Commentary “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t,” Mark Twain wrote in “Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World” (1897). Here’s a recent example where fiction would have been more plausible to believe than the truth that actually unfolded. A U.S. school district…
Michael Taube: The Bible Has Been Banned in a School District Located In… Utah?!
Winners and Losers in Republican National Committee’s 2024 Debate Rules
Commentary The Republican National Committee (RNC) has announced its rules for who qualifies to be on stage for presidential primary debates. The implications are fascinating and could yield some startling surprises. The rules also have some disturbing aspects. From Politico: “Candidates will have to garner donations from at least 40,000 national contributors and poll consistently…
Compromised: SPLC Whistleblower’s History Makes Groundbreaking Defamation Case Even Stronger
Commentary In order to win a defamation lawsuit, the person suing must convince the court and ultimately the jury that the slanderer didn’t just publish something false, but that he did so even while suspecting that the attack was false. Immigration enforcement activist D.A. King’s lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center made it to the discovery…
‘Gender-Affirming’ Surgery Leaves People Lonelier and Depressed, Study by Transgender Surgery Department Chairman Finds
June 5, 2023
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Commentary The head of a facility that carries out so-called “gender-affirming care” has published a study confirming that transgender surgeries do not improve mental health and make people feel lonelier than those who avoided surgical intervention altogether. “In our study, the level of life satisfaction in transgender people was not increased in transgender people who had undergone…
The Founders and the Constitution, Part 13: The Connecticut Delegates
Commentary The other essays in the “Founders and the Constitution” series each covered one individual. This final essay covers three: the extraordinary group who served as Connecticut’s commissioners (delegates) to the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Early Connecticut was known as “the land of steady habits.” The nickname reflected the state’s culture. The people of Connecticut tended…
Supreme Court’s ‘Waters of US’ Ruling a Milestone in Curbing EPA’s Unlawful Overreach
Commentary At long last, the nightmare of building a dream house is over for Michael and Chantell Sackett. The Supreme Court’s unanimous Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency decision handed down on May 25 marks another important milestone in the court’s continuing effort to correct and rein in the abusive, unlawful overreach of the administrative state. The decision…
Out on Private American Patrols in the Smuggler-Blighted Border Badlands of Arizona
This article is a collaboration between RealClearInvestigations and Soldier of Fortune magazine, with Heath Hansen of SOF on the border. Commentary CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz.—As blazing sunlight ebbs to a star-studded sky along the U.S.-Mexico border, members of the Arizona Border Recon group peer through field glasses at a trio of men on the southern side in…
The Interbank Debt Market: A Warning Sign for the Stock Market’s Future
Commentary Most people look at the stock market as a sign of the health of the economy. If the stock market is moving higher in value, things must be good. The truth of the matter is the stock market isn’t as important as the debt market, specifically the interbank debt market. What goes on in…
Possible Strategic Enabling Moves by China to Support a Blockade of Taiwan
Commentary It appears that the Chinese regime is incrementally increasing the scope and scale of its challenges to the sovereignty of Taiwan in addition to the continuous air and naval activity since December 2022, when President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The new law was replete with strong statements of support…
Why Is Corporate America Destroying Itself?
Commentary For those following the Bud Light fiasco, one would expect a quick and dramatic turnaround to save the brand and the whole company from oblivion. It has faced a consumer backlash for the ages, one that has even driven the company to buy back its own product. Retailers stuck with surpluses are nearly giving…
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