Month: May 2022

LIVE NOW: Biden Falsely Claims That You Couldn’t Buy a Cannon When the 2nd Amendment Was Ratified | Larry Elder

President Joe Biden on Monday briefly discussed new gun control options, including a potential ban on assault weapons. He said the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which protects the right to keep and bear arms, “was never absolute.” “You couldn’t buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed,” Biden said. “You couldn’t go out…


US Military Base Cancels ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ for Kids After Pressure from Senator

An overseas U.S. Air Force Base has canceled a children’s storytime hour program featuring a drag queen after a Republican congressman demanded the show be dropped. The Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base in Germany canceled the event initially planned for June 2 called “Drag Queen Story Time” after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter…


Inflation of US Housing Market Slows Down as Higher Mortgage Rates Shrink Demand

The rate of home price inflation in the United States is expected to decline to about 10 percent by the end of 2022 and slow even further over the next two years, as high housing prices and increased mortgage rates push out prospective buyers, according to a Reuters poll on May 31. Forty-year high consumer…


Disneyland Suspends Sale of Magic Key Passes

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Disney has suspended sales of its Magic Key annual pass program and is offering California residents a new three-day, one-park-per-day ticket this summer for Disneyland and California Adventure, park officials said Tuesday. The park rolled out the Magic Key program last August, with four choices ranging in cost from $399 to $1,399 per year….


The Notion of Mental Health

Commentary There is a school of jurisprudence, favored by dictators and the Queen of Hearts in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” according to which the sentence should be decided before the verdict. This seems to be the school of jurisprudence to which Princeton University has adhered in the case of professor Joshua Katz, whom it has…


McConnell: Bipartisan Negotiations Looking at Mental Illness, School Safety After Mass Shooting

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says Republicans are working across the aisle to try to reach a compromise bill to respond to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting with a focus on mental illness and school safety. The Uvalde shooting left 19 children as well as two teachers dead, and has prompted lawmakers on both…


Purple Reigns | P. Allen Smith Garden Style

This film is only available in the US because of territorial licensing. P. Allen Smith brings a new style to his long-running series, exploring the many ways you can Grow, Cook, and Design all areas of your life! Discover ideas to spark your own creativity as the award-winning designer, gardening and lifestyle expert adds more…


Pirates Rally Late After Losing Lead to Beat Dodgers 6–5

The Pittsburgh Pirates (20–27) made a wild comeback victory in the ninth inning, having blown a four-run lead, to win 6–5 against the league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers (33–15) on Memorial Day. In May, the Pirates have defeated the Dodgers in three out of four games. However, the Dodgers have climbed to tie the Yankees with…


State Department Unable to Follow Court Order Amid Growing Afghan Visa Backlog

The State Department asked a federal judge to vacate a court order to streamline its special immigrant visa (SIV) application process, citing chaos in Afghanistan as the reason for being unable to process a growing backlog of applicants. The State Department’s request on May 24 comes in a dispute against a group called Afghan and Iraqi Allies,…


Carvalho the Draftsman: Studies Celebrating Art Reborn After Major Disaster

Portuguese artist Pedro Alexandrino de Carvalho (1729–1810) was not only a painter of distinction, but also a draftsman, and his drawings show how he helped to rebuild Portugal’s artistic heritage after one of its greatest disasters, the earthquake of 1755. An exhibit of 17 of his drawings is now on display at the National Antique…