One of the dumbest annual discussions you'll hear around Christmas time is whether or not it's "okay" for parents to lie to their children about Santa Claus. Frankly, who cares? Childhood wonder and merriment are rapidly dying off in the age of ubiquitous internet and social media. Let the kids...

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Self-driving Waymo taxis have gone viral for negative reasons, including the death of a beloved San Francisco bodega cat and pulling an illegal U-turn in front of police who were unable to issue a ticket to a nonexistent driver. But this week, the self-driving taxis are the bearer of happier...

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Bill Maher is not a conservative, never has been, and almost certainly never will be. But once again, he found himself earlier this week doing what too few on the modern left are willing to do: calling out radical hypocrisy on that side of the aisle. In a Monday interview...

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Under most circumstances, receiving a message from beyond the grave would be unsettling, to say the least. But come Christmas time, there is something eerily fitting about it -- no matter how heart-wrenching it can be. (Here's looking at you, Ebeneezer.) That fact bore true this Christmas season after a...

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As any sports fan can attest, rivalries are one of the absolute best part of sports. If your team is having a horrific year? It can still almost be salvaged by beating your rival, which is especially true in collegiate sports. So why in the world have the University of...

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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller responded Tuesday to internal unrest at "60 Minutes," after staffers objected to a decision to shelve a segment on deportations to El Salvador’s CECOT prison. A leaked version of that segment was naturally sympathetic to crime, to no surprise of Miller. Miller...

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A Dallas house that has drawn attention for its past decorations has done it again -- defying critics with a Grinch-themed display. The mansion in Dallas’s Preston Hollow neighborhood attracted visitors from around the Dallas area and beyond last year after videos of its display went viral, according to KDFW-TV....

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As a rather universal, general rule of life, it's just not a good idea to be a criminal. It'll cut into your personal life, it's generally not good for your health, and, oh yeah, criminal activity is illegal. But if you were so inspired by the Grand Theft Auto video games to pursue...

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Well, here's a welcome bit of news for Christmas Eve: Crime, especially murder, has seen a stark drop under the watchful eye of the current administration. President Donald Trump has long made combating crime and lawlessness a big part of his campaign pitch. That comes in stark contrast to Trump's...

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In an unprecedented move, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that restrictions will be imposed on European politicians who have declared themselves enemies of freedom of speech. On Monday, the State Department announced via news release it is taking action "against five individuals who have led organized efforts to...

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You can often tell a lot about a group of people based on whom they go out of their way to support. Take the left, for instance. In the last 10 years, we've seen leftists practically deify the likes of career criminal George Floyd, "freedom fighters" (read: terrorists) within Hamas,...

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Jan. 15, 1919, was an unusually warm day for the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. Workers were busy with many city residents outside to enjoy the weather. That's when disaster struck around 1:00 p.m. The City of Boston in their commemorative piece said a loud rumble sound was heard, but...

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The masked bandit making free with a Virginia liquor store’s booze has been revealed as a serial offender. The crime spree was first revealed last month,  when liquor store employees in Ashland, Virginia, said that pilfering had targeted several shelves, and the offender eventually passed out in a store bathroom....

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First Lady Melania Trump seems to do everything right. See, for instance, the White House Christmas display, unveiled earlier this month. In a series of photos posted on the social media platform X -- photos easily overlooked amid the initial enthusiasm for Melania's decorations -- there appears a remarkable portrait...

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Google revealed that assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was the top trending search on its engine for 2025. Google announced that Kirk beat out other search queries such as Democratic mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani of New York City, the Netflix film “K-Pop Demon Hunters,” the iPhone 17, and the...

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It was not the best of Christmas seasons for Gen. George Patton in December of 1944. Yes, the general's Third Army was marching through Europe toward Berlin. Yes, the Nazis were less than a year away from defeat. So, too, were the Japanese. But as Patton's tank division approached Bastogne,...

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The vast majority of American college students agree with the sentiment that "words can be violence," according to a new poll tracking campus speech culture. The survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which polled 2,028 college students between Oct. 3 and Oct. 31, followed opinions on campus...

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It's one of the most identifiable songs of this or any modern Christmas. And, if it wasn't for war, water, and mice, you'd likely never know it in the form it's in. It all began in 1816, a time of turmoil in Europe. The Napoleonic Wars had just ended, with...

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Several new tax breaks were signed into law this year by President Donald Trump that could help spark an economic boom, and with it, a Republican victory in the upcoming midterms. These new rules were enacted through the "Big Beautiful Bill," which the commander-in-chief heavily lobbied for, and will be...

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With so much evil afoot, it's not hard to see why many God-fearing people would grow despondent. but take heart -- there's great success to celebrate and more to come. Telsa CEO Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter in 2022 proved to be the catalyst for free speech needed on a...

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American colleges that are grabbing foreign cash will soon have to come clean about how much they are taking and from whom they are taking it. The Department of Education has notified colleges that a new portal for reporting foreign cash is now operational, reminding colleges that they are legally...

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