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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the food stamp program became (and has remained) bloated, in part because of a potentially illegal double-digit benefits increase by the Biden administration. Additionally, obvious eligibility loopholes remain unaddressed even as millionaires have enrolled. The new Republican-controlled House of Representatives has the opportunity to initiate three specific reforms that would save…

This past Saturday night, the New York Rangers National Hockey League team did something almost unbelievable. Though scheduled to wear LGBTQ “Pride” jerseys during pregame warmups, not one member of the team did so. Another recent example of defying LGBTQ Pride jersey demands in the NHL—which is run by people who are as governed by…

No adjective is sufficient to describe the reaction one gets from watching five Memphis, Tenn., police officers beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to within an inch of his life. He later died of his injuries in a local hospital. “Inhumane” and “senseless” are as close as it comes. While Nichols was accused of “reckless driving,” it…

As members of Congress debate the debt limit, some seem to think the government has an American Express “Black Card.” In a 2018 episode of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” Jerry Seinfeld explained his version of how the Black Card came to be: I was waiting for [the crew] to move some cameras, and the…

Erin Friday’s daughter was introduced to gender identity ideology in a comprehensive sex-ed class in seventh grade.  “The seed was planted after that class,” Friday says. “And in fact, all of her friends, there were five, sat in my front yard saying what their new labels were.”  Friday says she was “alarmed by the language…

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Gov­. Gavin New­som and his cli­mate regu­lators at the Cali­fornia Air Resources Board, or CARB, have prom­ised to phase out all gas-pow­ered cars and force automakers to sell 100% elec­tric vehicles by 2035. CARB’s pur­pose is not really to improve local air quality in any part of Cali­fornia but rather to fight the specter of…

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall sent a letter Thursday to U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on behalf of himself and 15 other state attorneys general. Marshall’s letter, which pertains to Biden administration policy on COVID-19, is important on its own merits, insofar as what it urges the new Congress to do. The letter also…