Month: June 2022

Film Review: ‘Jerry and Marge go Large’: Gaming the Lottery for the Greater Good

PG-13 | 1h 30m | Comedy | June 17, 2022 Actor Bryan Cranston broke big in HBO’s “Breaking Bad.” He was already well known as the zany dad from TV’s “Malcolm in the Middle,” but “Bad” put him on Hollywood’s A-list, playing a New Mexico high school chemistry teacher who starts cooking crystal meth to supplement his paltry…


‘Weakens Due Process’: Sen. Rick Scott Announces Opposition to Gun Control Bill

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on June 23 said he opposes the gun control bill the Senate is voting on this week. Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said the bill “weakens due process” and has key differences with a law that he signed while governor of Florida. “While there are elements of…


Turmeric Extract Strikes to the Root Cause of Cancer Malignancy

A turmeric study published in Cancer Letters is paving the way for a revolution in the way that we both understand and treat cancer Titled, “Targeting cancer stem cells by curcumin and clinical applications,” U.S. researchers evaluated the primary polyphenol in the Indian spice known as curcumin for its ability to target cancer stem cells (CSCs), which…


Uncovering the White House’s Secret Meetings With BlackRock

Commentary With more than $10 trillion in assets under management, BlackRock is the wealthiest and most powerful investment management firm on Wall Street. Yet, newly discovered information reveals that BlackRock’s influence may extend well beyond the financial sphere, all the way to the White House. Our investigation into the relationship between BlackRock officials and the…


Limits on Federal Authority

The previous essay explained that the Constitution is fundamentally a document granting enumerated (listed) powers. Like all such documents, the powers it grants are limited. These limits are one of the Constitution’s most important features. And they have been targets of a hostile propaganda campaign for many decades. “Progressive” commentators in politics, academia, and the…


Hollywood Hypocrites

Commentary Woke Hollywood actors are concerned about society. Or so they say. After every tragic school shooting, they push for government gun control. But let’s look at other causes they’ve promoted over the years. They’ve also done public service announcements against drugs. River Phoenix did one shortly before he overdosed. Leonardo DiCaprio gives his dire…


US Energy Secretary Hints Biden May Take Dramatic Move on Gas Prices

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the Biden administration could use the Defense Production Act to handle dealing with high gas prices, although it’s not clear exactly how. “President [Joe] Biden, like all other leaders around the world, are grappling with this for their citizens,” Granholm said Wednesday during a White House press briefing….


Beijing May Have Tried to Discourage Canadians From Voting Conservative: Federal Unit

A federal research unit detected what might be a Chinese Communist Party information operation that aimed to discourage Canadians of Chinese heritage from voting for the Conservatives in the last federal election. The Sept. 13, 2021, analysis by Rapid Response Mechanism Canada, which tracks foreign interference, says researchers observed Communist party media accounts on Chinese…


Supreme Court Rules New York’s Concealed Carry Gun Law Is Unconstitutional, Recognizes Right to Carry in Public

The Supreme Court voted 6–3 on June 23 to strike down New York state’s draconian concealed carry gun permitting system on constitutional grounds, recognizing for the first time a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense. The ruling is a sweeping victory for Second Amendment gun ownership rights and may help to undo restrictive gun…


Supreme Court Rules New York’s Concealed-Carry Gun Law Is Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court voted 6–3 on June 23 to strike down New York state’s draconian concealed-carry gun permitting system on constitutional grounds. The Supreme Court has been strengthening Second Amendment protections in recent years and observers have said the court’s 6–3 conservative supermajority could help expand gun ownership protections. In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008),…