like ‘aspirational masculinity,’ Galloway capitalizes on the crisis rather than

Earlier this month, United States wildlife officials decided to provide federal protection to monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act, which prohibits importing, exporting, possessing, transporting, or killing any animal considered endangered. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service responded by asking for public input through Mar. 12, 2025, and it “will then evaluate the comments

In this final year of the Biden presidency, the ever-inept Karine Jean-Pierre provided a litany of verbal stumbles and word salads when under tough questioning from Fox’s Peter Doocy, Jacqui Heinrich, Edward Lawrence, and even from liberal legacy outlets. Thankfully for her, there were also times when she had assists from the press corps in

Mexico is currently testing a cell phone app that will allow illegal aliens to warn relatives and a local Mexican consulate that they are about to be detained.  Advertisement “In case you find yourself in a situation where detention is imminent, you push the alert button, and that sends a signal to the nearest consulate,”

The cover of this morning’s New York Post (Saturday, December 28) screams the news about “the pictures Joe Biden didn’t want you to see — helping Hunter make millions with private introduction to Xi.” Post reporter Steven Nelson summarized: “The National Archives has finally released photos showing then-Vice President Biden meeting with two of first

If Vivek Ramaswamy continues discussing immigration on X, some of his former supporters might urge the incoming Trump administration to assign him to manage the White House 7-Eleven, a scenario humorously predicted by the Babylon Bee earlier this year. The biotech entrepreneur sparked a firestorm with a lengthy post about immigration and the economy. In

Grassroots Republicans and conservatives said President-elect Donald Trump’s No. 1 priority upon taking office should be fixing illegal immigration and conducting deportations. A new poll of attendees at AmericaFest, an event coordinated by political commentator and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, revealed interesting sentiments among Republican supporters. AmericaFest attendees are typically considered very politically

A beloved Christmas market in New York City was marred by a large fire Friday morning, mere days after a fire destroyed more than a dozen shops in a different shopping corridor. Advertisement Bryant Park’s Winter Village brings an experience similar to the classic European Christmas market with an American touch. But on the third

Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt is giving all of his merchandise royalties to his team’s name, image, and likeness fund, which will directly benefit his teammates. Now that college athletes are allowed to profit from their image, Leavitt recently revealed his plan to give 100% of his merchandise royalties to the Sun Angel Collective, the

After Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr challenged NewsGuard’s blatant bias against right-leaning media, the ratings firm actually complained about supposedly unfair targeting. No, we’re not kidding.  In November, Carr, recently picked by President-elect Donald Trump to chair the FCC, wrote a letter obtained by Newsmax to the CEOs of Microsoft, Apple, Meta and Alphabet (Google) to challenge

The Global Engagement Center, a multi-agency entity housed within the U.S. State Department that has been credibly and repeatedly accused of working with domestic and foreign organizations to silence conservative voices, is officially dead. The website for the now-closed agency — deemed the “worst offender in U.S. government censorship & media manipulation” by Elon Musk

Joe Biden may still hold the office of President of the United States, but the media are treating him like he’s anything but a newsmaker. For much of Biden’s presidency, reporters were much more energized to cover the apparent menace of Donald Trump than agitate the officials that were always hiding Biden. Now he seems

A dispute over a chicken burrito bowl order led a woman to assault a worker at a Washington, D.C., Chipotle restaurant on Saturday. Video of the altercation went viral on social media with more than 7 million views. Roberto Hernandez told WTHR-TV that the woman walked into the store and demanded a refund because she

This article requires a disclaimer. You see, I’m not a University of Texas football fan. When I heard that they were joining the SEC, I protested and pretended it wasn’t going to happen like a child who just found out they’re going to have a little brother or sister. When this season began, I thought

A member of the Nebraska state Senate cited the reason for the Christmas season while tossing an expletive at a critic over the transgender issue. Democratic state Senator Megan Hunt is an outspoken supporter of the transgender agenda, but she paused on Christmas Day to malign a random person on social media. Hunt’s 14-year-old child

The PBS partnership with the liberal “fact checkers” at PolitiFact was celebrated on Christmas with a seven-minute promotional segment for their “Lie of the Year” award, granted to Donald Trump and J.D. Vance for Trump’s claim Haitian migrants were “eating the pets” in Springfield, Ohio. They didn’t prove that, but PBS made no attempt to

(Note: Rerunning a “Best Of” column on the 25th an 26th. I’ll throw in a few fresh links and some holiday videos at the end. Other than that, I’m off and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and/or Happy Hanukkah!) Advertisement Top O’ the Briefing (This originally ran on September 23 of this year.

War on Christmas? It’s strange that anyone would bother. In 2024, it’s perfectly easy to celebrate Christmas without any reference to Christ or Christianity. Charlie Brown’s melancholy reflections on the season demonstrate that being ‘over’ Christmas is not a modern invention. Most of know about the commercialization of Christmas and Coca-Cola’s mass adoption of a

The Christmas edition of CNN This Morning tried to throw a wet blanket on Trump’s win, saying voters chose him despite his lies, etc.  A panelist cast Kamala’s campaign as always having been a long shot, a “Hail Mary.”  When panelists downplayed the scope of Trump’s win, Republican strategist Brad Todd scored the segment’s zinger,

The Virgin Mary gave birth to the promised Son of God in the town of Bethlehem — just as the angel and the Scripture had foretold. The buildup to this birth in Luke’s Gospel is eventful. In Luke 1 there are angelic appearances and revelations, a visit between pregnant female relatives, songs of praise and

The possibility of water, whether frozen or liquid, on Mars is often hailed as groundbreaking — but it might be overshadowed by a far more astonishing claim from the CIA. According to a declassified document, the agency believed that giant beings once inhabited the red planet. The report, titled “Mars Exploration May 22, 1984,” details

If you’re not feeling the Christmas spirit like you usually do, Glenn Beck has a solution. “I want to start today by fixing our gaze upon that cradle in Bethlehem, where the greatest gift ever given entered the world,” Glenn begins. “A simple child was born. Definitely not a child of earthly power — no

(Note: Rerunning a “Best Of” column on the 25th an 26th. I’ll throw in a few fresh links and some holiday videos at the end. Other than that, I’m off and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and/or Happy Hanukkah!) Advertisement Top O’ the Briefing (This originally ran on Aug. 17, 2022.~SFK) Happy Wednesday,

Even after The Wall Street Journal published a four-byline bombshell detailing how Joe Biden’s staff energetically hid his ongoing cognitive decline from the public, there wasn’t a single question at the White House briefing. No reporters demanded answers about how they were misled, or complained they were pressured into silence. They mustered that umbrage over

The Christmases of years past often blur together, but some stand out and remain cherished forever. My father’s last Christmas at home began as a disaster but became something extraordinarily special. About a dozen years ago, my father was in rapid decline due to a cruel disease that had severely diminished his ability to walk