PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—It has been said that you can’t legislate morality, but one small Southwest Florida city is trying and, in the process, may have violated the First Amendment rights of residents and visitors alike. Andrew Sheets, a resident of Punta Gorda, has racked up fines for displaying obscene speech on his person. The matter…
Florida Man Fined $3,000 for Expletive-Laden Political Signs Gets Help From Civil Liberties Group
Groups at Odds Over Drunk Driving Sensor Mandate in Infrastructure Bill
Two interest groups are at odds over a proposal in the $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill that would require all passenger cars to feature drunk and impaired driving sensors by 2024. For Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), President Joe Biden’s bill represents a huge victory, said Stephanie Manning, the group’s chief government affairs officer. Media only…
‘Preppers’ Quietly Stock Up for the ‘Perfect Storm’
A crippling ice storm that left Travis Maddox and thousands of other Missouri residents without power in 2007 had an “almost apocalyptic feel to it.” “No one could move. It just shut the whole region down for two weeks. I wasn’t as prepared as I thought,” said Maddox, a burly man of 43 sporting a…
New Jersey GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Opposes Vaccine Mandate
A Republican candidate running for governor of New Jersey in November and challenging the incumbent Democrat told a local PAC in July that he supports medical freedom and vaccine choice while opposing mandatory vaccinations or vaccine passports. Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican candidate for the governor of New Jersey, said in an interview with New Jersey…
Tens of Billions Wasted as Medicaid Misspending Grows
Medicaid misspending exceeded $140 billion in 2019 and 2020, according to estimates by the relevant federal agency, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), with the money often spent on services for people not eligible for the program or improperly overpaid to health care providers and insurance companies, several experts told The Epoch Times. CMS…
Taxes Separate Thriving Missouri From Dying Illinois
On the I-57 highway through Illinois, time seems to go backward with each southbound mile. The houses and cars in the yards get older. As years pass, town populations shrink. Eventually, homes turn back into piles of disconnected wood and glass, then empty lots. At the end of the highway, the town of Cairo slowly…
Taxes Separate Dying Illinois From Thriving Missouri
On the I-57 highway through Illinois, time seems to go backward with each southbound mile. The houses and cars in the yards get older. As years pass, town populations shrink. Eventually, homes turn back into piles of disconnected wood and glass, then empty lots. At the end of the highway, the town of Cairo slowly…
Dave Rubin: Good Liberals ‘Getting Mugged by Reality’ of Woke Left
Good liberals getting mugged by reality is a phenomenon that Dave Rubin started to notice a few years ago but that has increased recently, where people who might not have had a strong party affiliation (during the lockdowns) realized the left’s liberalism is not working for them. “When I would go to these rallies to…
Social Justice Policies in Education Lead to Wasting Talents: President of ‘Color Us United’
Affirmative action adopted by Ivy League universities such as Harvard in their admissions programs is an attack on excellence in American culture because it denies admission to other students who scored higher on the entrance exams, said Kenny Xu, author and president of the organization “Color Us United.” Moreover, the culture that disparages minority students…
Hearts and Minds: Renowned Surgeon Helps Children Reach Their Full Potential
Dr. Nche Zama is a nationally recognized cardiothoracic surgeon. Although some may say that he has attained the American dream, the road to his success began with tragedy. Dr. Zama was born in Bamenda, a small African village in Cameroon. As a child, he watched his mother die during childbirth. “I was standing there as…
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