In late February of 2022, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine at Stanford, delivered a sermon to his Silicon Valley church on the theme of “clean and unclean.” As he spoke of Christ’s revolutionary compassion in physically touching lepers and other diseased outcasts of the ancient world, he paused to reflect on how our society …
Author: Megan Basham
Admirals Demand Answers Over Coast Guard Cadets Allegedly Discharged For Vaccine Exemption Requests
When President Biden declared on “60 Minutes” last week, “The pandemic is over,” he made more of an observation than a declaration. The vast majority of Americans left COVID fear and restrictions behind long ago and have gone back to living their lives in much the same way as they did before 2020. Yet not …
How The Left Is Forcing Credit Card Companies To Become Anti-Gun Activists
Left-wing activism on the part of corporations has hardly been unusual in recent years. What often flies under the radar, however, is how frequently progressive groups are able to strong-arm private businesses into entering the arena of politics against their will. Credit card companies being forced to track the sales of guns and ammunition is …
Tolkien Fans Should Not Reject Amazon’s ‘Rings Of Power’ Too Soon
Amazon’s “Rings of Power” is not J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings.” It’s not Tolkien’s “Hobbit.” It’s not even Tolkien’s “Silmarillion.” These will, naturally, be the standards by which fans of the greatest author the fantasy genre has ever known will measure the series. And by those standards, some are already deeming it a …
CNN’s New Boss Cleans House To Return Far-Left Network To Straight-News Roots
When CNN’s parent company, Warner Media, merged with Discovery last November, John Malone, the libertarian billionaire who holds a controlling interest in the conglomerate, wasted no time making it clear there was a new sheriff in town. His first order of business—reforming the left-wing practices that have tarnished the news network’s brand and led to …
Twitter Under Fire From A Man Named Mudge: Former ‘Hactivist’ From The Cult Of The Dead Cow
“Put a dent in the universe.” That’s the motto of Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the whistleblower behind an explosive Twitter complaint leaked to The Washington Post and CNN this week. There’s no question he’s living up to it. Among the lax security standards Twitter’s ex-security chief details in the report filed with the Securities and Exchange …
As Fauci Farewell Tour Begins, Republicans Say Don’t Go Too Far
After nearly 40 years as the government’s top infectious disease official, Dr. Anthony Fauci has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as President Biden’s top medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in December. The question is — is he making an exit or …
Elites Embarrass America On World Stage Following Abe Assassination
Now that the nation of Japan has laid to rest its longest-serving prime minister, it’s worth reflecting on the reprehensible conduct of America’s elite in the immediate aftermath of his assassination. Few spectacles have done as much to damage what little dignity the United States currently possesses on the world stage as the reaction of …
Jordan Peterson: Thinking Clearly In A Neurotic Age
In a small production studio in South Florida Jordan Peterson is sitting alone, motionless as Rodin’s Thinker, on a podcast set lined with bookshelves when he directs a question about sound levels to a crew of unseen technicians. They are watching him via four different cameras in a nearby control room, tightening shots and adjusting …
Southern Baptists’ #MeToo Moment
In a recent op-ed for the U.K. Sunday Times, Douglas Murray observed that the reason the wheels have come off the #MeToo movement is that it discredited itself by overstating its case and conflating unmistakable instances of abuse with messy adult entanglements. “The MeToo movement had some cases that were very clear-cut. Others were not,” …