San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy was elevated to cardinal last weekend, a significant snub to Jose Gomez, the archbishop of Los Angeles, a much larger see than San Diego whose head typically receives a red hat. As if Gomez hadn’t…
U.S. District Court Judge Cormac Carney refused to remove Visa from a lawsuit alleging that the credit card company helped pornography giant MindGeek profit from child pornography. Carney concluded in a 33-page decision that “the Court can comfortably infer that…
French President Emmanuel Macron heavily assisted ride-sharing company Uber during its efforts to establish a presence in France, according to the Guardian. A whistleblower leaked 124,000 internal documents from Uber to the Guardian, some of which contain information about Macron’s…
The Grammys, whose non sequitur fixation on politics predictably induced a ratings freefall, added an award for “Best Song for Social Change” on Thursday. “This Special Merit Award will be determined by a Blue Ribbon Committee and ratified by the…
Since 2019 more than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted, or sentenced for crimes. It is a stain on the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) that some people who are supposed to be “correcting” the behavior of inmates…
Despite widespread concern about his cognitive health, President Biden won’t be removed from office pursuant to the 25th Amendment. It would require an unlikely display of integrity from his Vice President and Cabinet, plus an implausible level of bipartisanship in…
Sacramento Insulin prices are rising, so the state has announced a plan to “explore ways to contract and manufacture our own insulin to reduce costs,” according to a tweet in January from Gov. Gavin Newsom. “Insulin should not drain your…
Corruption has been around for a long time. The biblical prophets assailed it as an affront to God. Amos speaks for them all: They have sold for silver those whose cause is just And the needy for a pair of…
One of Vladimir Putin’s many recent contributions to international cultural exchange is that his invasion of Ukraine has brought renewed attention to Servant of the People, the one-camera TV sitcom created by, produced by, and starring the current president of…
