Month: June 2023

Eight Tips for a Road Trip

It’s road trip time! Holiday weekends almost demand you take to the road and explore. From national parks to amusement parks, America has much to offer vacationers. Planning a trip is nearly as fun as taking it. Although a road trip is fun, it does have its challenges. This is especially true if children are…


Book Review: ‘Modernizing Medicare: Harnessing the Power of Consumer Choice and Market Competition’

Commentary Enacted together in 1965, Medicare is the U.S. federal government-managed health insurance program for citizens 65 and over, while Medicaid is the de facto welfare program for low-income adults, children, pregnant women, and people with disabilities. While 36 million people were enrolled in traditional Medicare in 2021, the program’s actuaries already envision this number…


Vanna White Hires Lawyer After Ryan Seacrest Named Wheel of Fortune Host

America’s most famous letter-turner has lawyered up after it was reported Tuesday that the veteran Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White hasn’t received a pay raise in 18 years. That news comes after the Associated Press reported Tuesday that media personality Ryan Seacrest would become the iconic game show’s next host after Pat Sajak’s retirement…


IN-DEPTH: US Ramps Up Transgender Procedures for Minors While European Countries Back Away

Much of America has turned a blind eye to how medical institutions in European nations have shifted away from transgender procedures, say doctors who are critical of the U.S. model. Dr. Julia Mason, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), told The Epoch Times the push in the United States for transgender medical…


US Ramps Up Transgender Procedures for Minors While European Countries Back Away

Much of America has turned a blind eye to how medical institutions in European nations have shifted away from transgender procedures, say doctors who are critical of the U.S. model. Dr. Julia Mason, a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), told The Epoch Times the push in the United States for transgender medical…


Government to Seek Appeal After Court Declares Rwanda Deportation Policy Unlawful

The government will seek to appeal against a court ruling that found its plans to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda to be unlawful. Under the government’s proposed Illegal Migration Bill, anyone who arrives in the UK illegally will be banned from claiming asylum, and will be deported to their home country or a safe third…


IN DEPTH: Expert Warns Right to Fair Trial in Rape Cases Being ‘Slowly and Gradually Eroded’

An expert on miscarriages of justice has claimed changes to the law risk undermining the right to a fair trial for men accused of rape and other sexual offences. The Law Commission is conducting a review of the trial process for prosecutions of rape and other sexual offences in England and Wales—with submissions due by the…


US Social Media ‘Influencers’ Under Fire Over Free Trip to Fast-Fashion Giant Shein’s China Factory

A group of American fashion influencers has come under fire for attending a fully paid trip to tour one of fast-fashion giant Shein’s factories based in Guangzhou, China. The influencers—Dani Carbonari, Destene Sudduth, Aujené, Fernanda Stephany Campuzano, Kenya Freeman, and Marina Saavedra—were flown out to China as part of a tour sponsored by Shein in June,…


State Department Not Measuring Its Greenhouse Gases Despite Biden Executive Order: GAO Report

Four hundred and fifty U.S. diplomatic officials and employees attended two U.N. climate conferences but nobody in the State Department knows how much greenhouse gases were emitted as a result despite President Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order directing the federal government to measure its emissions, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office…


Embarrassment Is an Integral Part of Growth

A well-known climbing coach said that the biggest obstacle in the way of people’s growth as climbers is, basically, fear of embarrassment. When people want to get better at climbing, they try to do it privately, so that no one can see them doing things badly. They’ll go to the climbing gym when no one is watching,…