The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a case regarding a Maryland law banning AR-15 rifle ownership, meaning a lower court’s ruling upholding the prohibition stands. Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch all would have granted the petition to hear the Snope v. Brown case, but once again, Chief Justice […]

Top O’ the Briefing Happy Wednesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Khlendéffruss never tired of passionately telling people that he felt that petting zoos taught the wrong lessons to all involved.  As soon as I typed “have no plans for any more unplanned stuff,” yesterday I had the feeling […]

Apparently, a researcher may have discovered the site of the wedding in Cana, where Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine. (See John 2:1-12 for the full account.) According to a piece on Fox News, historian Tom McCollough, who taught religion and history at Centre College, contends that Cana was located […]

The Prank That Became a Weapon It used to be a term known only in gamer forums and YouTube livestreams: “swatting.” What began as a dark joke in the digital underground has metastasized into a full-blown public threat.  This isn’t about annoying prank calls or fire alarms being pulled […]

House Republican leadership said Tuesday evening in a joint statement they officially received the Trump’s administration’s request for $9.4 billion worth of rescissions and plan to bring the package to the floor next week. “Today, the House has officially received the rescissions request from the White House to eliminate $9.4 billion in wasteful foreign aid […]