Month: May 2022

San Francisco School District Drops ‘Chief’ From Job Titles, Cites Native American Concerns

San Francisco’s public school district, which not too long ago underwent a recall election fueled by its controversial priorities, said it will remove the word “chief” from all job titles to avoid offending the Native American community. Gentle Blythe, a spokesperson for San Francisco Unified Schools District (SFUSD) told the San Francisco Chronicle that the…


Texas Town Prays Together After Tragic Shooting at Elementary School

UVALDE, Texas—Athena Pedraza dropped off a homemade meal at her friend’s house before driving to a community vigil at Uvalde’s rodeo arena on May 25. Her friend’s son was one of the victims in the Robb Elementary School mass shooting the day before. The friend found out at midnight after having to give a DNA…


[Live at 9 PM ET] Will Two Ongoing Federal Prosecutions Inside the Beltway Decide the Future of America?

Epoch Times reporter John Haughey gives the inside scoop about the trial of Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann. And activist Cynthia Hughes reveals how Biden officials have toyed with the lives of Jan. 6 defendants. Don’t miss this explosive episode of Over the Target Live with Lee Smith. * Click the “Save” button below the video…


Will Two Ongoing Federal Prosecutions Inside the Beltway Decide the Future of America?

Epoch Times reporter John Haughey gives the inside scoop about the trial of Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann. And activist Cynthia Hughes reveals how Biden officials have toyed with the lives of Jan. 6 defendants. Don’t miss this explosive episode of Over the Target Live with Lee Smith. * Click the “Save” button below the video…


A City and Its Secret River: Prague

Europe is filled with great river cities—the steeples and citadels of Buda and Pest rising dramatically on either side of the Danube, the Rhine flowing near the massive cathedral in Cologne, the Seine slicing Paris into Left Bank and Right Bank. But Prague? Not really one of them. Yes, water runs through its heart. And…


Florida Lawmakers Deliver New Property Insurance Package to DeSantis

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Both chambers of the Florida legislature approved a new legislative package geared toward rising property insurance rates, created a $2 billion reinsurance fund. and wrote new rules around coverage denials and what attorneys are able to charge during litigation.  As hurricane season looms, the measure now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s desk for…


Body of American Man Pulled From Rome’s Tiber River

ROME—Italian police say the body of a 21-year-old American man was pulled from the Tiber River on Thursday, and an investigation was underway to determine the cause of death. The family of Elija Oliphant of Dallas, Texas, reported him missing on Tuesday, after he left the hotel and never returned. They had arrived on holiday…


Police: Woman Killed Man Who Fired Rifle Into Party Crowd

CHARLESTON, W.Va.—A woman in West Virginia fatally shot a man who began firing an AR-15-style rifle into a crowd of people that had gathered for a party, authorities said. Dennis Butler, 37, was killed Wednesday night after he pulled out the rifle and began shooting at dozens of people attending the birthday-graduation party outside an…


America Should Not Silence Science

When she was working towards her Ph.D. in genetics at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1960s, my mother noticed something extraordinary: the organelles inside the cells she was studying looked surprisingly like single-celled free-living bacteria. Was it possible, my mom asked herself, that bacterial cells somehow became integrated into other cells to…


Constitutional Originalists Love America

Commentary I fled academia in 2010 because of its increasingly bizarre environment. Since that time, the situation has only gotten worse. This is reflected in the scholarly journals, where they publish more and more silly stuff. Recently, for example, I learned that a journal published an article (pdf) claiming that those of us who interpret…