More than a million Americans have died from opioid overdoses over the last two decades, with a record amount perishing from various drug addictions during the current pandemic. Similar numbers undoubtedly had their lives negatively affected or destroyed. Yet while media, politicians, and corporate leaders may bemoan these tragedies, they also promote widespread use of
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Groups representing major tech companies filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state of Texas over a social media law passed earlier this month that aimed to curb online censorship. The lawsuit, filed by technology trade associations NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) that represent tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon, alleged
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Jerry and Judy Horton, in 2017 (Jay Nordlinger) I have a couple of links to throw at you: to a Q&A and a Music for a While. The Q&A is with John U. Bacon, the veteran journalist and book-author. We are old friends and classmates, from Ann Arbor, Mich. He became the coach of our high-school
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A woman who was irate that a Chipotle restaurant was closing early pulled a gun from her purse and demanded that employees finish her order. The shocking incident unfolded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at about 5 p.m. on Saturday and was caught on surveillance video. The woman can be seen on the video reaching into her
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CNN’s favorite bow-tie-wearing expert Peter Hotez was the kind of medical professional CNN liked; the kind who inserted politics into everything and jumped at the chance to attack Republicans.  Wednesday on CNN Newsroom, Dr. Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital switched from pediatrician and professor to full-on progressive activist, actually demanding the government
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That was quick. The FDA on Wednesday approved a Pfizer Covid booster shot for people ages 65 and up and high risk Americans. “The FDA considered the committee’s input and conducted its own thorough review of the submitted data to reach today’s decision,” Dr. Peter Marks, the agency’s top vaccine regulator, said in a statement.
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The Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C., August 5, 2021 (Brent Buterbaugh/National Review) If you’re like me, you will have enjoyed reading the legal commentary that’s been published ahead of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on December 1. At issue in the case is Mississippi’s 2018 Gestational Age
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Columbia University’s Robert Klitzman shared a tragic story with CNN Saturday of a woman riddled with cancer who reportedly refused to undergo medical procedures, relied on the power of prayer, and ultimately died. “Her religious belief contributed to her death, unfortunately,” he said. Klitzman, who directs Columbia’s bioethics master’s program, stressed that employees should not be able
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The construction industry is struggling to recover from the pandemic due to difficulties hiring workers and severe supply chain shortfalls, a report found. Construction contractors project revenue to remain stagnant and below pre-pandemic levels over the next 12 months even as the economy-wide recovery continues, according to the report published Wednesday by the U.S. Chamber
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Jose Espinoza, 27, receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, Calif., August 17, 2021. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) Vaccine mandates are a fraught subject at the intersection of the twin conservative values of public order and private liberty. They are complicated by the fact that there is more than one kind of mandate.
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A contingent of Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced three articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden this week, citing the president’s failed handling of the crisis at the southern border, his attempt to extend the federal moratorium on evictions, and his bungled military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Washington Examiner reported. Ohio Rep.
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Politico finally admitted Tuesday that reports about emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop concerning communications between then-presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son and foreign business interests were actually true. In doing so, they betrayed much of the rest of the liberal media who for months have tried to claim that the stories were nothing more than Russian
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Former US Rep. from Minnesota and Dean at Regent University, Michele Bachmann, expressed her deep concerns with Biden’s destruction of America this morning on 93.3 Real Talk in St. Louis.  She was more courageous in her thoughts and comments than most anyone in America. Michele Bachmann expressed her deep concerns with what has occurred to
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., September 22, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) White House press secretary Jen Psaki accused border patrol agents of using “brutal” methods against migrants crossing the Rio Grande into Texas, during a press briefing at the White House. Psaki said officials
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Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. walk in the Rio Grande River near the International Bridge between Mexico and the U.S. in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, September 17, 2021. (Go Nakamura/Reuters) Constant vigilance and cooperation with Mexico made the difference. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A lejandro Mayorkas likes to say that our border isn’t open. This line
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Amazon is lobbying the US government to legalise cannabis and in support of a law that would expunge cannabis-related offences from criminal records, the company has confirmed. Earlier this year, the e-commerce giant announced that it would be excluding the drug from its pre-employment screening programme, as well as reinstating the eligibility of former employees
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Another set of bombshell documents has dropped related to EcoHealth Alliance and the research it intended to do in partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology. In a grant proposal for EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak requested more than $14 million from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue
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A meteor streaks past stars above Leeberg hill during the Perseid meteor shower in Grossmugl, Austria, August 10, 2018. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters) A new paper in Nature collects the scientific and archaeological evidence of a massive meteor explosion in the atmosphere, destroying an entire city in around 1,650 B.C.; the authors speculate that this may match the
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