Month: April 2022

Canada Eases Border Rules Again for the Fully Vaccinated and Children

Border restrictions will be further eased on April 25, the federal government said on Friday, with the changes relating to children and fully vaccinated travellers. The Public Health Agency Canada says that children aged 5 to 11 who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and who are accompanied by a fully vaccinated person will no longer…


Canada Softens Border Rules Again for the Fully Vaccinated and Children

Border restrictions will be further eased on April 25, announced the Canadian government on Friday, with measures impacting children and fully vaccinated travellers. The Public Health Agency Canada (PHAC) says that children aged 5 to 11 who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated and who are accompanied by a fully vaccinated person will no longer require…


Tennessee Bill Would Allow Teachers to Use Students’ Biological Sex Rather Than Preferred Pronoun

A bill introduced in the Tennessee legislature seeks to allow teachers not to use a student’s preferred pronoun if it is inconsistent with their biological sex. Introduced last month by State Sen. Mike Bell (R-Riceville), the bill, SB 2777, would apply to all employees of public schools and local education agencies (LEA) and absolve them…


San Diego Women Empowered by Firearms Training, Education

As violent crime rises across the state, a volunteer-run program is arming women in San Diego County with the knowledge and confidence to defend themselves. The San Diego County Gun Owners’ #NotMeSD movement is offering women firearms training, education on how to purchase a firearm, and assistance with obtaining a CCW (Carry Concealed Weapons Permit)….


Mexican Police Find Body of Missing Woman in Cistern

MEXICO CITY—The haunting story of a young woman left on the side of a highway late at night in northern Mexico ended in tragedy Friday, after her decomposing body was found in a subterranean water tank at a motel. Assistant Public Safety Secretary Ricardo Mejia said Friday that the woman’s body—which was apparently unrecognizable after…


2022 Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Sailors were greeted with strong winds upon a white-capped ocean at the start of the 74th Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race on April 22, 2022. On Newport Beach’s Balboa Pier, people gathered outside Ruby’s Diner to watch the start of the race. Sailors partake in the Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race…


Will Higher Interest Rates Tank California Home Prices?

Commentary Home prices keep going up. But for how long? For the first time, in March the median home price in Orange County soared above $1 million, according to the research group DQNews/CoreLogic. Los Angeles County was $840,000. Throughout all Southern California, it was $735,000. But there’s a good chance prices have peaked. Prices largely…


Sanity as a Sense of Due Proportion

Commentary You may remember that, way back in January, I remarked on the then-exciting British scandal known as “Cake-gate.” Boris Johnson, the Conservative prime minister, was said to have attended a garden party for staff at Number 10 Downing Street in honor of his birthday—and possibly even consumed a bit of birthday cake—during lockdown when…


61 Percent of Small-Business Owners Fear Rising Inflation Will Cripple Them

Over 60 percent of American small-scale employers are worried about inflation threatening their businesses with the highest prices since 1982, according to a recent survey by Clarify Capital. In a poll of more than 500 small-business owners, 61 percent said they were worried about staying afloat in the current economic climate. Sixty-six percent of poll respondents…


Are Constitutional Amendments Coming?

Commentary The website Politico recently ran a feature by two academic commentators who think constitutional amendments are on the horizon. They tell us: “We’ve studied the history of the amendments to the U.S. Constitution and found that most of them come in waves after long periods of constitutional inaction. What’s more, those short bursts of…