Month: September 2021

NBA: Players Who Miss Games Over Vaccine Mandates Won’t Be Paid for Them

The NBA warned players unvaccinated for COVID-19 that they won’t be paid for games they miss due to local mandates regarding requirements for the vaccine. “Any player who elects not to comply with local vaccination mandates will not be paid for games that he misses,” Mike Bass, the NBA’s executive vice president of communications, said…


Behind the Scenes of the Natural Origin Narrative

Commentary A sequence of events in early 2020 suggest that Dr. Anthony Fauci and a small group of scientists sought to promote the natural origins theory as a means to avoid public scrutiny of the possibility that COVID-19 had leaked from a lab. Fauci received several warnings in late Jan. 2020 that prompted him to…


100 Days of Dante: What’s the Big Deal?

Gratifyingly, as we have now passed (Sept. 13 and 14) the anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri 700 years ago (1321), there has been a massive upsurge in interest and promotion of his work, especially of “The Divine Comedy,” arguably the world’s greatest poem. This is really good news. In the UK, for example,…


Ostracizing University Faculty With Nonconforming Opinions Has Become a Common Trend: Constitutional Lawyer

Having a dissenting view within the prevailing orthodoxies of many universities today can lead to “a death by a thousand cuts,” according to a lawyer who specializes in constitutional law. Samantha Harris, with Allen Harris Law in Connecticut, represents Stephen Porter, a professor at North Carolina State University (NCSU). Porter filed a lawsuit on Sept….


Texas Conducting Audit of 2020 Election Results

The Texas Secretary of State’s office is carrying out a forensic audit of 2020 election results in four large counties, including Dallas and Harris counties. The office announced the audit last week but declined to provide more details until Sept. 28. Phase one of the review is already underway, the office says. This phase involves…


Texas Launches Audit of 2020 Election Results

An audit of 2020 election results has been launched in the state of Texas. The Texas Secretary of State’s office is carrying out the forensic audit in four large counties, including Dallas and Harris counties. The office announced the audit last week but declined to provide more details until Tuesday. The office now says phase…


Parents Protest School Pro-Transgender Policy in Loudoun County

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—Hundreds of protesters rallied in Loudoun County to voice their objection over a recently adopted pro-transgender policy. The event occurred outside the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) administration building on Sept. 28, an hour before the school board meeting. The policy, also known as policy 8040 (pdf), requires LCPS staff to address students…


Former First Daughter Barbara Bush Gives Birth to Baby Girl

DALLAS—Former first daughter Barbara Bush has given birth to her first child, a baby girl. Cora Georgia Coyne was born Monday in Maine, not far from the family’s Walker Point compound in Kennebunkport, former President George W. Bush said in a statement Tuesday. He said he and former First Lady Laura Bush were “delighted.” “Cora…


Workers Who Maintain Supply Chains Warn of Worldwide ‘System Collapse’

Several industry groups have warned world leaders of a worldwide supply-chain “system collapse” due to pandemic restrictions, coming as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested that the current period of higher inflation will last until 2022. The International Chamber of Shipping, a coalition of truck drivers, seafarers, and airline workers has warned, in a letter to…


House Republicans Decry IRS ‘Weaponization’ Against Christian, Conservative Groups

A bewildered civil liberties lawyer expressed frustration to Republican members on the House Ways & Means Committee Wednesday, asking why the IRS has time to harass evangelical Christian groups seeking tax exemption but can’t prevent leaks of tax records. “Why is it that the IRS has time to go after Christians Engaged, but they don’t…