Al Jazeera is to journalism what the WWE is to sports: If you squint really hard, it kinda-sorta looks like journalism, but the choreography unmasks the façade. Despite the veneer of authenticity, you can’t help but notice that the outcome is (blatantly) predetermined. (Plus, the WWE’s storylines tend to […]

Hey, you know those Somali immigrants who just stole a few billion dollars from taxpayers up in Minnesota? They’re not going anywhere. Well, OK, maybe prison — but likely for sentences that make slaps on the wrist look painful by comparison. And then they’ll be back in the Minneapolis area, likely with the same contacts […]

Colleen Hroncich In her recent State of the State address, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs painted the state’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program as an unaccountable “entitlement” riddled with fraud. This is a flawed portrayal that ignores the benefits of the program. ESAs enable parents to use state education funds to choose educational options that work […]

After days of looking like America was going to intervene in the Iranian crisis, Donald Trump pulled way back yesterday. Was this tactical? Or was he told it wasn’t a layup and he didn’t want to risk his capital? Is this refusal part of a larger foreign policy theme? Give a listen. Don’t forget to […]

Senate Republicans take on partisan courts. Senate Republicans recently called on the House of Representatives to impeach two “rogue” judges who accused lawmakers of abusing their judicial authority to hurt President Donald Trump’s administration and those associated with it. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts oversight hearing, led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), targeted […]