It's been only a week since President Joe Biden's secretary of state intimated that Ukraine might be given the green light to use U.S.-made weapons to strike inside Russian territory, and the chickens might already coming home to roost. According to a Wednesday Miami Herald report, a senior administration official...

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver apparently thinks it's acceptable for a star rookie to be bullied and shoved by jealous opponents because aggressive hazing is a part of basketball. Silver made comments suggesting as much during his annual NBA Finals news conference on Thursday at Boston's TD Garden. The NBA owns the...

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Tyrants must destroy God. Totalitarians must erase all references to Him. This is central to their enterprise. After all, people who remain conscious of an omnipotent Creator will not worship earthly rulers or man-made institutions. Anyone who loves freedom and has lived in the world these last few years can...

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Battered retailers are trying to stay one step ahead of the thieves who have made retail theft a hallmark of Joe Biden’s America. The National Retail Federation has estimated that shrink -- the trade buzzword for merchandise stolen somewhere along the line -- was $112 billion in 2022. To fight...

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The problem with the Babylon Bee, the right-leaning Christian satire website that functions as a corrective to the Onion's on-the-nose liberalism, is that it's only a matter of time before its headlines become reality. Take this piece, from April of 2023: "Fauci Says He Never Locked Anything Down And Has...

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China has earned something of an international reputation as the world leader in shoddy frauds. Online retailers such as Wish and Temu are known for selling knockoffs and counterfeit products that originated there. But, though its consumer goods might not be wholly genuine, one would think that China's national landmarks,...

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Police in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, arrested a 26-year-old crossing guard working at a middle school in Darby late Tuesday. Authorities allege that Kiara Lee was distributing prohibited substances such as electronic cigarettes and narcotics -- including marijuana -- to children, according to reports from WPVI-TV and WCAU-TV in nearby Philadelphia. Penn...

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Have you ever wondered where some Christians stand in terms of their faith around the world today? Let’s take a minute to observe Christians in the U.K., for instance. According to a recent survey, British Christians seem to be going through a bit of a “self-confidence crisis.” At least, that’s how...

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On a recent podcast, Pastor Voddie Baucham was asked about sexual sin -- a topic he has written about at some length -- and its effect on American culture. His answer should be a wake-up call to Christians everywhere. Appearing on "The Becket Cook Show" on May 30, Bauchum explained...

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Democrats in a Connecticut town council voted against flying a "thin blue line" flag to honor a fallen police officer during his funeral, instead deciding to have the "pride" flag flown at half-mast for the service. In a 5-3 vote, the council of Wethersfield, Connecticut, struck down the request that...

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Blaming congressional Republicans, President Joe Biden offered an apology to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday for a delay in getting American military aid to Ukraine. “I apologize for the weeks of not knowing what was going to pass, in terms of funding, because we had trouble getting the bill...

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For those of you who were stuck in a CNN-sodden airport terminal last Thursday, or if you were visiting the pink-haired aunt who always keeps MSNBC on in the background, you no doubt heard anchors and pundits practically giddy with excitement over what former President Donald Trump's kangaroo-court conviction would...

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As banks increasingly shift to digital services, banks have closed 79 U.S. branches in just six weeks across various states, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail. More than 400 brick-and-mortar branches have been shuttered this year, the outlet reported Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, BankUnited, BMO Bank,...

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"Batman & Robin" actor George Clooney is scheduled to participate in a fundraiser for President Joe Biden's re-election campaign in about a week, but one May phone call led some insiders to wonder if he'd show up. Biden's campaign has been running a contest for donors to win a trip...

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How farcical are so-called net zero rankings -- the lists that determine which companies purportedly are doing the most to cut back on emissions? Consider this: Atop the 2024 Forbes Net Zero Leaders is a company whose very name is synonymous with smoke, tar, addiction, environmental hazards and death. The...

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The University of Oklahoma Sooners softball team continued their unprecedented reign of dominance on Thursday after securing the program's fourth consecutive national championship. The Sooners defeated the top-seeded Texas Longhorns 8-4 in Game 2 of the Women's College World Series, capping off a historic season that saw Oklahoma post a...

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With the United States having just celebrated the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy beach, one veteran of that war said he doesn't recognize his country anymore. In an interview Thursday during the commemoration in Normandy, France, Fox News host Martha McCallum spoke to Ronald "Rondo" Scharfe, a...

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Claiming that your film or television show was "inspired by" or "based on a true story" has always been a bit of a double-edged sword. While those shows are typically enthralling, given that these films must fudge some details of the real events to tell a compelling story, such media...

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"What's in a name?" Juliet Capulet said in Shakespeare's famous play about a pair of star-crossed lovers. "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." One wonders whether she'd feel the same way about a McDonald's chicken sandwich. McDonald's had been marketing chicken sandwiches...

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said thoughts of being hit with a stun gun were with him after he received an impromptu invitation to speak during the team's meeting with President Joe Biden last week. The revelation came during the Kelce brothers’ "New Heights" podcast on Wednesday as...

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Spain might have made a huge a mistake in recognizing "Palestine" as its own state. Now, it's like Spain was necessarily alone in that move, at least among European nations. The declaration of this recognition was joined by EU nations Ireland and Norway, and several others have followed suit since...

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