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Patrick to criminals ambushing, killing officers: ‘The police will hunt you down’

(The Center Square) – Acting Governor Dan Patrick told criminals if they ambush and kill police officers that the police “will hunt you down” as a manhunt is underway for an alleged murderer of a sheriff’s deputy. Patrick issued the warning at a news conference in Houston on Thursday before giving an update on hurricane […]

Physician in Congress says president’s cognitive decline obvious

(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s health has “obviously had a decline” and left America without a commander in chief “to stand strong, to think well, to think hard for the American people in times of crisis,” says North Carolina’s lone practicing physician in Congress. “In my tenure, I’ve seen many, many individuals succumb […]

House committees toil over forthcoming Biden impeachment report

As concerns about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office dominate headlines, House Republicans have been debating behind the scenes how best to wrap up their impeachment inquiry into him. The House Oversight, Ways and Means, and Judiciary committees, the three panels that have been leading the yearlong effort, are engaged in a tense editing process […]

The post-deficit presidential campaign

The first 2024 presidential debate generated days of headlines about President Joe Biden‘s health and former President Donald Trump‘s loose way with words. But the debate came just days after a government agency announced that $1.9 trillion would be added to the national debt this year alone — and that the ratio of debt to […]

Hacks really is that good

It isn’t often that a critic gets to tackle three seasons of a television comedy at once. Still less frequently may he do so after binging the whole gut-busting run-in-progress in a matter of days. Yet here I am, fresh from 27 episodes of HBO’s hilarious, wise, and, yes, generous series Hacks. If the following […]

With his ambitious multipart epic ‘Horizon,’ will Kevin Costner reinvigorate the Western genre or just deplete his bank account?

As a Midwestern suburban kid born during the Reagan administration, I grew up with no direct contact with cowboys, covered wagons, or the open trail. The only horses I ever came into close contact with were the coin-operated mechanical ones installed outside of supermarkets. In all the ways that matter, I am pure greenhorn. Nonetheless, […]

Supreme Court casts a skeptical eye on conservative state-level efforts to regulate social media

The Supreme Court moved into the online era this term by deciding two cases that will have implications for free speech on social media. In one, the court ruled unanimously to send the combined NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice back down to the respective federal circuit courts that came to opposite conclusions on […]

Rep. Scott Perry tries to avoid a second loss by a House Freedom Caucus member this election cycle

The House Freedom Caucus is having a moment, though not necessarily the one its members, some of the chamber’s most conservative Republican lawmakers, envisioned as they steered the loose-knit and secretive group for nearly a decade now. Home to some of the loudest and most rebellious rabble-rousers in Congress, the tough-as-nails attitudes and willingness to […]

The economics of mini golf: Industry revenues are estimated at over $2 billion annually

“That’s the smarter thing to do. I’m going to do the dumb thing, and I’m committing to it,” YouTube mini-golf star Brooks Holt declared on the 15th hole of the Bear Rock Junction mini-golf course in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania. His co-host, opponent, and long-term girlfriend, Elisha Helton, had laid up a shot on that hole […]

Biden’s troubled waters muddied by fundraising woes

The fallout from President Joe Biden‘s disastrous debate performance surprisingly did not include a complete shutdown of incoming donations to Biden’s campaign. But after two weeks, and one particularly weighty op-ed later, that appears to be changing. Multiple senior Democratic operatives tell the Washington Examiner that outstanding questions about Biden’s election viability have paused efforts […]
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