Charlie Masters, Kentucky farmer, has watched the prices rise. Diesel fuel and nitrogen fertilizer, two of the most critical ingredients for running his Fleming County beef and produce operation, are still costlier than just two years ago. That’s partly due to recent fluctuations in the prices of oil and natural gas. What’s behind those trends?…
In ESG Debate, Some See Threat to Livelihood, Traditional Values
Southwest Airlines Touts $49 Airfares, Job Promotions Amid Meltdown Fallout
Southwest Airlines has announced an airfare sale and job promotions for some of its leaders while the company is still handling a flood of consumer complaints in the wake of 16,500 canceled flights. Southwest began selling $49 one-way airfares on Jan. 10 for nonstop trips between select cities. Examples of these “low-fare getaways” include jaunts between Austin,…
‘Permanent Woke Bureaucracy’: Watchdog Organization Criticizes Arizona Medical College’s High Score on Implementing Discriminatory Ideology
An Arizona health care education institution has self-reported to have instituted 95 percent of woke ideologies encouraged by a flagship medical association. According to a Freedom of Information Act request obtained by Do No Harm (DNH)—a nonprofit watchdog organization that spotlights the emergence of divisive concepts in medical schools—the University of Arizona College of Medicine’s…
Experts Question Why Biden and Trump Treated Differently in Classified Document Cases
As Republican lawmakers like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) worry that President Joe Biden’s retention of classified materials from his vice presidency may be “[swept] under the rug,” legal experts told The Epoch Times why Biden and former President Trump appear to have been treated very differently in two strikingly parallel cases. FBI agents executed…
Educators Say Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality Use in Classrooms Needs Limits
Technology in U.S. classrooms is about to jump a level this year with research showing virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and gamification are set to be among the top education trends in 2023. High-tech and game-related components are quickly becoming a new reality in classrooms, and some teachers are concerned. Part of that is because it’s happening amid…
Exclusive: Despite Bigger Issues, Southwest Airlines Still Fights Against Fired Pro-Life Worker
In the throes of a Christmas-time operational meltdown, Southwest Airlines filed for a new trial in a high-profile employee rights case—a decision that makes critics question the airline’s sense of priorities. The airline claims that a federal judge and jury erred when deciding in favor of a flight attendant, Charlene Carter. After being fired for using social…
Victoria’s Secret CEO Resigns After Less Than a Year
Victoria’s Secret and Pink brands CEO Amy Hauk will leave the company at the end of March, less than a year after taking on the position, according to a Jan. 3 filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Hauk notified the company of her decision on Dec. 27, according to the filing. Her responsibilities…
Vivek Ramaswamy: ‘There’s No Winner in America’s Oppression Olympics’
“Affirmative action is the systemic racism that’s still here in America today,” Vivek Ramaswamy says. “And I’m sorry to say, it will then create the new kind of anti-black racism that we had spent so many decades moving on from.” In this recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek sat down with entrepreneur…
Willie Phillips Becomes First African-American to Chair FERC
Willie Phillips has been named as the new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. On Jan. 3, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that President Joe Biden had named Willie Phillips as its new acting chairman. Phillips will become the first African-American to serve as the FERC Chairman since its creation 45 years ago. He will take over as acting…
Healthcare Workers Cry Foul on FDA Claiming It Didn’t Prohibit Ivermectin for COVID-19
Dr. Yusuf Saleeby has practiced medicine for more than thirty years. He serves patients in South Carolina and until recently had never faced an investigation from his state medical board. But after Saleeby started prescribing ivermectin to his patients he was reported to the board, which opened an investigation despite the state’s attorney general promising…
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