Tag: US Features

For the Love of Learning: An Educator’s Passion for Truth and Joy

“The trouble with tyranny,” says Larry Arnn, “is it takes the best in us, and interferes with it. Whereas better to let our best flourish, and then we can be happy.” In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek spoke with Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College and a professor of history…


Texas Power Grid Withstands Winter Storm Test

In its first major test since crashing last winter, the Texas power grid held steady as Winter Storm Landon swept through the state late Wednesday, leaving snow, ice, and sub-freezing temperatures. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s independent power grid operator, reported demand peaked at nearly 69,000 megawatts Friday morning—a number that…


‘Voter Suppression’ Mantra Derailing Sober Analysis of Election Laws, State Lawmakers Say

Despite establishment media handwringing over Republicans in state legislatures menacing democracy with an onslaught of “voter suppression” laws, more bills that expand access to the ballot box were adopted in the nation’s statehouses in 2021 than those that restrict it. That pattern continues in 2022 as the 46 legislatures that convene this year—41 are in…


Jan. 6 Detainee Writes on Son’s 1st Birthday: ‘I Went There for You, My Son’

Nathan Michael Quaglin will have many good things with which to celebrate his first birthday in his New Jersey home. Missing when the tot blows out the candles on his birthday cake and rips the wrapping from his gifts will be a very important man—his father, Chris Quaglin. Christoper C. Quaglin has been detained without…


States, Local Governments Now Flush With Cash Even Without Federal Aid

What a difference two years—and $5.7 trillion in federal money—makes in fostering dramatic reversals of fortune for state and local budget managers. In spring 2020, governments were confronted with cascading costs in managing the public health response to the COVID-19 outbreak, spiking unemployment, and steep revenue declines resulting from business disruption and restrictions. Two years…


State, Local Governments Now Flush With Cash Even Without Federal Aid

What a difference two years—and $5.7 trillion in federal money—makes in fostering dramatic reversals of fortune for state and local budget managers. In spring 2020, governments were confronted with cascading costs in managing the public health response to the COVID-19 outbreak, spiking unemployment, and steep revenue declines resulting from business disruption and restrictions. Two years…


Injecting Beagle Puppies With Cocaine: Investigation Discloses More NIH Animal Experimentation

Injecting beagle puppies with cocaine is the latest in a series of taxpayer-funded experiments on animals disclosed by the nonprofit watchdog group White Coat Waste Project (WCW). WCW obtained the documents through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), disclosing that the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), which…


Veterans Volunteer on Another Mission to Help Each Other

The seeds of his volunteering were sown at the foot of Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan, said Chris Gill, who served as a staff sergeant with the U.S. Army’s 95th Infantry Division. A rocket attack in 2005 left Gill with injuries to his knees and shoulders, a painful reminder of his service at a forward operating base….


Third-Generation Ohio Farm to Sell Land for Intel’s Microchip Plants

New Albany a city in rural Ohio is set to become home to the largest private investment in state history—a development that could change the face of a neighboring agricultural township forever. During a festive press conference on Jan. 21, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced plans for two $20 billion…


More Than $6.4 Billion in U.S. Pandemic Aid Sent Abroad, Inspector General Finds

Some 2,000 foreign contractors and nonprofits in 177 countries received more than $6.4 billion in United States’ federal pandemic response assistance between the spring of 2020 and the fall of 2021, according to a report by the U.S. Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC). Most of the “prime recipients” are based…