Month: January 2023

Professor at Fordham University Shares His Understanding After Reading Article by Founder of Falun Gong

On the eve of Chinese New Year, Mr. Li Hongzhi, founder of the spiritual practice Falun Gong, published an article titled “How Humankind Came To Be.” Mr. Li said he disclosed heavenly secrets in this article, which are meant to “provide a true picture of affairs, and to give people another chance at salvation.” After reading the article, William…


GOP Pushes Stricter China Export Control, Cites Lax Enforcement

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is pushing for stricter enforcement of export controls on sensitive technologies that the Chinese military could access. In a Jan. 13 letter (pdf) to the U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, McCaul further requested licensing data that the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry…


Book Review: ‘Post-Roman Kingdoms: ‘Dark Ages’ Gaul & Britain, AD 450-800’

When the Goths sacked Rome in A.D. 410, it marked the end of the Western Roman Empire and the beginning of what became known as the Dark Ages. There are countless books on the subject, or rather subjects, but Raffaele D’Amato and Andrea Salimbeti have taken a different and more specific route on the subjects….


How ‘Gender Queer,’ America’s Most ‘Banned’ Book, Took Center Stage in the Battle Over Public Education

On a brisk mid-October evening, the public school board of Spring Lake, Michigan, convened in the intermediate school library. The meeting was called to order, the Pledge of Allegiance recited, the auditor’s report presented. None of this accounted for the standing-room-only crowd of parents, educators, and citizens drawn from this town of 2,500 people, or…


House Passes Bills Ending COVID-19 Emergency, Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate

With Republicans back in the majority, the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 31 passed a series of bills related to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines. The GOP majority in the lower chamber took up two COVID-19 bills on Tuesday, with many others still on the docket for possible consideration later this year. The first…


House Republicans Pass Bills Ending COVID-19 Emergency, Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate

Now back in the majority, House Republicans on Jan. 31 passed a series of bills related to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines. The GOP majority in the lower chamber took up two COVID-19 bills on Tuesday, with many others still on the docket for possible consideration later this year. The first bill would officially declare…


House Republicans Pass Bills Ending COVID Emergency, Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate

Now back in the majority, House Republicans on Jan. 31 passed a series of bills related to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines. The GOP majority in the lower chamber took up two COVID-19 bills on Tuesday, with many others still on the docket for possible consideration later this year. The first bill would officially declare…


House Republicans Pass Bill Ending Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate

Now back in the majority, House Republicans on Jan. 31 passed a series of bills related to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines. The GOP majority in the lower chamber took up two COVID-19 bills on Tuesday, with many others still on the docket for possible consideration later this year. The first bill would officially declare…


Republicans Voice Support for Potential McCarthy Visit to ‘Freedom Loving’ Taiwan

Republicans are voicing support for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s potential visit to Taiwan, following warnings from China’s communist regime that the speaker should not go. Chinese communist authorities have bristled at reports that McCarthy and the Pentagon are working together to plan a trip to Taiwan. A spokesperson for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which…


CNN Records Lowest Ratings Week in 9 Years

CNN is ending January on a low note—the lowest the news network has seen in nine years, to be exact. According to The Wrap, for the week of Jan. 16 through Jan. 22, Nielsen ratings showed CNN averaged just 444,000 primetime viewers, with 93,000 in the crucial 25–54 age demographic. For daytime programming, the network…