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Mother of 1st grader who shot his teacher is charged with neglect
First grade teacher Abigail Zwerner was shot by one of her students in January. Zwerner later filed a lawsuit against the school. In an interview last month, she described multiple warnings the school received that the…
Why are IQs dropping?
For decades IQs were climbing in the Western World. It was called the "Flynn effect."Read More
Baltimore Mayor orders youth curfew for summer
If you think you've heard this story before, you probably have. Spring has arrived and as we move toward summer, gang violence season in Baltimore, Maryland is back in full swing. That's particularly true in the…
Springsteen’s guitarist Van Zandt tweets call to ‘exterminate’ GOP ‘cockroaches’ then deletes it
The irony of an old rock and roller with a peace sign in his Twitter bio calling for the extermination of half of America is rich, isn't it? At the age of 72, you would think that someone in the public eye would be able…
San Francisco grocery store to close citing deteriorating street conditions
It has been 2 1/2 years since I wrote about this clip of a brazen shoplifting at a San Francisco drug store.Read More
The Dalai Lama has to apologize for whut? WHUT?
OMG. I need a shower.Read More
Free Press: the school that can’t quit COVID
I find Bari Weiss' The Free Press invaluable. If you don't read it regularly you are missing out on some great reporting.Read More
Massachusetts looks to permanently ban most evictions
Back in 2020 as the pandemic was heating up, Massachusetts was one of many states that invoked a ban on the eviction of renters, going further than even the federal government. The measure, known as Chapter 257, had remained…
DHS dusts off a Trump-era policy for expedited asylum screening at the border
The Biden administration is implementing a Trump-era expedited asylum screening process ahead of the end of Title 42. A limited experiment will begin next week that will provide asylum seekers access to legal counsel and…
What is to blame for the rising number of gun deaths among children and teens?
If you've spent any time online or listening to the news in the past two weeks you've probably heard one factoid in particular bandied about by those in favor of gun control. Guns are now the leading cause of death…