Month: May 2021

Brazil to Host Copa America as Pandemic-Hit Argentina Withdraws

ASUNCION/RIO DE JANEIRO—The Copa America soccer tournament will take place in Brazil next month, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Monday, thanking President Jair Bolsonaro for stepping in after original host Argentina pulled out following a surge of COVID-19 cases. The decision means the oldest international tournament in the world will kick off…


Renters Struggle to Find Shelter During Hot Housing Market

California’s housing and rental markets have been soaring throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, creating competition for renters trying to secure an affordable home. The struggle to find shelter continues for some Orange County residents, who say tough competition and economic hardships are making it nearly impossible to nab a rental. “We’re going to be homeless,” Orange County…


 Memorial Day Weekend Travel Sets 2021 Record at LAX

LOS ANGELES—Memorial Day weekend travelers have already set a new 2021 record at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), with more than 78,000 people passing through Transportation Security Administration on May 28 alone, according to airport officials. With travel plans long-delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 37 million people were expected to travel from…


Trucks, Guns, and Computers: Americans Spending Priorities Shift in Past Year

Americans have redirected more than a trillion dollars into purchases of trucks, computers, guns, and ammunition in the past year or so, consumer spending data indicates. This money is on top of what people were spending before the onset of the CCP (Chinese Communist party) virus pandemic. To some degree, the sum reflects increased prices…


Creative Fundraising Helps Children’s Charities

Mustaches for Kids Orange County is about to kick off its 2021 “growing season” as it continues its mission to raise funds, friends and awareness, for local children’s charities. Each year the nonprofit organization’s members and supporters commit to growing a mustache for 30 days to raise awareness and funds for the chosen charity. This…


Survey: Majority Say Violent Crime in the US Getting ‘Worse,’ Half Doubt Biden’s Ability to Solve It

A Rasmussen Reports survey released Friday found that while the majority of likely Democrat and Republican voters agree violent crime in the United States is getting “worse,” the groups’ confidence in Biden’s ability to solve this problem differs greatly. According to the poll, 65 percent of likely voters said violent crime is getting “worse,” 22…


Survey: Majority Say Violent Crime in the U.S. Getting ‘Worse,’ Half Doubt Biden’s Ability to Solve It

A Rasmussen Reports survey released Friday found that while the majority of likely Democrat and Republican voters agree violent crime in the United States is getting “worse,” the groups’ confidence in Biden’s ability to solve this problem differs greatly. According to the poll, 65 percent of likely voters said violent crime is getting “worse,” 22…


Memorial Day Regret: I Did Not Serve

Commentary Like many of my generation—and this is not an excuse, merely, shall we say, a “chronological” notation—I never served in the military. Indeed, thinking myself morally and politically opposed to the Vietnam War, I did what I could to avoid the draft. 1964, the year of my college graduation—I was only twenty that June,…


Larry Elder: On reparations: John F. Kennedy vs. Robert F. Kennedy

When did the civil rights movement go off the rails? The answer is when proponents went from justly demanding equal rights to unjustly demanding equal results. As to exactly when this occurred, that’s more difficult to answer. But consider statements, made five years apart, from the Kennedy brothers, John F. and Robert F. Neither brother…


[Premieres 6pm ET] Larry Elder: On reparations: John F. Kennedy vs. Robert F. Kennedy

When did the civil rights movement go off the rails? The answer is when proponents went from justly demanding equal rights to unjustly demanding equal results. As to exactly when this occurred, that’s more difficult to answer. But consider statements, made five years apart, from the Kennedy brothers, John F. and Robert F. Neither brother…