Month: June 2021

The Californians: The Newsom Recall, Brah

Governor Gavin Newsom of California is officially facing a recall. It’s the seventh attempt at recalling him and also only the fourth gubernatorial recall election in American history. Will it be successful this time? We take a look at the mounting effort and also some of the challengers who might take Newsom’s place. Watch the…


Catharsis: Aristotle’s Response to Plato

The Eye of the Beholder: Reflecting On the Purpose of Beauty and Art We’ve all heard the phrase “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but what does this mean and does it hold weight? In this series, we will take a casual look at the philosophical debates concerning our experiences with beauty and…


Orange County High School Stays Open During Pandemic, Breaks Athletic Records

An Orange County, Calif. private school that stayed open for in-person instruction throughout the COVID-19 pandemic set athletic records, reported a  high academic performance, and dramatically increased its enrollment, its staff says. Calvary Chapel High School (CCHS) in Santa Ana set a school record during the 2020-21 school year, winning seven league championships, said its athletic director and boys basketball coach…


Senate Passes Net Zero Bill, Set to Debate Budget Bill Before Rising for Summer

OTTAWA—The Senate has passed a government bill to mandate the country to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, doing so hours before the upper chamber rises for the summer and a possible fall election. Bill C-12 sets targets for achieving an economy in which any greenhouse gas emissions are offset by other measures, and the upper…


California Village is Without Running Water During Heat Wave

A Central California village where the temperature is expected to reach 105 degrees Fahrenheit June 30 is dry out of running water as the state drought continues. The crisis began in Teviston when a well—the Tulare County region’s only water source—malfunctioned June 9, leaving its 600 residents without running water. It has yet to be repaired. “The…


Easy Ways to Cut the Soaring Price of Gasoline

Only a few months ago, I paid $1.87 a gallon for gas in Thornton, Colorado. That’s more than a dollar cheaper than I paid this past week at the same location—$3.05 per gallon! What’s going on? According to Forbes, the price for a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude oil tested the $70 level earlier…


Watchdog: Schools’ Critical Race Theory Initiatives May Violate Constitution, State Laws

A watchdog group recently obtained documents that show training based on the quasi-Marxist critical race theory in K-12 public schools appears to violate the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment and related state laws. Judicial Watch obtained 111 pages of records from Wellesley Public Schools in Massachusetts confirming that they use “affinity spaces,” which divide students and staff based on…


Kebabcheta: The Star of the Bulgarian Barbecue

In the late 1990s, I was fortunate enough to spend six weeks in Bulgaria just as the nation was coming out from under the yoke of 50 years of communism. The country’s isolation contributed to the fact that Bulgarian food was relatively unknown to Western visitors, but I was quickly introduced to a wide range…


Chris Fenton: Inside Hollywood’s Thorny China Problem

China is the largest movie market in the world. And huge profits are at stake for those that don’t toe the line of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). John Cena recently drew ire from the regime when he called Taiwan a country while promoting the latest “Fast and Furious” film. He publicly apologized. Concerns are…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (June 29)

The death toll climbs from the condo collapse in Miami as rescue teams continue searching for survivors, Fox’s Tucker Carlson accuses the NSA of spying on him, and criminal sex offender numbers rise by over five-hundred percent amid record numbers of illegal immigrants crossing the border.