by Shannon Watkins Many colleges are setting up their student-athletes for failure. Whether one looks to the long-term neurological health risks that young athletes are subject to, or the myriad cases of academic dishonesty within athletics departments, it appears that the personal and academic well-being of student-athletes is often compromised for the sake…
Read MoreDay: December 17, 2018
Commentary: Seriously, Just Order The Pentagon To Build The Wall
by Brandon Weichert The estimated price tag on President Trump’s “big, beautiful” southern border wall is $25 billion—a paltry sum compared with the ways government otherwise fritters away taxpayers’ dollars. Yet a government shutdown looms—and Democrats can’t have that. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)…
Read MoreEducation Department Wiping Clean $150 Million In Student Loans After Obama-Era Rule
by Neetu Chandak The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it will forgive $150 million in federal student loans. Nearly 15,000 former students whose schools shut down prior to graduation between Nov. 1, 2013 and Dec. 4 will now have their loans cancelled, the Education Department announcement said. Borrowers will find out about…
Read MoreCommentary: What The Fake History Of Guns Can Teach Us
by Chris Calton In 2000, Emory University history professor Michael Bellesiles published the book Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture. The central argument of the book was that the culture of American gun ownership does not date back to the colonial era and, instead, emerged in the middle…
Read MoreSources: Zinke Deputy David Bernhardt Likely to be Named as Acting Secretary of the Interior
by Michael Bastach President Donald Trump will likely name David Bernhardt, the current number-two official at the Department of the Interior, as acting secretary until a full-time replacement can be found. One source close to the Trump administration said Bernhardt would be a likely pick, and Politico reported in October that…
Read MoreReport Shows School Districts Weaponize Child Protection Services Against Uncooperative Parents
by Kerry McDonald Schooling is adept at rooting out individuality and enforcing compliance. In his book, Understanding Power, Noam Chomsky writes: “In fact, the whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter, which just weeds out people who are too independent, and who think for themselves, and who…
Read MoreEnvoy Says Trump Willing to ‘Stand Up and Push’ for Global Religious Freedom
by Rachel del Guidice President Donald Trump is committed to pushing for greater tolerance of different faiths by governments around the world and dismantling an “iron curtain of religious persecution,” his envoy for religious freedom said in an interview with The Daily Signal. “Most people in the world move by…
Read MoreDeparting Ohio Gov. Kasich Says God Might be Telling Him to ‘Shut Up for a While’
Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) revealed in a recent interview that he may make a return to TV after he leaves the governor’s mansion in January. Before taking over as Ohio’s 69th governor, Kasich hosted a Fox News show called “Heartland with John Kasich” between 2001 and 2007. “I’m likely to…
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