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The following is an excerpt from River City One: A Novel (Knox Press; November 7, 2023). I’m laughing now because I can still see him. He’s got his helmet on, the chinstrap dangling and tobacco spit coming off his lip. I tell you the right side of his face was blown up like a puffer… Continue reading What It Feels Like to Survive an IED Blast

Above, Nihad Awad of CAIR is featured with pro-Palestinian Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar in 2019 in a magazine opposed to Israeli “aggression and oppression.” The FBI has been investigating CAIR for decades — with no charges filed. By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigationsNovember 8, 2023 After Hamas massacred 1,400 men, women and children in Israel… Continue reading Hamas Ally CAIR Has Been Operating With Impunity Inside America for 30 Years

Above, President Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse, near the White House, on Jan. 6, 2021, ahead of that day’s mayhem. He never set foot on the Capitol grounds. By Julie Kelly, RealClearInvestigationsNovember 1, 2023 Donald Trump doesn’t know Thomas Robertson. But the former president’s fate appears inextricably tied to that of the former… Continue reading Untested Legal Imagination’s the Mother of Trump and Jan. 6 Prosecutions

Above, migrants heading for the U.S. border on Monday from Tapachula, Mexico. How many could be terrorists? Experts think it’s a virtual certainty that more are coming. By James Varney, RealClearInvestigationsOctober 31, 2023 Hundreds of people on the FBI’s terrorist watchlist have almost certainly slipped into the United States amid millions of other illegal immigrants… Continue reading More Terror Suspects Reaching the U.S.: Here Are the Known Unknowns of the Biden Border Crisis

In my book, The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves, I show why civility—basic respect for others—is essential to a free society. Here’s a story that exemplifies why. In the early 2000s, Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a campaign against rudeness in New York City. Subway riders and showgoers could be fined fifty dollars… Continue reading Civility and Political Freedom | RealClearBooks

By John Murawski, RealClearInvestigationsOctober 24, 2023 U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm gave Americans an unintended glimpse of the future during her road trip this summer touting the wonders of electric vehicles. Far from spotlighting the promise of EVs, her public relations misadventure in Georgia involved one of her staff in a gasoline-powered vehicle blocking off… Continue reading Mega-Jolt: The Costs and Logistics of Plugging In EVs Are About to Become Supercharged

Above, Charles “Chaz” Littlejohn, the Booz Allen contractor behind leaks to the media of the tax returns of President Trump and other wealthy Americans. The name of well-connected Booz Allen has been kept hidden until now. Trump’s lawyer, meanwhile, likens Littlejohn’s recent sentencing arrangement to “a Hunter Biden plea deal.” By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigationsOctober 18,… Continue reading Leaker of Trump Taxes Worked for Biden Beltway Donor That Just Won a Big New IRS Contract

After years as a federal officer helping the Drug Enforcement Administration hunt drug lords across Central Asia, and years more teaching in Maryland classrooms, Robin Shaffer anticipated a quiet retirement watching the deep swells roll across the Atlantic and crash on to the broad Jersey Shore. Robin Shaffer, Protect Our Coast NJ: “It’s very much… Continue reading Now Dominant, the Green Movement Is Gobbling Its $pinach, With Few Blutos Left to Clobber

Families are voting with their feet to charter schools, which are increasingly resisted by school boards and teacher unions. Diana Diaz-Harrison, above, started a charter in Arizona to fill a gap: no specialized services for children like her autistic son Sammy.  By Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigationsOctober 11, 2023 A vote by the Los Angeles board of… Continue reading As Families Take to Charter Schools, Cities and Their Teacher Unions Throw Up Obstacles