The Ever-Continuous Villaining of Joe Biden and His Minions I've discussed the "hero's journey of Donald Trump” here in this column multiple times — and it turns out I couldn't get away from it even if I wanted to. Every day we hear a drumbeat of evidence that the Left — the media-governmental-intelligence Deep State complex that has declared… Scott McKay DeSantis’ Latest Bill Exposes the Limits of Parents’ Rights The slate of “parent's rights” bills that swept through red-state legislatures over the past three years may have seemed innocuous enough to the average observer; in fact, even the most controversial of the bills proved to be broadly popular with the American public. But left-wing writers saw more malign motives… Nate Hochman We Ignore Africa at Our Own Peril Amid the myriad challenges that confront us in the coming months, it’s easy to simply pigeonhole African issues under the heading of: “We’ll get around to it, someday, maybe.” That, as I’ve noted previously in writing about Africa, has been our customary way of approaching such issues, at least until… James H. McGee No One Is Safe: Payday Lenders’ Shady Practices Make Identity Theft Easy As a libertarian, I accept that any relatively free society will tolerate certain disreputable business models and inadvisable personal choices. As a general principle, adults should largely be free to make their own decisions, even if they’re unwise. And prohibitionist policies just send destructive behaviors — drug use, prostitution, loan sharking… Steven Greenhut It’s Not Just Nickelodeon: Quiet on Set Exposes Hollywood’s Darkest Side Last summer, Sound of Freedom surprised many with a massive box office success that opened many people's eyes to the ongoing reality of child exploitation. Now, a hit show from Investigation Discovery reveals that some of those children suffering abuse aren’t as far away as we might have thought. [perfectpullquote… Elyse Apel The Washington Post Has It All Wrong. Women Should Rethink Birth Control. There's a recent trend on TikTok that has women unfolding the massive sheets of warning labels that come with boxes of prescription birth control. The text, finely printed and covering both sides of a piece of paper the size of a small blanket, warns patients that they could experience severe… Aubrey Gulick Nicole Shanahan: RFK Jr.’s Unconventional Pick for Vice President On Tuesday, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he had selected attorney Nicole Shanahan to be his nominee for vice president. Shanahan, a 38-year-old native of Oakland, California, is best known for having been married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin; the two divorced in 2022 amid rumors… Stephan Kapustka The Best Kind of Hippie: A Classy One I'm a hippie. I don't think there's anything more fun than growing my hair long, getting into a sky-blue Volkswagen Campervan with huge daisies painted on it, and driving across the country from coast to coast banging out ’60s tunes on a Spanish guitar. I drink wine from a carton,… Itxu Díaz |