March 7 2023
 
Good morning from Washington, where House Republicans say they’re determined to find out how COVID-19 occurred. Bob Moffit offers seven questions to help secure answers. Woke messes up everything it touches, Victor Davis Hanson writes. On the podcast, parental rights activist Ian Prior has tips on countering the trans agenda in schools. Plus: Tyler O’Neil spots an SPLC lawyer among those charged in an anti-police riot; Erin Dwinell checks how Texas is doing  during the border crisis; and Simon Hankinson exposes the problems with visas for foreign tech workers.  One hundred years ago,  The New Republic publishes Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” which will go on to introduce millions of Americans to poetry.
 
 
 
COMMENTARY
7 Key Questions for New House Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Pandemic
By Robert Moffit

Congress must not only determine what federal officials knew, and when they knew what they knew, but also correct any deficiencies in America’s response to prepare for the next public health crisis.
COMMENTARY
The Woke Wrecking Machine
By Victor Davis Hanson

Wokeism destroys meritocracy in favor of forced equality of result, history’s prescription for civilizational decline.
NEWS
SPLC Lawyer Arrested in Atlanta Molotov Cocktail Riot, Faces Terrorism Charges
By Tyler O'Neil

A Southern Poverty Law Center attorney was arrested on terrorism charges, with police saying he took part in a violent riot where agitators threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police.
COMMENTARY
Toll of Border Crisis on States: Texas
By Erin Dwinell

When the federal government fails to do its job securing our nation, states are left to single-handedly prevent illegal immigration and protect their own borders—often at an incredibly high cost.
ANALYSIS
Fighting Back Against the ‘School-to-Scalpel Pipeline’ With Ian Prior
By Tyler O'Neil

America First Legal filed a lawsuit demanding documents from the Food and Drug Administration regarding the off-label use of so-called puberty blockers and other hormone drugs.
ANALYSIS
Department of Energy News on Lab Leak Is an ‘I-Told-You-So to the Nth Degree,’ Former Trump Comms Staffer Says
By Tyler O'Neil

A former White House communications staffer discusses the Department of Energy report lending credence to the theory that COVID-19 leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
COMMENTARY
Amid Big Tech Layoffs, Demand Still High for Foreign Workers With H-1B Visas. Something Doesn’t Add Up.
By Simon Hankinson

Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple are all among the top 15 employers of workers with H-1B visas.
 
     
 
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