Knoxville’s IndiaFest last weekend thrilled Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett. He sent out not one, but two X posts declaring he had a great time at the event. The posts drew fierce criticism from the denizens of the Online Right. They couldn’t believe a conservative congressman would celebrate Indian migrants. But Burchett…
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Professor Griff, Public Enemy, and the Precarious Black–Jewish Partnership
When Kanye West, more popularly known as “Ye,” recently released a song titled “Heil Hitler,” it was not the first time a hip-hop artist’s rhetoric strained Black-Jewish relations. In 1989, Professor Griff of Public Enemy made antisemitic claims in an interview that set off a media firestorm…
The Hypocrisy and Callousness of the Left’s Homeless Outrage
Marta gets up at 3:45 a.m. each morning to ride a combination of buses and metros to get to her job in the cafeteria in the building where I work. Breakfast begins at 6:45 and she’s always there, ready to ring up my coffee and oatmeal. She’s the…
Will ‘Peace’ in Ukraine Also Bring a New Détente?
Some observers in the lead-up to last week’s meeting between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage Alaska hoped that a dialogue might be established where the broader issue of creating a new European security model that would reduce tensions and make it unlikely that…
What Really Happened in Alaska
The Putin–Trump meeting dropped some important veils. It revealed that Washington views Russia as a peer power, and that Europe is little more than a useful American tool. Alaska was not only about Ukraine. Alaska was mostly about the world’s top two nuclear powers attempting to rebuild…
FBI, DOJ, Caught Lying about OKC Bombing Footage
Federal officials, in public and in federal courtrooms, are lying about the existence of video footage from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Utah Attorney Jesse Trentadue believes his brother was interrogated and tortured to death in August 1995 because federal authorities mistakenly thought he was “John Doe…
Guard Towers for the Gilded Class
The Financial Times just reported that the nation’s tech titans are spending record sums on personal security. Zuckerberg shelled out $27 million last year to keep himself and his family safe. Elon Musk reportedly travels with 20 bodyguards like some Bond villain or on-stage hip hop performer. Even…
Land of the Deadliest Sins
Hello Sodom and Gomorrah. Christianity has always emphasized the severity of the Seven Deadly Sins. The Catholic Church defined them as pride, greed, envy, wrath, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Looking around at America 2.0, it’s hard to escape the conclusion that Deadly Sinning comes as naturally to…
Trump the Magnificent and His Clapping Vassals
The fine art of flattering the Orange Caesar. Trump entered the hall like Caesar at the Capitol, his hair glowing with its own golden standard, the air charged as if Jupiter himself had descended in Manhattan attire. Before him, the vassals of the European Union shuffled and…
CDC Sued for Pushing Illegal 72-Dose Childhood Vaccine Schedule
CDC accused of running an illegal and unconstitutional hyper-vaccination program — never once tested for cumulative safety. First reported by The Defender, a new federal lawsuit is challenging the CDC’s entire childhood vaccine program. Filed by Dr. Paul Thomas, Dr. Kenneth P. Stoller, and Stand for Health…