Month: April 2021

New Film ‘Violino’: Vibrations of the Soul

Our souls were captivated when we heard the magical sounds of a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin. Where did this ethereal sound come from? Why do we rarely get to experience anything like it nowadays? In searching for the answer, our team of filmmakers started one of the most magical yet enduring journeys that has changed our…


White House Announces Biden’s First Overseas Trip as President

President Joe Biden will travel to the UK and Brussels, Belgium, for his first overseas trip as president, according to a White House announcement on Friday. In the UK, Biden will attend a summit for the G-7—the intergovernmental organization consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—from June 11 to…


White House Reveals Biden’s First Overseas Trip as President

President Joe Biden will travel to the UK and Brussels, Belgium, for his first overseas trip as president, according to a White House announcement Friday. In the UK, Biden will attend a summit for the G-7—the intergovernmental organization consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—from June 11 to…


Our Bi-Partisan Fiscal Insanity

Commentary I’ve been sounding the alarm about chronic federal deficit spending—practiced by both Republicans and Democrats—steering our country into a fiscal abyss for over a decade. I feel like a broken record as I periodically chronicle the folly of it all. The process has taken on an air of inevitability as we watch what feels…


The Family Table: Sorrel Soup, Slick and Sour, Pieced Together From Scraps of Memory

Submitted by Emma Buls, Duluth, Minnesota I never knew I had a sour tooth until I ate sorrel soup. It was at a lunch at my Aunt Lidia’s house, in a breezy beach community hugging Port Phillip Bay, south of Melbourne. I was around 8 years old, and at this point in our lives my…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (April 23)

Witnesses react to the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. Did the police officer do the right thing? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says she’ll grant Republicans subpoena power and equal membership on a proposed commission set to investigate the events of January 6th at the Capitol. But there are still some items to…


Chinese City Inadvertently Exposes CCP’s Deceptive Pandemic Control

Commentary The world will never know the true number of infections and deaths caused by the CCP virus in mainland China. Chinese authorities and state media have continued to downplay the recent resurgence of COVID-19 outbreaks in various regions across the country. However, a city in the southern province of Yunnan provides a glimpse into…


Oklahoma Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing in Deadly January Shooting

The authorities have cleared Nathan Ronan, the Lawton Police Department (LPD) officer who fatally shot Zonterious Johnson on Jan. 17, of any wrongdoing, the police chief said. “The Comanche County District Attorney’s Office has thoroughly reviewed the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation report and has cleared the officer involved of any wrongdoing,” LPD Chief James…


Video: Live Q&A: China Expands Persecution With Help From Overseas Journalists and Corporations

The Chinese communist regime is expanding its social controls and human rights abuses, including with a new hotline where netizens can report fellow citizens for making “illegal” comments on history, and with expanding programs on religious suppression such as a new grid-based enforcement system. As this takes place, reports show that the regime has been…


The Toxicity of the Permanent Outrage Mentality

Commentary The conviction of disgraced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on both manslaughter and murder charges ought to be, at least in theory, a seminal moment for a country hoping to foster a greater civic unity and recoil from the tumultuous brink of a half-century nadir in racially charged acrimony. Sadly, early indications point…