When social activists and ideologically driven historians claim something is evil by virtue of its existence, chances are those who receive that information are missing context. Typically, a lot of context. The idea of colonialism is one of those topics in which today’s social and political commentators are missing a lot of context, though indeed…
2022’s ‘In Defense of German Colonialism: And How Its Critics Empowered Nazis, Communists, and the Enemies of the West’
3 Supreme Court Justices Dissent in Major Affirmative Action Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that colleges and universities cannot take race into consideration when granting admission, striking down decades of precedent. The case involved the admissions policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a public university, and Harvard University, a private Ivy League college. The court ruled 6–3, with Republican-appointed…
Privy Council Conducting ‘Behavioural Science’ Research on Canadians Without Disclosing Findings: Report
The Privy Council Office (PCO) has been conducting “behavioural science” research with thousands of Canadians over the past several years but has not been disclosing its findings from the studies in an alleged breach of the Federal Accountability Act, according to a report. Documents obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter through an access to information request reportedly show…
LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (June 29): Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action; Hunter Biden Gives Deposition in Civil Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that race can no longer be a factor in college admissions. The decision of the court’s conservative majority overturned affirmative action plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Hunter Biden arrived for deposition today in a legal case with a computer repair shop owner in Delaware….
Washington Metro Needs Sustainable Funding Solution to Fill $750 Million Shortfall
Washington Metro Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Metro train and bus system is facing a mammoth financial deficit of $750 million. The last few years of reduced ridership and inflation have exacerbated the Metro’s preexisting structural financial problems, and unlike the previous years, the coming fiscal years could see major cuts in service and wreak havoc…
Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Dies at 92
HARTFORD, Conn.—Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a Republican U.S. senator who tussled with his own party during the Watergate hearings, later was elected Connecticut governor as an independent, died Wednesday. He was 92. Weicker’s death at a hospital in Middletown, Connecticut, after a short illness, was confirmed by his family in a statement released by a…
‘The Main Goal Is to Acquire the Land’—Farmer Jared Bossly on the CO2 Pipeline That Puts His Farm at Risk
Farmers in South Dakota risk losing their land to eminent domain under a planned project to build a 1,400-mile pipeline across five states in a bid to reduce the region’s carbon footprint. However, a group of farmers has now banded together to oppose the project. We speak to one of those farmers, Jared Bossly, about…
Politicians, Not Airlines, Are Delaying Your Flights
Commentary Like a DC-10 chasing its own tail, the deregulation of air travel is never able to progress nearly as far as it should, despite staggering successes, because politicians who want to control passengers’ lives are so good at blaming the airlines for the government’s failures. At the beginning of the year, the Biden administration…
China’s Top Anti-Graft Body Targets Its Own Officials for Alleged Corruption
China’s top anti-graft body recently announced that three of its own high-ranking officials are placed under investigation for “violations of disciplines and law.” The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) ensures that officials toe the Party line, stay loyal to the top Party leadership, and abide by the Party’s rules. However,…
Planet Thought to Have Been Engulfed by Sun Still Exists, Astronomers Find
An international team of astronomers from the University of Sydney, Australia, and the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy have discovered that a planet that was thought to have long ago disappeared actually still exists. Using two Maunakea Observatories on Hawaii Island—W. M. Keck Observatory and Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)—the team of researchers, led by Marc Hon,…
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