What the hell do I have to do to catch omicron? And no, I’m not asking for a friend. What I can’t seem to catch is the actual bug. I know a few people, either friends or colleagues, who caught the alpha variant at some point in 2020. None of them died, required hospitalization, or

It’s 2022 but you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s still 2020—especially if you have children enrolled in K-12 district schooling. Some parents are grappling this week with a return to, or threat of, remote learning first introduced nearly two years ago. Fear of the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus is leading school officials across

Steam rises from cooling towers of the Electricite de France nuclear power plant behind houses in Dampierre-en-Burly, France, October 12, 2021. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters) According to the Wall Street Journal’s Joseph Sternberg, 2022 might be the year when politicians begin to change course on climate policy. The reason? Anxiety about the political consequences of where that

The Washington Post touts itself as the activists who live by the maxim Democracy Dies in Darkness. But in reality, when it comes to issue like climate change, the Left doesn’t trust Democracy to get anything accomplished. The literal poster child for this view is teenaged radical Greta Thunberg, honored on the cover of Sunday’s

In a video that has gone viral on Twitter, a transgender TikTok user accuses a baby of being transphobic because the baby seems to like him more when he wears his long-haired wig, which makes him look more feminine. “I have talked about the transphobic baby at work before. So I went in a room with

Federal offices will be closed in Washington, D.C., on Monday due to a winter storm that could drop as much as eight inches of snow across the nation’s capital. The Office of Personnel Management made the announcement late Sunday, hours before the storm began early Monday. It made an exception for emergency employees, whom the

(kasto80/iStock/Getty Images) Do colleges and universities still need tenure? At one time, it might have served a good purpose by protecting faculty members from dismissal because they advanced unpopular ideas. Today, however, its main function might be to insulated the tenured from adverse consequences of indifferent teaching and to make it hard for institutions to

Joe Biden dropped a little Christmas present in the punch bowl in late December. He extended the “pause” on student loan payments for another six months. It’s clear Biden remains under pressure to cancel student loan debt, a Democratic white whale. Whatever happens next will not be the last of this, especially heading into the

2022 is the Biden Administration’s first (and maybe only?) midterm election year The result of which will ultimately decide the fate of the rest of the Democratic Party’s agenda. Knowing this, ABC’s Good Morning America decided to lie to their viewers on Sunday and bemoan election integrity laws that are being passed in certain states around

Here is the final installment of “Beyond the Briefing” for 2021. I recorded this a day before the Betty White stuff hit the fan. Anyway, here’s a modest little wish list that includes my fervent desire that Anthony Fauci be sent into permanent exile. You have to watch to find out where I want him

“Don’t steal, the government hates competition.” That was a bumper sticker Ron Paul had on his desk in Washington, D.C. as a Republican Congressman from the 14th district in Texas. In recent months, we’ve heard plenty of stories about crime on the rise. On Tuesday, Zero Hedge reported that Hollywood elites are installing panic rooms

Farida Nabourema at a meeting of the Oslo Freedom Forum in New York, September 2018 (Jay Nordlinger) One of the most impressive people I know is Farida Nabourema, a young woman from Togo. A few days ago, I podcasted with her, here. We also podcasted in 2018, and I wrote a piece about her: “Daughter

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 01: Eric Adams is sworn in as the 110th mayor of the city of New York on January 01, 2022 in New York, NY. Due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the official inauguration has been postponed, and Adams chose to be sworn into office in Times Square following

Media company Grabien was reportedly suspended on Twitter after it posted a quote from a congressman. Grabien shared comments from Rep. Biggs about COVID-19 treatments. “Rep. Biggs: Big Pharma Won’t Consider Therapeutics Like HCQ or Ivermectin Because of Economic Interests,” the tweet that led to the ban read, with a link to a video of

“As we enter the height of election season, President Trump should assure us all that the White House will respect the independent authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to decide, free from political pressure, if the vaccine is safe and effective,” Biden said in a statement in July 2020. Kamala Harris outright said

In this installment of their weekly Sunday Six conversation, PF Whalen and Parker Beauregard of The Blue State Conservative discuss six reasons for those of us on the right to be optimistic as the new year begins. #6: America’s cultural ‘center’ is shifting to the right. PF: The future of our country will be decided

(romaset/Getty Images) Eugenics is alive and well with prenatal testing deployed to detect conditions — such as Down syndrome and dwarfism — toward the frequent end (and often, purpose) of ensuring that offending babies are never born. Iceland, thus, brags that almost no Down children make it to birth. What a tragedy for the babies,

Frequent consumers of news may be aware of Gallup’s annual poll measuring the “most admired man” in America which is typically announced a few days before New Year’s. The poll was done yearly from 1946 through 2020, with 1976 the only year that was skipped. NewsBusters pointed out a year ago that liberal news media lost interest

Though it’s not official yet, it is safe to assume that Donald Trump will be running for president in 2024. But all the signs point to him running. This summer, Trump told Sean Hannity that he has made up his mind about running in 2024, and his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, revealed that

Summary: President Joe Biden will continue to rest quietly at home in Delaware. Live stream links will activate as streams become available ALL TIMES EST White House Briefing Schedule Keep an Eye on the President at Our President’s Schedule Page. We are providing former President Donald Trump’s schedule to compare and contrast the leadership and work style

On NPR’s last All Things Considered “newscast” of 2021, they considered “A look back at attacks on voting rights in 2021 — and what could be next.” These “attacks” are by Republicans, and the liberal analysts were the only ones who were considered to analyze this phenomenon.  MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: 2021 was not an

I don’t care about “preferred pronouns.” I don’t. Chelsea Manning, Caitlyn Jenner, Rachel Levine, and Amy Schneider are men, and I will refer to them by male pronouns. Chaz Bono and Elliot Page are women, and I will refer to them by female pronouns. I’ve written about all of these people at least once here at

The somber photos and videos that came out of Afghanistan this year led many to wonder whether the 20-year conflict was worth the cost. This horrific image may become the iconic picture of the Trump-Biden withdrawal from Afghanistan. It appears the situation in Kabul remains desperate with US forces in harm’s way. Let’s remember the

The College Football Playoff games yesterday were evidence for my (granted, over-stated) belief that you could do worse than select the top-four teams in the SEC every year. It was nice to try to believe in Cincinnati, but they were completely overmatched, and Michigan got dominated, too. It’s kind of a letdown that the championship

To borrow from the late President Gerald Ford, the state of the media as 2022 opens is not good. Recall that Ford was happily sailing along politically in 1973 as the House Republican Leader in the Nixon era. He was the Kevin McCarthy of his day. Out of the blue, in October, the Department of

Well, it’s a new year, and thus, it’s time for new year’s resolutions. I’ve generally not been one for making new year’s resolutions, probably because I so often fail to keep them. However, my most successful resolution was made seven years ago, when I gave up soda. It was no easy resolution to keep. I

Democrats four years ago rode a blue wave to governors’ mansions across the country, flipping Republican-held seats in the Midwest, Northeast and West alike. Now, however, many of those governors face Republican challengers amid a political environment that looks potentially promising for the GOP, meaning that contentious races may lie ahead in some of the

Statue of economist Adam Smith in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2008. (David Moir/Reuters) By “liberals” I mean classical liberals — those who believe that liberty works best and that people ought to be as free as possible from the control of government. Liberalism is in retreat all around the globe. That’s the argument of Northwestern University

A Thursday New York Times story by reporter Nick Corasaniti, set up as if to coolly analyze the state of U.S. “voting rights,” ended up the usual Times tissue of gross exaggerations and aspersions of Republican racism: “Voting Rights Tracker: What to Know About the U.S. Elections Fight.” The current battle over voting rights —

If Democrats want to halt a Republican wave 10 months from now, they need to acknowledge their failures and pivot to the political center. Otherwise, President Joe Biden — who only took the Oval Office on a fluke — will soon be a lame duck and help initiate a GOP victory parade. Here’s Biden’s 2022 to-do