No one can claim that there isn’t an obesity epidemic in America. It’s been the topic of countless news stories and has spawned all kinds of futile movements to get Americans healthier. Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is going to be in a position to do something about it, and I mean really do

Does character still matter in our politicians? Yes, it does, but not in the same way it did in the past. “Character is on the ballot.” This is a common refrain from pundits and voters alike during any election season. But is that still true today? For many evangelicals and conservatives, the answer is “yes”

Ironies abound in Donald Trump’s election victory. It’s the people who truly believe he will end democracy or is literally Hitler who did the most to help him win through their total ideological commitment to open borders. They would rather see American democracy destroyed than merely enforce our existing immigration laws. And it’s those who

There’s a green haze on the horizon this morning. It turns out that so many anti-fracking, anti-fossil fuel, and anti-energy independence greens’ heads exploded that the sun has been temporarily blotted out. Advertisement The cause for all the wailing and gnashing of teeth has been Donald Trump’s latest appointment. Chris Wright, CEO of Denver-based Liberty

Most Democrats who aren’t radical left fruitcakes know that their party has drifted out of the mainstream and into Cloud Cuckoo Land.  Rhode Island Democratic National Committeeman Joseph Paolino Jr. summed up the situation as the party seeks a new national chairman. Advertisement “The progressive wing of the party has to recognize — we all

It’s been less than two weeks since former President Donald Trump vanquished Vice President Kamala Harris, setting the stage for his return to the White House in January. Yet even though their preferred candidate lost both the popular vote and the Electoral College, the liberal media are already taking swipes at Trump’s initial Cabinet picks,

A November 14 Substack post by left-leaning political science professor and freelance journalist Yascha Mounk had pithy things observations on how the liberally biased press is actually hurting Democrats by keeping them blind to genuine political threats, in “Dear Journalists: Stop Trying to Save Democracy — Journalists who turn themselves into political activists inadvertently undermine

You know those memes that show someone looking at a complicated math problem with a confused look on their face? I imagine that’s what I looked like while reading the Associated Press article on, of all things, Pete Hegseth’s tattoos today. At least, that’s what I think it was supposed to be about. It was

People often ask how a former Bernie Sanders supporter like me could back Donald Trump. For me, it came down to one key issue: the Democrats’ abandonment of the working class. Sanders himself recently said it’s no wonder working Americans are leaving a party that no longer serves them. The presidential election underscored this shift,

Twelve years ago, my mother had a manic breakdown. She was found in Molokai, Hawaii, after disappearing for several days. The fugue state — in which she turned into a nightmare version of herself, eyes afire, flagellating her loved ones with a stream of deranged insults and delusions — lasted about six months until someone

Democrats spent a lot of time campaigning as the “party of women’s rights” this year, but if you’ve been paying close attention lately, they’re anything but..unless your top priority in life is getting an abortion. Just assuming that I’m going to vote for you because you’re the party of abortion is an insult in and

Donald Trump’s landslide victory has inevitably resulted in a debate surrounding gender — and Jason Whitlock of “Fearless” is calling it what it really is. “It’s a battle of the sexes. There are beta men who have jumped on the other side, but this has all been a program, and they program little kids. That’s

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey results, an annual assessment of various health-related behaviors among U.S. adults. Tobacco control advocates have reason to celebrate: The adult smoking rate has reached record lows, and in some states, young adult smoking rates are nearly nonexistent. According to

You are drowning in doom. Everything only seems to go one way. The news always validates what you already suspect. It’s the same thing every day. It all just gets worse and worse. If life were truly terrible, you would have no desire to spend every waking hour brooding over depressing predictions about how everything

President-elect Donald Trump is already making good on his promise to “Make America Healthy Again” — starting with appointing RFK Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. And conservatives everywhere couldn’t be happier. “The gig is up,” Kevin Roberts, author and president of the Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action tells Jill Savage

Concerts are supposed to be fun. Unfortunately, the typical excitement and anticipation of attending a show or sporting event has been overshadowed by panic and stress. Nearly 50% of concertgoers recently admitted they’ve considered taking a second job just to afford tickets. In addition to shelling out a small fortune for concert tickets, fans now

It had a billion-dollar budget, lavish sets, and some of the biggest names in entertainment — so why did the Democrats’ latest presidential campaign tank at the voting booth? Yes, there was that desperate, last-minute casting change. But new lead Kamala Harris seemed to get the notoriously troubled production back on track despite a predecessor

Hysteria has gripped the left. Well, more than usual.  “Trump moves to burn down the rule of law,” writes Public Notice’s Lisa Needham. M. Gessen wrote in the New York Times, in 1,800 words, “This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return.” I guess it’s no longer “unspoken.” Advertisement M. Gessen’s bio claims that

Well that didn’t take long. President-elect Trump has barely announced his selections for various Cabinet posts and the liberal media starts firing journalistic broadsides at them. Four Trump picks in particular have riled the so-called “mainstream” journos.  The nominee who drew instant wrath was Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, nominated as Attorney General. Mind you, it

New York Times columnist and author of the not very subtly titled book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, David Wallace-Wells, joined MSNBC’s Alex Wagner on her Friday show to react to some of Donald Trump’s cabinet selections. In the midst of his gloomy climate assessments, Wallace-Wells would claim Trump’s victory has shown that China

Oprah Winfrey is one of the richest people in Hollywood, and she earned every penny. She created a landmark TV talk show in the ’80s, segued to movie stardom and later built a media empire. She’s the American dream in bold, bright technicolor. Bottom of Form And, when Vice President Kamala Harris asked her to

According to HBO’s Bill Maher, election denial is something Republicans do. Fortunately, Fox News contributor Mary Katharine Ham was also present on Friday’s edition of Real Time to point out Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey is doing that right now. An unhappy Maher could only rant that “no one gives a fuck” about Casey because