Tag: US Features

Dissenting Voices Must Speak Out to Extricate Society From the Grip of Mass Formation: Clinical Psychologist

Speaking out to articulate sincere and honest belief is the best way to break the social phenomenon known as mass formation, whereby many individuals believe in an unreasonable narrative but are unable to think critically of it, said Mattias Desmet, a professor of clinical psychology at Ghent University in Belgium. A very important characteristic of…


Movement to Abolish the Education Department, Decades in the Making, Lives On

The very day Congress confirmed Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education in early 2017, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced a bill that would dismantle the federal agency she was about to head. “The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2018,” the one-sentence bill read. Five years later, Massie still believes that the…


Victor Davis Hanson on Mar-o-Lago Raid, the FBI, and the Corruption of Our Political Processes

“We’re in a revolutionary cycle,” says Victor Davis Hanson, “where the left has declared that Donald Trump is so threatening to the Republic that it requires any means necessary to end him.” In this recent episode of American Thought Leaders, host Jan Jekielek and Victor Davis Hanson, classicist, political commentator, and prolific military historian, discuss…


Silver Economic Power: Seniors and Disposable Income

More than 34 percent of the U.S. population is over 50, and the over-65 demographic will increase 65 percent by 2030; seniors are living longer and spending more. Many retirees can expect to live 10 years longer than their parents. And these aren’t frail retirees. These seniors tend to work later and play harder. From going…


FDA Set to Authorize New COVID Boosters Before Human Trials Completed

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to clear new boosters this week for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, even though the companies have not completed trials on human subjects and without the vaccine going before an advisory panel of doctors. The process of approval was set in motion on June 28…


The Real Story Behind the FBI’s Censorship of Hunter Biden’s Laptop

Commentary We now know with certainty that the FBI actively worked to alter the outcome of a U.S. presidential election. As the larger ramifications of their actions are being digested, some additional questions come to mind. How did the FBI know the New York Post was about to run a story on the laptop? Was…


Kentucky Flood Victims Rebuild Again

The Cockerhams of Beattyville, Kentucky have lost everything again. Their home has been destroyed by flooding twice in 17 months. In the heart of Appalachia, Earl Cockerham 81, and his wife Jennifer Cockerham, 62, live on Social Security, on the land once owned by Earl’s grandparents. The North Fork of the Kentucky River flooded their…


EXCLUSIVE: Trump Supporter Shot with Police Munition on Jan. 6 Required Surgeries Costing $250,000

Mark Griffin never saw it coming. He stood at the police line on the west side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, engaged in friendly conversation with officers about why he had come to Washington. Without warning, police picked up the metal bicycle racks that served as barricades and rushed forward into the…


COVID-19 Vaccine Policies Impact US Military Readiness: Special Forces Flight Surgeon

COVID-19 vaccine policies impair the readiness of the U.S. military due to a drastic increase in disorders and side effects attributed to vaccine adverse reactions and insufficient recruitment, said a former COVID-19 task force doctor. In an interview for EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program, Dr. Peter Chambers, a Green Beret flight surgeon who served in Operation Lone Star in…


Massacre Defendant to Wear Electronic Stun Vest

As he becomes the first defendant to stand trial in the most complex slaying case in Ohio history, George Washington Wagner IV has been ordered to wear an unusual hidden restraint: an electronic vest that officers can use to stun him if necessary. Wagner, 31, could face the death penalty if convicted over a 2016…